diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/views.py b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
index ea771f0..f21292e 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class ApiBaseView(APIView):
     def get_document(self, document_id):
         """get single document from es"""
         path = f"{self.search_base}{document_id}"
-        print(path)
         response, status_code = ElasticWrap(path).get()
         try:
             self.response["data"] = SearchProcess(response).process()
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ class ApiBaseView(APIView):
 
     def get_document_list(self, request, pagination=True):
         """get a list of results"""
-        print(self.search_base)
-
         if pagination:
             self.initiate_pagination(request)
 
@@ -437,7 +434,6 @@ class DownloadApiListView(ApiBaseView):
     @staticmethod
     def post(request):
         """add list of videos to download queue"""
-        print(f"request meta data: {request.META}")
         data = request.data
         try:
             to_add = data["data"]
@@ -524,10 +520,7 @@ class TaskApiView(ApiBaseView):
 
     def post(self, request):
         """handle post request"""
-
-        data = request.data
-        print(data)
-        response = TaskHandler(data).run_task()
+        response = TaskHandler(request.data).run_task()
 
         return Response(response)
 
@@ -662,6 +655,6 @@ class SearchView(ApiBaseView):
             return Response(
                 {"message": "no search query specified"}, status=400
             )
-        print("searching for: " + search_query)
+
         search_results = SearchForm().multi_search(search_query)
         return Response(search_results)
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/apps.py b/tubearchivist/home/apps.py
index 6ae5555..bd823c0 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/apps.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/apps.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import sys
 
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
-from home.src.es.index_setup import index_check
+from home.src.es.index_setup import ElasitIndexWrap
 from home.src.es.snapshot import ElasticSnapshot
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig as ArchivistConfig
+from home.src.ta.helper import clear_dl_cache
 from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisArchivist
 
