diff --git a/.github/workflows/updateInvidous.yml b/.github/workflows/updateInvidous.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50bb9769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updateInvidous.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: update invidious
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 1 * *' # check every month
+
+jobs:
+  check-list:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Download instance list
+        run: |
+          wget https://api.invidious.io/instances.json -O data.json
+      - name: "Run CI"
+        run: npm run ci:invidious
+
+      - name: Create pull request to update list
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          commit-message: Update Invidious List
+          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          branch: ci/update_invidious_list
+          title: Update Invidious List
+          body: Automated Invidious list update
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2833884c..2eafbe10 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ web-ext-artifacts
 .vscode/
 dist/
 tmp/
-.DS_Store
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+.DS_Store
+ci/data.json
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diff --git a/ci/invidiousCI.ts b/ci/invidiousCI.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05cf8f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/invidiousCI.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+This file is only ran by GitHub Actions in order to populate the Invidious instances list
+
+This file should not be shipped with the extension
+*/
+
+import { writeFile, existsSync } from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+// import file from https://api.invidious.io/instances.json
+if (!existsSync('./data.json')) {
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore
+import * as data from "./data.json";
+
+type instanceMap = {
+  name: string,
+  url: string,
+  dailyRatios: {ratio: string, label: string }[],
+  thirtyDayUptime: string
+}[]
+
+// only https servers
+const mapped: instanceMap = data
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  .filter((i: any) => i[1]?.type === 'https')
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  .map((instance: any) => {
+    return {
+      name: instance[0],
+      url: instance[1].uri,
+      dailyRatios: instance[1].monitor.dailyRatios,
+      thirtyDayUptime: instance[1]?.monitor['30dRatio'].ratio,
+    }
+  })
+
+// reliability and sanity checks
+const reliableCheck = mapped
+  .filter((instance) => {
+    // 30d uptime >= 90%
+    const thirtyDayUptime = Number(instance.thirtyDayUptime) >= 90
+    // available for at least 80/90 days
+    const dailyRatioCheck = instance.dailyRatios.filter(status => status.label !== "black")
+    return (thirtyDayUptime && dailyRatioCheck.length >= 80)
+  })
+  // url includes name
+  .filter(instance => instance.url.includes(instance.name))
+
+// finally map to array
+const result: string[] = reliableCheck.map(instance => instance.name)
+writeFile(join(__dirname, "./invidiouslist.json"), JSON.stringify(result), (err) => {
+  if (err) return console.log(err);
+})
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diff --git a/ci/invidiouslist.json b/ci/invidiouslist.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..905605d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/invidiouslist.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+["yewtu.be","invidious.snopyta.org","vid.puffyan.us","invidious.kavin.rocks","invidio.xamh.de","invidious-us.kavin.rocks","inv.riverside.rocks","vid.mint.lgbt","youtube.076.ne.jp","invidious.namazso.eu"]
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0c807e5..93584c5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "build:watch": "npm run build:watch:chrome",
     "build:watch:chrome": "webpack --env.browser=chrome --config webpack/webpack.dev.js --watch",
     "build:watch:firefox": "webpack --env.browser=firefox --config webpack/webpack.dev.js --watch",
+    "ci:invidious": "ts-node ci/invidiousCI.ts",
     "dev": "npm run build:dev && concurrently \"npm run web-run\" \"npm run build:watch\"",
     "dev:firefox": "npm run build:dev:firefox && concurrently \"npm run web-run:firefox\" \"npm run build:watch:firefox\"",
     "dev:firefox-android": "npm run build:dev:firefox && concurrently \"npm run web-run:firefox-android\" \"npm run build:watch:firefox\"",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index d6c412c6..b4a1a9cd 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as CompileConfig from "../config.json";
+import * as invidiousList from "../ci/invidiouslist.json";
 import { Category, CategorySelection, CategorySkipOption, NoticeVisbilityMode, PreviewBarOption, SponsorTime, StorageChangesObject, UnEncodedSegmentTimes as UnencodedSegmentTimes } from "./types";
 
 interface SBConfig {
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ const Config: SBObject = {
         hideSkipButtonPlayerControls: false,
         hideDiscordLaunches: 0,
         hideDiscordLink: false,
-        invidiousInstances: ["invidious.snopyta.org"],
+        invidiousInstances: ["invidious.snopyta.org"], // leave as default
         supportInvidious: false,
         serverAddress: CompileConfig.serverAddress,
         minDuration: 0,
@@ -433,6 +434,11 @@ function migrateOldFormats(config: SBConfig) {
     if (config["previousVideoID"] !== undefined) {
         chrome.storage.sync.remove("previousVideoID");
     }
+
+    // populate invidiousInstances with new instances if 3p support is **DISABLED**
+    if (!config["supportInvidious"] && config["invidiousInstances"].length !== invidiousList.length) {
+        config["invidiousInstances"] = invidiousList;
+    }
 }
 
 async function setupConfig() {
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index b345037a..49eed8a1 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Config from "./config";
 import * as CompileConfig from "../config.json";
+import * as invidiousList from "../ci/invidiouslist.json";
 
 // Make the config public for debugging purposes
 window.SB = Config;
@@ -297,8 +298,8 @@ function invidiousInstanceAddInit(element: HTMLElement, option: string) {
     const resetButton = element.querySelector(".invidious-instance-reset");
     resetButton.addEventListener("click", function() {
         if (confirm(chrome.i18n.getMessage("resetInvidiousInstanceAlert"))) {
-            // Set to a clone of the default
-            Config.config[option] = Config.defaults[option].slice(0);
+            // Set to CI populated list
+            Config.config[option] = invidiousList;
         }
     });
 }