diff --git a/yt_fts/db_utils.py b/yt_fts/db_utils.py
index c045dc9..3169795 100644
--- a/yt_fts/db_utils.py
+++ b/yt_fts/db_utils.py
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ def add_video(channel_id, video_id, video_title, video_url, video_date):
                                  (video_id,)).fetchone()
 
     if existing_video is None:
-        cur.execute(
-            "INSERT INTO Videos (video_id, video_title, video_url, video_date, channel_id) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
-            (video_id, video_title, video_url, video_date, channel_id))
+        cur.execute("""
+                    INSERT INTO Videos (video_id, video_title, video_url, video_date, channel_id)
+                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                    """,(video_id, video_title, video_url, video_date, channel_id))
         conn.commit()
 
     else:
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ def delete_channel_from_chroma(channel_id):
         where={"channel_id": channel_id}
     )
 
+
 def get_channel_id_from_rowid(rowid):
     db = Database(get_db_path())
 
diff --git a/yt_fts/summarize.py b/yt_fts/summarize.py
index 7ac8464..484a8db 100644
--- a/yt_fts/summarize.py
+++ b/yt_fts/summarize.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import sys
+import sqlite3
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 from rich.console import Console
+from .config import get_db_path
 
 # determine if input_video is url or video id 
 # if it's a url get the video id 
@@ -10,6 +12,11 @@
 # if the video id is not in the database download the transcript
 # feed the transcript to an llm and print the summary
 
+# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjk6d5fPs_k
+# https://youtu.be/Xjk6d5fPs_k?si=BBb2URutUT2gG4th
+# https://youtu.be/Xjk6d5fPs_k
+# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjk6d5fPs_k&si=BBb2URutUT2gG4th
+
 
 class SummarizeHandler:
     def __init__(self, openai_client, input_video):
@@ -23,20 +30,77 @@ def __init__(self, openai_client, input_video):
         else:
             self.video_id = input_video
  
-    
-    
     def summarize_video(self):
         console = self.console
-        input_video = self.input_video
+        video_id = self.video_id
 
-           
+        if self.video_in_database(video_id):
 
-    def get_video_id_from_url(self, video_url):
-        # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjk6d5fPs_k
-        # https://youtu.be/Xjk6d5fPs_k?si=BBb2URutUT2gG4th
-        # https://youtu.be/Xjk6d5fPs_k
-        # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjk6d5fPs_k&si=BBb2URutUT2gG4th
+            transcript_text = self.get_transcript_from_database(video_id)
+
+
+        
+
+    def get_transcript_from_database(self, video_id) -> str:
+
+        console = self.console
+        try:
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(get_db_path())
+            curr = conn.cursor()
+            curr.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT 
+                    start_time, text
+                FROM
+                    Subtitles
+                WHERE
+                    video_id = ?
+                """, (video_id,)
+            )
+            res = curr.fetchall()
+            transcript = ""
+            for row in res:
+                start_time, text = row
+                text = text.strip()
+                if len(text) == 0:
+                    continue
+                transcript += f"{start_time[:-4]}: {text}\n"
+            conn.close()
+            return transcript
+        except Exception as e:
+            console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] {e}")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        finally:
+            conn.close()
 
+    def video_in_database(self, video_id) -> bool:
+        console = self.console
+        try:
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(get_db_path())
+            curr = conn.cursor()
+            curr.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT 
+                    count(*)
+                FROM
+                    Videos
+                WHERE
+                    video_id = ?
+                """, (video_id,)
+            )
+            count = curr.fetchone()[0]
+            conn.close()
+            if count > 0:
+                return True
+            return False
+        except Exception as e:
+            console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] {e}")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        finally:
+            conn.close()
+        
+
+    def get_video_id_from_url(self, video_url):
         console = self.console
         video_url = video_url.strip('/')
         parsed = urlparse(video_url)