diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
index 76cac1d75..30f1fdad9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/xhamster.py
@@ -127,9 +127,12 @@ class XHamsterIE(InfoExtractor):
             return int_or_none(self._search_regex(
                 r'^(\d+)[pP]', s, 'height', default=None))
 
+
         initials = self._parse_json(
             self._search_regex(
-                r'window\.initials\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;\s*', webpage, 'initials',
+                r'window\.initials\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;<', webpage, 'initials',
+                #r'window\.initials\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;', webpage, 'initials',
+                #r'\<script\sid\=\'initials\-script\'\>\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;\<\/sript\>', webpage, 'initials',
                 default='{}'),
             video_id, fatal=False)
         if initials: