diff --git a/docs/Settings.md b/docs/Settings.md
index 50d1d4c..b048fbe 100644
--- a/docs/Settings.md
+++ b/docs/Settings.md
@@ -32,6 +32,27 @@ Additional settings passed to yt-dlp.
 - **Source Settings**: User created subtitles are provided from the uploader and are usually the video script. Auto generated is from YouTube, quality varies, particularly for auto translated tracks.
 - **Index Settings**: Enabling subtitle indexing will add the lines to Elasticsearch and will make subtitles searchable. This will increase the index size and is not recommended on low-end hardware.
 
+## Cookie
+Importing your YouTube Cookie into Tube Archivist allows yt-dlp to bypass age restrictions, gives access to private videos and your *watch later* or *liked videos*.
+
+### Security concerns
+Cookies are used to store your session and contain your access token to your google account. Treat that file with utmost care as you would any other password or credential. *Tube Archivist* stores your cookie in Redis and will export the file container internally if it's needed.
+
+### Export your cookie
+- Install **Cookies.txt** addon for [chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/bgaddhkoddajcdgocldbbfleckgcbcid) or [firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookies-txt).
+- Visit YouTube and login with whichever YouTube account you wish to use to generate the cookies.
+- Click on the extension icon in the toolbar - it will drop down showing the active cookies for YT.
+- Click Export to export the cookies, filename is by default *cookies.google.txt*.
+
+### Import your cookie
+Place the file *cookies.google.txt* into the */cache/import* folder of Tube Archivist and enable the cookie import. Once you click on *Update Application Configurations* to save your changes, your cookie will get imported and stored internally.
+
+### Use your cookie
+Once imported, additionally to the advantages above, your [Watch Later](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL) and [Liked Videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=LL) become a regular playlist you can download and subscribe to as any other [playlist](Playlists).
+
+### Limitation
+There is only one cookie per Tube Archivist instance, this will be shared between all users.
+
 ## Integrations
 All third party integrations of TubeArchivist will **always** be *opt in*.
 - **API**: Your access token for the Tube Archivist API.
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
index 5ec4a19..6be7f82 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class PendingInteract:
     def delete_item(self):
         """delete single item from pending"""
         path = f"ta_download/_doc/{self.video_id}"
-        _, _ = ElasticWrap(path).delete()
+        _, _ = ElasticWrap(path).delete(refresh=True)
 
     def delete_by_status(self):
         """delete all matching item by status"""
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class PendingList(PendingIndex):
         "noplaylist": True,
         "writethumbnail": True,
         "simulate": True,
+        "socket_timeout": 3,
     }
 
     def __init__(self, youtube_ids=False):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/subscriptions.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/subscriptions.py
index a460af9..75aede2 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/subscriptions.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/subscriptions.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class PlaylistSubscription:
     def channel_validate(channel_id):
         """make sure channel of playlist is there"""
         channel = YoutubeChannel(channel_id)
-        channel.build_json()
+        channel.build_json(upload=True)
 
     @staticmethod
     def change_subscribe(playlist_id, subscribe_status):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
index d25f4d1..35fc100 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ class ThumbManager:
     def get_thumb_list(self):
         """get list of mediafiles and matching thumbnails"""
         pending = queue.PendingList()
+        pending.get_download()
         pending.get_indexed()
 
         video_list = []
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 9712f95..fd91432 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class DownloadPostProcess:
         self.auto_delete_all()
         self.auto_delete_overwrites()
         self.validate_playlists()
+        self.clear_cookie()
 
     def auto_delete_all(self):
         """handle auto delete"""
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@ class DownloadPostProcess:
         else:
             RedisArchivist().set_message("message:download", mess_dict)
 
+    def clear_cookie(self):
+        """hide cookie file"""
+        if self.download.config["downloads"]["cookie_import"]:
+            CookieHandler().hide()
+
 
 class VideoDownloader:
     """
@@ -281,6 +287,7 @@ class VideoDownloader:
             "writethumbnail": False,
             "noplaylist": True,
             "check_formats": "selected",
+            "socket_timeout": 3,
         }
 
     def _build_obs_user(self):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/connect.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/connect.py
index f976943..e61ae14 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/connect.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/connect.py
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ class ElasticWrap:
 
         return response.json(), response.status_code
 
-    def delete(self, data=False):
+    def delete(self, data=False, refresh=False):
         """delete document from es"""
+        if refresh:
+            self.url = f"{self.url}/?refresh=true"
         if data:
             response = requests.delete(self.url, json=data, auth=self.auth)
         else:
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
index 26b1730..8b0d9b3 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisArchivist, RedisQueue
 from home.tasks import (
     download_pending,
     download_single,
-    extrac_dl,
     index_channel_playlists,
     kill_dl,
     re_sync_thumbs,
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ class PostData:
     def _ignore(self):
         """ignore from download queue"""
         video_id = self.exec_val
-        print(f"ignore video {video_id}")
+        print(f"{video_id}: ignore video from download queue")
         PendingInteract(video_id=video_id, status="ignore").update_status()
         # also clear from redis queue
         RedisQueue().clear_item(video_id)
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ class PostData:
         print("download pending")
         running = download_pending.delay()
         task_id = running.id
-        print("set task id: " + task_id)
+        print(f"{task_id}: set task id")
         RedisArchivist().set_message("dl_queue_id", task_id, expire=False)
         return {"success": True}
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ class PostData:
     def _unsubscribe(self):
         """unsubscribe from channels or playlists"""
         id_unsub = self.exec_val
-        print("unsubscribe from " + id_unsub)
+        print(f"{id_unsub}: unsubscribe")
         to_unsub_list = UrlListParser(id_unsub).process_list()
         for to_unsub in to_unsub_list:
             unsub_type = to_unsub["type"]
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ class PostData:
     def _subscribe(self):
         """subscribe to channel or playlist, called from js buttons"""
         id_sub = self.exec_val
-        print("subscribe to " + id_sub)
+        print(f"{id_sub}: subscribe")
         subscribe_to.delay(id_sub)
         return {"success": True}
 
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ class PostData:
     def _dlnow(self):
         """start downloading single vid now"""
         youtube_id = self.exec_val
-        print("downloading: " + youtube_id)
+        print(f"{youtube_id}: downloading now")
         running = download_single.delay(youtube_id=youtube_id)
         task_id = running.id
         print("set task id: " + task_id)
@@ -222,17 +221,15 @@ class PostData:
     def _forget_ignore(self):
         """delete from ta_download index"""
         video_id = self.exec_val
-        print(f"forgetting from download index: {video_id}")
+        print(f"{video_id}: forget from download")
         PendingInteract(video_id=video_id).delete_item()
         return {"success": True}
 
     def _add_single(self):
         """add single youtube_id to download queue"""
         video_id = self.exec_val
-        print(f"add vid to dl queue: {video_id}")
-        PendingInteract(video_id=video_id).delete_item()
-        video_ids = UrlListParser(video_id).process_list()
-        extrac_dl.delay(video_ids)
+        print(f"{video_id}: add single vid to download queue")
+        PendingInteract(video_id=video_id, status="pending").update_status()
         return {"success": True}
 
     def _delete_queue(self):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
index c6f1caa..93a1bc4 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/filesystem.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 
 from home.src.download.queue import PendingList
+from home.src.download.yt_cookie import CookieHandler
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_handler import VideoDownloader
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
 from home.src.index.reindex import Reindex
@@ -308,6 +309,12 @@ def scan_filesystem():
 def reindex_old_documents():
     """daily refresh of old documents"""
     handler = Reindex()
-    handler.check_outdated()
-    handler.reindex()
-    RedisArchivist().set_message("last_reindex", handler.now, expire=False)
+    if handler.config["downloads"]["cookie_import"]:
+        CookieHandler().use()
+    try:
+        handler.check_outdated()
+        handler.reindex()
+        RedisArchivist().set_message("last_reindex", handler.now, expire=False)
+    finally:
+        if handler.config["downloads"]["cookie_import"]:
+            CookieHandler().hide()
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/generic.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/generic.py
index c4dcac5..0940258 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/generic.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/generic.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class YouTubeItem:
         "default_search": "ytsearch",
         "skip_download": True,
         "check_formats": "selected",
+        "socket_timeout": 3,
         "noplaylist": True,
     }
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class YouTubeItem:
     def del_in_es(self):
         """delete item from elastic search"""
         print(f"{self.youtube_id}: delete from es")
-        _, _ = ElasticWrap(self.es_path).delete()
+        _, _ = ElasticWrap(self.es_path).delete(refresh=True)
 
 
 class Pagination:
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
index c572ccc..5731115 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class UrlListParser:
             id_type = "video"
         elif str_len == 24:
             id_type = "channel"
-        elif str_len in [34, 18]:
+        elif str_len in [34, 18] or id_str in ["LL", "WL"]:
             id_type = "playlist"
         else:
             # unable to parse
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index 4287100..69caac7 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -350,7 +350,10 @@ function createPlayer(button) {
                 `;
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        sponsorBlock = null;
     }
+
     var videoProgress = getVideoProgress(videoId).position;
     var videoName = videoData.data.title;