diff --git a/EnglishFilter/sections/specific.txt b/EnglishFilter/sections/specific.txt
index 351a6239d68..882d30a458e 100644
--- a/EnglishFilter/sections/specific.txt
+++ b/EnglishFilter/sections/specific.txt
@@ -171,13 +171,28 @@ youtube.com###related > ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer > #items > ytd
 youtube.com###watch7-branded-banner
 youtube.com##ytd-promoted-sparkles-web-renderer
 youtube.com##ytd-search-pyv-renderer
-! Youtube whitescreen fix
-youtube-nocookie.com,youtube.com#%#//scriptlet("json-prune", "adPlacements playerAds")
+!
+! START: Youtube whitescreen fix
+!
+! TODO: replace the JS rule with a json-prune scriptlet
+! TODO: check that set-constant for ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements is really necessary
+!
+! This one handles an XHR request for YT player data
+! smart JSON override: https://gist.github.com/ameshkov/0c5148f243ffe9d8e40fd9ee11f142f4
+! smartJSONParseOverride('adPlacements', [], /.*/);
+! smartJSONParseOverride('playerAds', [], /.*/);
+youtube-nocookie.com,youtube.com#%#(function(){var overrideObject=function(obj,propertyName,overrideValue){var overriden=false;for(var key in obj)if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)&&key===propertyName){obj[key]=overrideValue;overriden=true}else if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)&&typeof obj[key]==="object")if(overrideObject(obj[key],propertyName,overrideValue))overriden=true;return overriden};var smartJSONParseOverride=function(propertyName,overrideValue,reStack){var realParse=JSON.parse;JSON.parse=function(text,reviver){var obj=realParse(text,reviver);if(!obj)return obj;var stackTrace=(new Error).stack;if(reStack.test(stackTrace))if(overrideObject(obj,propertyName,overrideValue));return obj}};smartJSONParseOverride("adPlacements",[],/.*/);smartJSONParseOverride("playerAds",[],/.*/)})();
+! This one might be needed when the page is loaded for the first time
+youtube-nocookie.com,youtube.com#%#//scriptlet('set-constant', 'ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements', 'undefined')
+youtube-nocookie.com,youtube.com#%#//scriptlet('set-constant', 'playerResponse.adPlacements', 'undefined')
 ! This one may be unnecessary:
 ||youtube.com/get_video_info?*=adunit&$important
 ! https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/51453
 !+ NOT_OPTIMIZED
 ||youtube.com/get_video_info?$~third-party,badfilter
+!
+! END: Youtube whitescreen fix
+!
 ! Fixing embedded video player
 ! https://github.com/easylist/easylist/issues/5112
 ! https://github.com/easylist/easylist/commit/3ed65e66e22963dc08a659dce6baa344ff158664
diff --git a/ExperimentalFilter/sections/English/common_js.txt b/ExperimentalFilter/sections/English/common_js.txt
index 8ff5eec0087..5e58cb25998 100644
--- a/ExperimentalFilter/sections/English/common_js.txt
+++ b/ExperimentalFilter/sections/English/common_js.txt
@@ -9,19 +9,14 @@
 ! YouTube ads (for old and new ads)
 ! youtube.com - white screen with skip button
 
-! This one works okay.
-! smart JSON override: https://gist.github.com/ameshkov/0c5148f243ffe9d8e40fd9ee11f142f4
-! smartJSONParseOverride('adPlacements', [], /base.js:[0-9]+/);
-! smartJSONParseOverride('playerAds', [], /base.js:[0-9]+/);
-! youtube.com#%#(function(){var overrideObject=function(obj,propertyName,overrideValue){var overriden=false;for(var key in obj){if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)&&key===propertyName){obj[key]=overrideValue;overriden=true}if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)&&typeof obj[key]==="object")if(overrideObject(obj[key]))overriden=true}return overriden};var smartJSONParseOverride=function(propertyName,overrideValue,reStack){var realParse=JSON.parse;JSON.parse=function(text,reviver){var obj=realParse(text,reviver);if(!obj)return obj;var stackTrace=(new Error).stack;if(reStack.test(stackTrace))if(overrideObject(obj,propertyName,overrideValue));return obj}};smartJSONParseOverride("adPlacements",[],/base.js/);smartJSONParseOverride("playerAds",[],/base.js/)})();
-
 ! I am not sure why we need this, commented out
 ! !#if (!adguard_app_ios && !adguard_ext_android_cb)
 ! @@||youtube.com/get_video_info
 ! !#endif
 
 ! YT fix using json-prune, prune only 1 level
-youtube.com#%#//scriptlet("json-prune", "adPlacements playerAds")
+! Commented out - not needed anymore
+! youtube.com#%#//scriptlet("json-prune", "adPlacements playerAds")
 
 ! These two rules seem to be working okay.
 ! Commented out for now in order to test the smart override function