 
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ class StartupCheck:
         print("run startup checks")
         self.es_version_check()
         self.release_lock()
-        index_check()
+        ElasitIndexWrap().setup()
         self.sync_redis_state()
         self.set_redis_conf()
         self.make_folders()
+        clear_dl_cache(self.config_handler.config)
         self.snapshot_check()
         self.set_has_run()
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/backup.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/backup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41326b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/backup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+"""
+Functionality:
+- Handle json zip file based backup
+- create backup
+- restore backup
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+import zipfile
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap, IndexPaginate
+from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig
+from home.src.ta.helper import get_mapping, ignore_filelist
+
+
+class ElasticBackup:
+    """dump index to nd-json files for later bulk import"""
+
+    def __init__(self, reason=False):
+        self.config = AppConfig().config
+        self.cache_dir = self.config["application"]["cache_dir"]
+        self.timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+        self.index_config = get_mapping()
+        self.reason = reason
+
+    def backup_all_indexes(self):
+        """backup all indexes, add reason to init"""
+        print("backup all indexes")
+        if not self.reason:
+            raise ValueError("missing backup reason in ElasticBackup")
+
+        for index in self.index_config:
+            index_name = index["index_name"]
+            print(f"backup: export in progress for {index_name}")
+            if not self.index_exists(index_name):
+                print(f"skip backup for not yet existing index {index_name}")
+                continue
+
+            self.backup_index(index_name)
+
+        self.zip_it()
+        if self.reason == "auto":
+            self.rotate_backup()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backup_index(index_name):
+        """export all documents of a single index"""
+        data = {
+            "query": {"match_all": {}},
+            "sort": [{"_doc": {"order": "desc"}}],
+        }
+        paginate = IndexPaginate(
+            f"ta_{index_name}", data, keep_source=True, callback=BackupCallback
+        )
+        _ = paginate.get_results()
+
+    def zip_it(self):
+        """pack it up into single zip file"""
+        file_name = f"ta_backup-{self.timestamp}-{self.reason}.zip"
+        folder = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
+
+        to_backup = []
+        for file in os.listdir(folder):
+            if file.endswith(".json"):
+                to_backup.append(os.path.join(folder, file))
+
+        backup_file = os.path.join(folder, file_name)
+
+        comp = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(backup_file, "w", compression=comp) as zip_f:
+            for backup_file in to_backup:
+                zip_f.write(backup_file, os.path.basename(backup_file))
+
+        # cleanup
+        for backup_file in to_backup:
+            os.remove(backup_file)
+
+    def post_bulk_restore(self, file_name):
+        """send bulk to es"""
+        file_path = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, file_name)
+        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            data = f.read()
+
+        if not data.strip():
+            return
+
+        _, _ = ElasticWrap("_bulk").post(data=data, ndjson=True)
+
+    def get_all_backup_files(self):
+        """build all available backup files for view"""
+        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
+        backup_files = os.listdir(backup_dir)
+        all_backup_files = ignore_filelist(backup_files)
+        all_available_backups = [
+            i
+            for i in all_backup_files
+            if i.startswith("ta_") and i.endswith(".zip")
+        ]
+        all_available_backups.sort(reverse=True)
+
+        backup_dicts = []
+        for backup_file in all_available_backups:
+            file_split = backup_file.split("-")
+            if len(file_split) == 2:
+                timestamp = file_split[1].strip(".zip")
+                reason = False
+            elif len(file_split) == 3:
+                timestamp = file_split[1]
+                reason = file_split[2].strip(".zip")
+
+            to_add = {
+                "filename": backup_file,
+                "timestamp": timestamp,
+                "reason": reason,
+            }
+            backup_dicts.append(to_add)
+
+        return backup_dicts
+
+    def restore(self, filename):
+        """
+        restore from backup zip file
+        call reset from ElasitIndexWrap first to start blank
+        """
+        zip_content = self._unpack_zip_backup(filename)
+        self._restore_json_files(zip_content)
+
+    def _unpack_zip_backup(self, filename):
+        """extract backup zip and return filelist"""
+        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
+        file_path = os.path.join(backup_dir, filename)
+
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, "r") as z:
+            zip_content = z.namelist()
+            z.extractall(backup_dir)
+
+        return zip_content
+
+    def _restore_json_files(self, zip_content):
+        """go through the unpacked files and restore"""
+        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
+
+        for json_f in zip_content:
+
+            file_name = os.path.join(backup_dir, json_f)
+
+            if not json_f.startswith("es_") or not json_f.endswith(".json"):
+                os.remove(file_name)
+                continue
+
+            print("restoring: " + json_f)
+            self.post_bulk_restore(file_name)
+            os.remove(file_name)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def index_exists(index_name):
+        """check if index already exists to skip"""
+        _, status_code = ElasticWrap(f"ta_{index_name}").get()
+        exists = status_code == 200
+
+        return exists
+
+    def rotate_backup(self):
+        """delete old backups if needed"""
+        rotate = self.config["scheduler"]["run_backup_rotate"]
+        if not rotate:
+            return
+
+        all_backup_files = self.get_all_backup_files()
+        auto = [i for i in all_backup_files if i["reason"] == "auto"]
+
+        if len(auto) <= rotate:
+            print("no backup files to rotate")
+            return
+
+        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
+
+        all_to_delete = auto[rotate:]
+        for to_delete in all_to_delete:
+            file_path = os.path.join(backup_dir, to_delete["filename"])
+            print(f"remove old backup file: {file_path}")
+            os.remove(file_path)
+
+
+class BackupCallback:
+    """handle backup ndjson writer as callback for IndexPaginate"""
+
+    def __init__(self, source, index_name):
+        self.source = source
+        self.index_name = index_name
+        self.timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+
+    def run(self):
+        """run the junk task"""
+        file_content = self._build_bulk()
+        self._write_es_json(file_content)
+
+    def _build_bulk(self):
+        """build bulk query data from all_results"""
+        bulk_list = []
+
+        for document in self.source:
+            document_id = document["_id"]
+            es_index = document["_index"]
+            action = {"index": {"_index": es_index, "_id": document_id}}
+            source = document["_source"]
+            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(action))
+            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(source))
+
+        # add last newline
+        bulk_list.append("\n")
+        file_content = "\n".join(bulk_list)
+
+        return file_content
+
+    def _write_es_json(self, file_content):
+        """write nd-json file for es _bulk API to disk"""
+        cache_dir = AppConfig().config["application"]["cache_dir"]
+        file_name = f"es_{self.index_name.lstrip('ta_')}-{self.timestamp}.json"
+        file_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "backup", file_name)
+        with open(file_path, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(file_content)
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/index_setup.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/index_setup.py
index d7e2d03..c913da7 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/index_setup.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/index_setup.py
@@ -5,22 +5,17 @@ functionality:
 - backup and restore metadata
 """
 
-import json
-import os
-import zipfile
-from datetime import datetime
-
-from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap, IndexPaginate
+from home.src.es.backup import ElasticBackup
+from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
+from home.src.es.snapshot import ElasticSnapshot
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig
-from home.src.ta.helper import ignore_filelist
+from home.src.ta.helper import get_mapping
 
 
 class ElasticIndex:
-    """
-    handle mapping and settings on elastic search for a given index
-    """
+    """interact with a single index"""
 
-    def __init__(self, index_name, expected_map, expected_set):
+    def __init__(self, index_name, expected_map=False, expected_set=False):
         self.index_name = index_name
         self.expected_map = expected_map
         self.expected_set = expected_set
@@ -61,23 +56,23 @@ class ElasticIndex:
             if list(value.keys()) == ["properties"]:
                 for key_n, value_n in value["properties"].items():
                     if key not in now_map:
-                        print(key_n, value_n)
+                        print(f"detected mapping change: {key_n}, {value_n}")
                         return True
                     if key_n not in now_map[key]["properties"].keys():
-                        print(key_n, value_n)
+                        print(f"detected mapping change: {key_n}, {value_n}")
                         return True
                     if not value_n == now_map[key]["properties"][key_n]:
-                        print(key_n, value_n)
+                        print(f"detected mapping change: {key_n}, {value_n}")
                         return True
 
                 continue
 
             # not nested
             if key not in now_map.keys():
-                print(key, value)
+                print(f"detected mapping change: {key}, {value}")
                 return True
             if not value == now_map[key]:
-                print(key, value)
+                print(f"detected mapping change: {key}, {value}")
                 return True
 
         return False
@@ -100,6 +95,7 @@ class ElasticIndex:
 
     def rebuild_index(self):
         """rebuild with new mapping"""
+        print(f"applying new mappings to index ta_{self.index_name}...")
         self.create_blank(for_backup=True)
         self.reindex("backup")
         self.delete_index(backup=False)
@@ -129,6 +125,7 @@ class ElasticIndex:
 
     def create_blank(self, for_backup=False):
         """apply new mapping and settings for blank new index"""
+        print(f"create new blank index with name ta_{self.index_name}...")
         path = f"ta_{self.index_name}"
         if for_backup:
             path = f"{path}_backup"
@@ -142,270 +139,72 @@ class ElasticIndex:
         _, _ = ElasticWrap(path).put(data)
 
 
-class BackupCallback:
-    """handle backup ndjson writer as callback for IndexPaginate"""
+class ElasitIndexWrap:
+    """interact with all index mapping and setup"""
 
-    def __init__(self, source, index_name):
-        self.source = source
-        self.index_name = index_name
-        self.timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.index_config = get_mapping()
+        self.backup_run = False
 
-    def run(self):
-        """run the junk task"""
-        file_content = self._build_bulk()
-        self._write_es_json(file_content)
-
-    def _build_bulk(self):
-        """build bulk query data from all_results"""
-        bulk_list = []
-
-        for document in self.source:
-            document_id = document["_id"]
-            es_index = document["_index"]
-            action = {"index": {"_index": es_index, "_id": document_id}}
-            source = document["_source"]
-            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(action))
-            bulk_list.append(json.dumps(source))
-
-        # add last newline
-        bulk_list.append("\n")
-        file_content = "\n".join(bulk_list)
-
-        return file_content
-
-    def _write_es_json(self, file_content):
-        """write nd-json file for es _bulk API to disk"""
-        cache_dir = AppConfig().config["application"]["cache_dir"]
-        file_name = f"es_{self.index_name.lstrip('ta_')}-{self.timestamp}.json"
-        file_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "backup", file_name)
-        with open(file_path, "a+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(file_content)
-
-
-class ElasticBackup:
-    """dump index to nd-json files for later bulk import"""
-
-    def __init__(self, index_config, reason):
-        self.config = AppConfig().config
-        self.cache_dir = self.config["application"]["cache_dir"]
-        self.timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
-        self.index_config = index_config
-        self.reason = reason
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def backup_index(index_name):
-        """export all documents of a single index"""
-        data = {
-            "query": {"match_all": {}},
-            "sort": [{"_doc": {"order": "desc"}}],
-        }
-        paginate = IndexPaginate(
-            f"ta_{index_name}", data, keep_source=True, callback=BackupCallback
-        )
-        _ = paginate.get_results()
-
-    def zip_it(self):
-        """pack it up into single zip file"""
-        file_name = f"ta_backup-{self.timestamp}-{self.reason}.zip"
-        folder = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
-
-        to_backup = []
-        for file in os.listdir(folder):
-            if file.endswith(".json"):
-                to_backup.append(os.path.join(folder, file))
-
-        backup_file = os.path.join(folder, file_name)
-
-        comp = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(backup_file, "w", compression=comp) as zip_f:
-            for backup_file in to_backup:
-                zip_f.write(backup_file, os.path.basename(backup_file))
-
-        # cleanup
-        for backup_file in to_backup:
-            os.remove(backup_file)
-
-    def post_bulk_restore(self, file_name):
-        """send bulk to es"""
-        file_path = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, file_name)
-        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            data = f.read()
-
-        if not data.strip():
-            return
-
-        _, _ = ElasticWrap("_bulk").post(data=data, ndjson=True)
-
-    def get_all_backup_files(self):
-        """build all available backup files for view"""
-        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
-        backup_files = os.listdir(backup_dir)
-        all_backup_files = ignore_filelist(backup_files)
-        all_available_backups = [
-            i
-            for i in all_backup_files
-            if i.startswith("ta_") and i.endswith(".zip")
-        ]
-        all_available_backups.sort(reverse=True)
-
-        backup_dicts = []
-        for backup_file in all_available_backups:
-            file_split = backup_file.split("-")
-            if len(file_split) == 2:
-                timestamp = file_split[1].strip(".zip")
-                reason = False
-            elif len(file_split) == 3:
-                timestamp = file_split[1]
-                reason = file_split[2].strip(".zip")
-
-            to_add = {
-                "filename": backup_file,
-                "timestamp": timestamp,
-                "reason": reason,
-            }
-            backup_dicts.append(to_add)
-
-        return backup_dicts
-
-    def unpack_zip_backup(self, filename):
-        """extract backup zip and return filelist"""
-        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
-        file_path = os.path.join(backup_dir, filename)
-
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, "r") as z:
-            zip_content = z.namelist()
-            z.extractall(backup_dir)
-
-        return zip_content
-
-    def restore_json_files(self, zip_content):
-        """go through the unpacked files and restore"""
-        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
-
-        for json_f in zip_content:
-
-            file_name = os.path.join(backup_dir, json_f)
-
-            if not json_f.startswith("es_") or not json_f.endswith(".json"):
-                os.remove(file_name)
+    def setup(self):
+        """setup elastic index, run at startup"""
+        for index in self.index_config:
+            index_name, expected_map, expected_set = self._config_split(index)
+            handler = ElasticIndex(index_name, expected_map, expected_set)
+            if not handler.exists:
+                handler.create_blank()
                 continue
 
