There are two ways to incorporate the browser GOOGLE_API_KEY. 1. Assign your API key at build time of minitube (preferable) 2. The user can also create their own personal browser GOOGLE_API_KEY and add it to their environmental variables. How to create the environmental variables for minitube operation. Create a file /etc/profile.d/minitube.sh Add the line below: export APP_GOOGLE_API_KEY="your-google-data-api-key" Start minitube 2.4x and the user will have access to the Google servers and play Youtube videos.