diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 529526f..7ed11f9 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ functionality:
 - move to archive
 """
 
-import json
 import os
 import shutil
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from home.src.download.queue import PendingList
 from home.src.download.subscriptions import PlaylistSubscription
-from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import CookieHandler, YtWrap
+from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import YtWrap
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap, IndexPaginate
 from home.src.index.channel import YoutubeChannel
 from home.src.index.comments import CommentList
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ from home.src.index.video import YoutubeVideo, index_new_video
 from home.src.index.video_constants import VideoTypeEnum
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig
 from home.src.ta.helper import clean_string, ignore_filelist
-from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisQueue
 
 
 class DownloadPostProcess:
@@ -159,29 +157,17 @@ class VideoDownloader:
         self.channels = set()
         self.videos = set()
 
-    def run_queue(self):
+    def run_queue(self, auto_only=False):
         """setup download queue in redis loop until no more items"""
-        self._setup_queue()
-        queue = RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue")
-
-        limit_queue = self.config["downloads"]["limit_count"]
-        if limit_queue:
-            queue.trim(limit_queue - 1)
-
+        self._get_overwrites()
         while True:
-            youtube_data = queue.get_next()
-            if self.task.is_stopped() or not youtube_data:
-                queue.clear()
+            video_data = self._get_next(auto_only)
+            if self.task.is_stopped() or not video_data:
                 break
 
-            youtube_data = json.loads(youtube_data)
-            youtube_id = youtube_data.get("youtube_id")
-
-            tmp_vid_type = youtube_data.get(
-                "vid_type", VideoTypeEnum.VIDEOS.value
-            )
-            video_type = VideoTypeEnum(tmp_vid_type)
-            print(f"{youtube_id}: Downloading type: {video_type}")
+            youtube_id = video_data.get("youtube_id")
+            video_type = VideoTypeEnum(video_data["vid_type"])
+            print(f"{youtube_id}: Downloading type: {video_type.value}")
 
             success = self._dl_single_vid(youtube_id)
             if not success:
@@ -212,61 +198,39 @@ class VideoDownloader:
                 )
 
             self.move_to_archive(vid_dict)
-
-            if queue.has_item():
-                message = "Continue with next video."
-            else:
-                message = "Download queue is finished."
-
-            if self.task:
-                self.task.send_progress([message])
-
             self._delete_from_pending(youtube_id)
 
         # post processing
         self._add_subscribed_channels()
         DownloadPostProcess(self).run()
 
-    def _setup_queue(self):
-        """setup required and validate"""
-        if self.config["downloads"]["cookie_import"]:
-            valid = CookieHandler(self.config).validate()
-            if not valid:
-                return
+    def _get_next(self, auto_only):
+        """get next item in queue"""
+        must_list = [{"term": {"status": {"value": "pending"}}}]
+        if auto_only:
+            must_list.append({"term": {"auto_start": {"value": True}}})
 
+        data = {
+            "size": 1,
+            "query": {"bool": {"must": must_list}},
+            "sort": [
+                {"auto_start": {"order": "desc"}},
+                {"timestamp": {"order": "asc"}},
+            ],
+        }
+        path = "ta_download/_search"
+        response, _ = ElasticWrap(path).get(data=data)
+        if not response["hits"]["hits"]:
+            return False
+
+        return response["hits"]["hits"][0]["_source"]
+
+    def _get_overwrites(self):
+        """get channel overwrites"""
         pending = PendingList()
-        pending.get_download()
         pending.get_channels()
         self.video_overwrites = pending.video_overwrites
 
-    def add_pending(self):
-        """add pending videos to download queue"""
-        if self.task:
-            self.task.send_progress(["Scanning your download queue."])
-
-        pending = PendingList()
-        pending.get_download()
-        to_add = [
-            json.dumps(
-                {
-                    "youtube_id": i["youtube_id"],
-                    # Using .value in default val to match what would be
-                    # decoded when parsing json if not set
-                    "vid_type": i.get("vid_type", VideoTypeEnum.VIDEOS.value),
-                }
-            )
-            for i in pending.all_pending
-        ]
-        if not to_add:
-            # there is nothing pending
-            print("download queue is empty")
-            if self.task:
-                self.task.send_progress(["Download queue is empty."])
-
-            return
-
-        RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").add_list(to_add)
-
     def _progress_hook(self, response):
         """process the progress_hooks from yt_dlp"""
         progress = False
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index 2166db7..fee5986 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def update_subscribed(self):
 
 
 @shared_task(name="download_pending", bind=True, base=BaseTask)
-def download_pending(self, from_queue=True):
+def download_pending(self, auto_only=False):
     """download latest pending videos"""
     manager = TaskManager()
     if manager.is_pending(self):
@@ -189,10 +189,7 @@ def download_pending(self, from_queue=True):
         return
 
     manager.init(self)
-    downloader = VideoDownloader(task=self)
-    if from_queue:
-        downloader.add_pending()
-    downloader.run_queue()
+    VideoDownloader(task=self).run_queue(auto_only)
 
 
 @shared_task(name="extract_download", bind=True, base=BaseTask)