diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
index f467fe563..12e6ca119 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ module JamRuby
 
 
     # Called when a user wants to "claim" a recording. To do this, the user must have been one of the tracks in the recording.
-    def claim(user, name, description, genre, is_public)
+    def claim(user, name, description, genre, is_public, upload_to_youtube=false)
 
       unless self.users.exists?(user)
         raise PermissionError, "user was not in this session"
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ module JamRuby
       claimed_recording.description = description
       claimed_recording.genre = genre
       claimed_recording.is_public = is_public
+      claimed_recording.upload_to_youtube = upload_to_youtube
       self.claimed_recordings << claimed_recording
 
       if claimed_recording.save
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/recording_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/recording_spec.rb
index 6a6ab6ee6..0989e777c 100644
--- a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/recording_spec.rb
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/recording_spec.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ describe Recording do
     @claimed_recording.description.should == "description"
     @claimed_recording.genre.should == @genre
     @claimed_recording.is_public.should == true
+    @claimed_recording.upload_to_youtube.should == false
   end
 
   it "should fail if a user who was not in the session claims a recording" do
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ describe Recording do
     @claimed_recording.description.should == "description2"
     @claimed_recording.genre.should == @genre2 
     @claimed_recording.is_public.should == false
+    @claimed_recording.upload_to_youtube.should == false
   end
 
   it "should only allow the owner to edit a claimed recording" do
@@ -195,6 +197,29 @@ describe Recording do
     @recording.all_discarded.should == false
   end
 
+  it "should set youtube flag" do 
+    
+    @connection.join_the_session(@music_session, true, nil, @user, 10)
+    @recording = Recording.start(@music_session, @user)
+    @recording.stop
+    @recording.reload
+    @genre = FactoryGirl.create(:genre)
+    @recording.claim(@user, "name", "description", @genre, true, true)
+    
+    @recording.reload
+    @recording.users.length.should == 1
+    @recording.users.first.should == @user
+    @user.recordings.length.should == 1
+    @user.recordings.first.should == @recording
+    @recording.claimed_recordings.length.should == 1
+    @claimed_recording = @recording.claimed_recordings.first
+    @claimed_recording.name.should == "name"
+    @claimed_recording.description.should == "description"
+    @claimed_recording.genre.should == @genre
+    @claimed_recording.is_public.should == true
+    @claimed_recording.upload_to_youtube.should == true
+  end
+
   it "should destroy the entire recording if there was only one claimed_recording which is discarded" do
     @recording = Recording.start(@music_session, @user)
     @recording.stop
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
index 66c5625f9..e7c67b29d 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ApiRecordingsController < ApiController
 
   # claim will create a claimed recording for the creator
   def claim
-    claim = @recording.claim(current_user, params[:name], params[:description], Genre.find_by_id(params[:genre]), params[:is_public])
+    claim = @recording.claim(current_user, params[:name], params[:description], Genre.find_by_id(params[:genre]), params[:is_public], params[:upload_to_youtube])
 
     if claim.errors.any?
       response.status = :unprocessable_entity