-            print("restoring: " + json_f)
-            self.post_bulk_restore(file_name)
-            os.remove(file_name)
+            rebuild = handler.validate()
+            if rebuild:
+                self._check_backup()
+                handler.rebuild_index()
+                continue
+
+            # else all good
+            print(f"ta_{index_name} index is created and up to date...")
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """reset all indexes to blank"""
+        self.delete_all()
+        self.create_all_blank()
+
+    def delete_all(self):
+        """delete all indexes"""
+        print("reset elastic index")
+        for index in self.index_config:
+            index_name, _, _ = self._config_split(index)
+            handler = ElasticIndex(index_name)
+            handler.delete_index(backup=False)
+
+    def create_all_blank(self):
+        """create all blank indexes"""
+        print("create all new indexes in elastic from template")
+        for index in self.index_config:
+            index_name, expected_map, expected_set = self._config_split(index)
+            handler = ElasticIndex(index_name, expected_map, expected_set)
+            handler.create_blank()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def index_exists(index_name):
-        """check if index already exists to skip"""
-        _, status_code = ElasticWrap(f"ta_{index_name}").get()
-        exists = status_code == 200
-
-        return exists
-
-    def rotate_backup(self):
-        """delete old backups if needed"""
-        rotate = self.config["scheduler"]["run_backup_rotate"]
-        if not rotate:
-            return
-
-        all_backup_files = self.get_all_backup_files()
-        auto = [i for i in all_backup_files if i["reason"] == "auto"]
-
-        if len(auto) <= rotate:
-            print("no backup files to rotate")
-            return
-
-        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "backup")
-
-        all_to_delete = auto[rotate:]
-        for to_delete in all_to_delete:
-            file_path = os.path.join(backup_dir, to_delete["filename"])
-            print(f"remove old backup file: {file_path}")
-            os.remove(file_path)
-
-
-def get_mapping():
-    """read index_mapping.json and get expected mapping and settings"""
-    with open("home/src/es/index_mapping.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        index_config = json.load(f).get("index_config")
-
-    return index_config
-
-
-def index_check(force_restore=False):
-    """check if all indexes are created and have correct mapping"""
-
-    backed_up = False
-    index_config = get_mapping()
-
-    for index in index_config:
+    def _config_split(index):
+        """split index config keys"""
         index_name = index["index_name"]
         expected_map = index["expected_map"]
         expected_set = index["expected_set"]
-        handler = ElasticIndex(index_name, expected_map, expected_set)
-        # force restore
-        if force_restore:
-            handler.delete_index(backup=False)
-            handler.create_blank()
-            continue
 
-        # create new
-        if not handler.exists:
-            print(f"create new blank index with name ta_{index_name}...")
-            handler.create_blank()
-            continue
+        return index_name, expected_map, expected_set
 
-        # validate index
-        rebuild = handler.validate()
-        if rebuild:
-            # make backup before rebuild
-            if not backed_up:
-                print("running backup first")
-                backup_all_indexes(reason="update")
-                backed_up = True
+    def _check_backup(self):
+        """create backup if needed"""
+        if self.backup_run:
+            return
 
-            print(f"applying new mappings to index ta_{index_name}...")
-            handler.rebuild_index()
-            continue
+        config = AppConfig().config
+        if config["application"]["enable_snapshot"]:
+            # take snapshot if enabled
+            ElasticSnapshot().take_snapshot_now(wait=True)
+        else:
+            # fallback to json backup
+            ElasticBackup(reason="update").backup_all_indexes()
 
