diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/youtube.html b/layouts/shortcodes/youtube.html
index 915ef98..733fbcd 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/youtube.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/youtube.html
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+{{ $.Scratch.Set "maxwidth" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.maxwidth )  }}
+{{ $.Scratch.Set "wpad" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.wpad )  }}
+{{ $.Scratch.Set "nothumb" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.disable_thumb )  }}
 {{ if .IsNamedParams }}
-{{ $.Scratch.Set "maxwidth" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.maxwidth | .Get "maxwidth" )  }}
-{{ $.Scratch.Set "wpad" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.wpad | .Get "wpad" )  }}
-{{ $.Scratch.Set "nothumb" ( $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.disable_thumb | .Get "nothumb" )  }}
+{{ with .Get "maxwidth" }}{{ $.Scratch.Set "maxwidth" . }}{{ end }}
+{{ with .Get "wpad" }}{{ $.Scratch.Set "wpad" . }}{{ end }}
+{{ with .Get "nothumb" }}{{ $.Scratch.Set "nothumb" . }}{{ end }}
 <div class="box box--embed box--column box--youtube">
     {{ with .Get "title" }}
     <div class="box__title">{{ . }}</div>
@@ -25,7 +28,9 @@
 <div class="box box--embed box--youtube"
        youtube_id="{{ .Get 0 }}"
        {{ if eq $numOfParams 2 }} start="{{ .Get 1 }}"{{ end }}
-       {{ with $.Page.Site.Params.youtube.disable_thumb }} nothumb="yes" {{ end }}
+       {{ with $.Scratch.Get "maxwidth"}} maxWidth="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
+       {{ with $.Scratch.Get "wpad"}} wPad="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
+       {{ with $.Scratch.Get "nothumb"}} nothumb="yes" {{ end }}
        >
       <!-- image or iframe injected here -->
 </div>
diff --git a/static/js/youtube.js b/static/js/youtube.js
index 794a84a..f298f61 100644
--- a/static/js/youtube.js
+++ b/static/js/youtube.js
@@ -38,3 +38,12 @@
   }
 
 }(jQuery));
+
+// TODO  grab the video title as well as the thumb for use in thumb display
+// only works if server allows cross domain like s3
+//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1760231/how-do-i-get-the-title-of-a-youtube-video-if-i-have-the-video-id
+// #var ytApiKey = "...";
+// #var videoId = "ylLzyHk54Z0";
+// #$.get("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet&id=" + videoId + "&key=" + ytApiKey, function(data) {
+// #alert(data.items[0].snippet.title);
+// # });