diff --git a/src/components/YouTubePlayer.test.tsx b/src/components/YouTubePlayer.test.tsx
index 68189e7..1c6faee 100644
--- a/src/components/YouTubePlayer.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/YouTubePlayer.test.tsx
@@ -172,4 +172,65 @@ describe('YouTubePlayer', () => {
     // Check destroy was called
     expect(mockPlayerInstance.destroy).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('shows error when YouTube API script fails to load', async () => {
+    // Remove YT so the component tries to load the script
+    ;(window as unknown as { YT: unknown }).YT = undefined
+
+    render(<YouTubePlayer videoId="test123" />)
+
+    // The component should have created a script tag - fire error on it
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const script = document.getElementById('youtube-iframe-api')
+      expect(script).not.toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    const script = document.getElementById('youtube-iframe-api')!
+    act(() => {
+      script.dispatchEvent(new Event('error'))
+    })
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('Failed to load YouTube player')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    })
+
+    // Clean up the script tag for other tests
+    script.remove()
+  })
+
+  it('allows retry after script load failure', async () => {
+    // First: fail the load
+    ;(window as unknown as { YT: unknown }).YT = undefined
+
+    const { unmount } = render(<YouTubePlayer videoId="test123" />)
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const script = document.getElementById('youtube-iframe-api')
+      expect(script).not.toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    const script = document.getElementById('youtube-iframe-api')!
+    act(() => {
+      script.dispatchEvent(new Event('error'))
+    })
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('Failed to load YouTube player')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    })
+
+    unmount()
+    script.remove()
+
+    // Second: retry with YT available should succeed
+    ;(window as unknown as { YT: unknown }).YT = {
+      Player: MockYTPlayer,
+      PlayerState: { UNSTARTED: -1, ENDED: 0, PLAYING: 1, PAUSED: 2, BUFFERING: 3, CUED: 5 },
+    }
+
+    render(<YouTubePlayer videoId="retry123" />)
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(MockYTPlayer).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/YouTubePlayer.tsx b/src/components/YouTubePlayer.tsx
index b389be9..a3aa97b 100644
--- a/src/components/YouTubePlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/YouTubePlayer.tsx
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ interface YouTubePlayerProps {
 
 let apiLoadPromise: Promise<void> | null = null
 
+const API_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000
+
 function loadYouTubeAPI(): Promise<void> {
   if (apiLoadPromise) return apiLoadPromise
 
@@ -90,34 +92,53 @@ function loadYouTubeAPI(): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve()
   }
 
-  apiLoadPromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
+  apiLoadPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
       resolve()
       return
     }
 
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      apiLoadPromise = null
+      reject(new Error('YouTube API load timed out'))
+    }, API_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS)
+
+    const onLoad = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      resolve()
+    }
+
+    const onError = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      apiLoadPromise = null
+      reject(new Error('Failed to load YouTube API script'))
+    }
+
     const existingScript = document.getElementById('youtube-iframe-api')
     if (existingScript) {
       if (window.YT && window.YT.Player) {
+        clearTimeout(timeout)
         resolve()
       } else {
         const originalCallback = window.onYouTubeIframeAPIReady
         window.onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = () => {
           originalCallback?.()
-          resolve()
+          onLoad()
         }
+        existingScript.addEventListener('error', onError)
       }
       return
     }
 
     window.onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = () => {
-      resolve()
+      onLoad()
     }
 
     const script = document.createElement('script')
     script.id = 'youtube-iframe-api'
     script.src = 'https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api'
     script.async = true
+    script.addEventListener('error', onError)
     document.body.appendChild(script)
   })