-        # else all good
-        print(f"ta_{index_name} index is created and up to date...")
-
-
-def get_available_backups():
-    """return dict of available backups for settings view"""
-    index_config = get_mapping()
-    backup_handler = ElasticBackup(index_config, reason=False)
-    all_backup_files = backup_handler.get_all_backup_files()
-    return all_backup_files
-
-
-def backup_all_indexes(reason):
-    """backup all es indexes to disk"""
-    index_config = get_mapping()
-    backup_handler = ElasticBackup(index_config, reason)
-
-    for index in backup_handler.index_config:
-        index_name = index["index_name"]
-        print(f"backup: export in progress for {index_name}")
-        if not backup_handler.index_exists(index_name):
-            print(f"skip backup for not yet existing index {index_name}")
-            continue
-
-        backup_handler.backup_index(index_name)
-
-    backup_handler.zip_it()
-
-    if reason == "auto":
-        backup_handler.rotate_backup()
-
-
-def restore_from_backup(filename):
-    """restore indexes from backup file"""
-    # delete
-    index_check(force_restore=True)
-    # recreate
-    index_config = get_mapping()
-    backup_handler = ElasticBackup(index_config, reason=False)
-    zip_content = backup_handler.unpack_zip_backup(filename)
-    backup_handler.restore_json_files(zip_content)
+        self.backup_run = True
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
index e403fd8..48baeaf 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ functionality:
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from os import environ
+from time import sleep
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
-from home.src.es.index_setup import get_mapping
+from home.src.ta.helper import get_mapping
 
 
 class ElasticSnapshot:
@@ -142,15 +143,42 @@ class ElasticSnapshot:
         print("snapshot: last snapshot is up-to-date")
         return outdated
 
-    def take_snapshot_now(self):
+    def take_snapshot_now(self, wait=False):
         """execute daily snapshot now"""
         path = f"_slm/policy/{self.POLICY}/_execute"
         response, statuscode = ElasticWrap(path).post()
         if statuscode == 200:
             print(f"snapshot: executing now: {response}")
 
+        if wait:
+            self._wait_for_snapshot(response["snapshot_name"])
+
         return response
 
+    def _wait_for_snapshot(self, snapshot_name):
+        """return after snapshot_name completes"""
+        path = f"_snapshot/{self.REPO}/{snapshot_name}"
+
+        while True:
+            # wait for task to be created
+            sleep(1)
+            _, statuscode = ElasticWrap(path).get()
+            if statuscode == 200:
+                break
+
+        while True:
+            # wait for snapshot success
+            response, statuscode = ElasticWrap(path).get()
+            snapshot_state = response["snapshots"][0]["state"]
+            if snapshot_state == "SUCCESS":
+                break
+
+            print(f"snapshot: {snapshot_name} in state {snapshot_state}")
+            print("snapshot: wait to complete")
+            sleep(5)
+
+        print(f"snapshot: completed - {response}")
+
     def get_snapshot_stats(self):
         """get snapshot info for frontend"""
         snapshot_info = self._build_policy_details()
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
index 4b2ecb3..6e738bf 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ class YoutubeChannel(YouTubeItem):
                 to_write[key] = False
                 continue
             if value in [0, "0"]:
-                del to_write[key]
+                if key in to_write:
+                    del to_write[key]
                 continue
             if value == "1":
                 to_write[key] = True
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
index 569f11b..8f2439c 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ class Comments:
 
         self._send_notification(notify)
         comments_raw, channel_id = self.get_yt_comments()
-        self.format_comments(comments_raw)
+        if comments_raw:
+            self.format_comments(comments_raw)
+        else:
+            self.comments_format = []
 
         self.json_data = {
             "youtube_id": self.youtube_id,
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
index 279fbb5..5a85b91 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
                 downloaded = entry["id"] in self.all_youtube_ids
             else:
                 downloaded = False
-            if not entry["uploader"]:
+            if not entry["channel"]:
                 continue
             to_append = {
                 "youtube_id": entry["id"],
                 "title": entry["title"],
-                "uploader": entry["uploader"],
+                "uploader": entry["channel"],
                 "idx": idx,
                 "downloaded": downloaded,
             }
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
index 8e51e3e..af17fc0 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Loose collection of helper functions
 - don't import AppConfig class here to avoid circular imports
 """
 
+import json
+import os
 import random
 import re
 import string
@@ -117,6 +119,23 @@ def time_parser(timestamp):
     return int(hours) * 60 * 60 + int(minutes) * 60 + float(seconds)
 
