diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsFingerprint.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/LoadAdsFingerprint.kt
similarity index 56%
rename from src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsFingerprint.kt
rename to src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/LoadAdsFingerprint.kt
index 2d1c09cfc..e3409c0fc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsFingerprint.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/LoadAdsFingerprint.kt
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ package app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.fingerprints
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Name
 import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Version
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.or
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint.method.impl.MethodFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.annotations.VideoAdsCompatibility
-import org.jf.dexlib2.AccessFlags
 
-@Name("show-video-ads-method-fingerprint")
+@Name("load-ads-fingerprint")
 
 @VideoAdsCompatibility
 @Version("0.0.1")
-object ShowVideoAdsFingerprint : MethodFingerprint(
-    "V", AccessFlags.PUBLIC or AccessFlags.FINAL, listOf("Z")
+object LoadAdsFingerprint : MethodFingerprint(
+    strings = listOf("Unexpected playerAd type: "),
+    customFingerprint = { method ->
+        method.parameterTypes.size > 0 && method.parameterTypes.first() == "Ljava/lang/String;"
+    }
 )
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 418f5c1d2..000000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/fingerprints/ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.fingerprints
-
-import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Name
-import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Version
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.or
-import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint.method.annotation.FuzzyPatternScanMethod
-import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint.method.impl.MethodFingerprint
-import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.annotations.VideoAdsCompatibility
-import org.jf.dexlib2.AccessFlags
-import org.jf.dexlib2.Opcode
-
-@Name("show-video-ads-constructor-fingerprint")
-@FuzzyPatternScanMethod(2) // FIXME: Test this threshold and find the best value.
-@VideoAdsCompatibility
-@Version("0.0.1")
-object ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint : MethodFingerprint(
-    "V", AccessFlags.PUBLIC or AccessFlags.CONSTRUCTOR, listOf("L", "L", "L"), listOf(
-        Opcode.INVOKE_DIRECT,
-        Opcode.NEW_INSTANCE,
-        Opcode.INVOKE_DIRECT,
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        Opcode.NEW_INSTANCE,
-        null, // either CONST_4 or CONST_16
-        Opcode.INVOKE_DIRECT,
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        Opcode.NEW_INSTANCE,
-        Opcode.INVOKE_DIRECT,
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        Opcode.IPUT_OBJECT,
-        Opcode.CONST_4,
-        Opcode.IPUT_BOOLEAN,
-        Opcode.RETURN_VOID
-    )
-)
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/patch/VideoAdsPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/patch/VideoAdsPatch.kt
index fbeb1fe9f..65e7eb8c5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/patch/VideoAdsPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/ad/video/patch/VideoAdsPatch.kt
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Name
 import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Version
 import app.revanced.patcher.data.BytecodeContext
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.addInstructions
-import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint.method.impl.MethodFingerprint.Companion.resolve
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.instruction
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.BytecodePatch
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.PatchResult
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.PatchResultSuccess
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.DependsOn
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.Patch
+import app.revanced.patcher.util.smali.ExternalLabel
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.annotations.VideoAdsCompatibility
-import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.fingerprints.ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint
-import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.fingerprints.ShowVideoAdsFingerprint
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.ad.video.fingerprints.LoadAdsFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.integrations.patch.IntegrationsPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.bytecode.patch.SettingsPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.framework.components.impl.StringResource
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.framework.components.impl.Swit
 @Version("0.0.1")
 class VideoAdsPatch : BytecodePatch(
     listOf(
-        ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint
+        LoadAdsFingerprint
     )
 ) {
     override fun execute(context: BytecodeContext): PatchResult {
@@ -41,17 +41,19 @@ class VideoAdsPatch : BytecodePatch(
             )
         )
 
-        ShowVideoAdsFingerprint.resolve(
-            context, ShowVideoAdsConstructorFingerprint.result!!.classDef
-        )
-
-        // Override the parameter by calling shouldShowAds and setting the parameter to the result
-        ShowVideoAdsFingerprint.result!!.mutableMethod.addInstructions(
-            0, """
-                invoke-static { }, Lapp/revanced/integrations/patches/VideoAdsPatch;->shouldShowAds()Z
-                move-result v1
-            """
-        )
+        LoadAdsFingerprint.result!!.mutableMethod.let { method ->
+            method.addInstructions(
+                0,
+                """ 
+                    invoke-static { }, Lapp/revanced/integrations/patches/VideoAdsPatch;->shouldShowAds()Z
+                    move-result v1
+                    if-nez v1, :show_video_ads
+                    const/4 v1, 0x0
+                    return-object v1
+                """,
+                listOf(ExternalLabel("show_video_ads", method.instruction(0)))
+            )
+        }
 
         return PatchResultSuccess()
     }