 
+def clear_dl_cache(config):
+    """clear leftover files from dl cache"""
+    print("clear download cache")
+    cache_dir = os.path.join(config["application"]["cache_dir"], "download")
+    for cached in os.listdir(cache_dir):
+        to_delete = os.path.join(cache_dir, cached)
+        os.remove(to_delete)
+
+
+def get_mapping():
+    """read index_mapping.json and get expected mapping and settings"""
+    with open("home/src/es/index_mapping.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        index_config = json.load(f).get("index_config")
+
+    return index_config
+
+
 class UrlListParser:
     """take a multi line string and detect valid youtube ids"""
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index ae8e43e..b868da5 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ from home.src.download.subscriptions import (
 )
 from home.src.download.thumbnails import ThumbFilesystem, ThumbValidator
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_handler import VideoDownloader
-from home.src.es.index_setup import backup_all_indexes, restore_from_backup
+from home.src.es.backup import ElasticBackup
+from home.src.es.index_setup import ElasitIndexWrap
 from home.src.index.channel import YoutubeChannel
 from home.src.index.filesystem import (
     ImportFolderScanner,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ from home.src.index.filesystem import (
     scan_filesystem,
 )
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig, ScheduleBuilder
-from home.src.ta.helper import UrlListParser
+from home.src.ta.helper import UrlListParser, clear_dl_cache
 from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisArchivist, RedisQueue
 
 CONFIG = AppConfig().config
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ def run_backup(reason="auto"):
     try:
         have_lock = my_lock.acquire(blocking=False)
         if have_lock:
-            backup_all_indexes(reason)
+            ElasticBackup(reason=reason).backup_all_indexes()
         else:
             print("Did not acquire lock for backup task.")
     finally:
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ def run_backup(reason="auto"):
 @shared_task
 def run_restore_backup(filename):
     """called from settings page, dump backup to zip file"""
-    restore_from_backup(filename)
+    ElasitIndexWrap().reset()
+    ElasticBackup().restore(filename)
     print("index restore finished")
 
 
@@ -192,11 +194,7 @@ def kill_dl(task_id):
     _ = RedisArchivist().del_message("dl_queue_id")
     RedisQueue().clear()
 
-    # clear cache
-    cache_dir = os.path.join(CONFIG["application"]["cache_dir"], "download")
-    for cached in os.listdir(cache_dir):
-        to_delete = os.path.join(cache_dir, cached)
-        os.remove(to_delete)
+    clear_dl_cache(CONFIG)
 
     # notify
     mess_dict = {
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index f5788d0..18810ad 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.views import View
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import CookieHandler
+from home.src.es.backup import ElasticBackup
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
-from home.src.es.index_setup import get_available_backups
 from home.src.es.snapshot import ElasticSnapshot
 from home.src.frontend.api_calls import PostData
 from home.src.frontend.forms import (
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ class SettingsView(View):
         config_handler = AppConfig(request.user.id)
         colors = config_handler.colors
 
-        available_backups = get_available_backups()
+        available_backups = ElasticBackup().get_all_backup_files()
         user_form = UserSettingsForm()
         app_form = ApplicationSettingsForm()
         scheduler_form = SchedulerSettingsForm()
diff --git a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
index 3d6996a..50b135e 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
+++ b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ django-auth-ldap==4.1.0
 django-cors-headers==3.13.0
 djangorestframework==3.14.0
 Pillow==9.3.0
-redis==4.3.4
+redis==4.3.5
 requests==2.28.1
 ryd-client==0.0.6
 uWSGI==2.0.21
 whitenoise==6.2.0
-yt_dlp==2022.10.4
+yt_dlp==2022.11.11
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css b/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
index e69d7bc..1e4763b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/css/style.css
@@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ video:-webkit-full-screen {
     overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+.comment-box h3 {
+    line-break: anywhere;
+}
+
 .comments-replies {
     display: none;
     padding-left: 1rem;