diff --git a/ui/components/NewDownload.vue b/ui/components/NewDownload.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca8c00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/components/NewDownload.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+<template>
+  <main class="columns mt-2">
+    <div class="column">
+      <div class="box">
+        <div class="columns is-multiline">
+          <div class="column is-12">
+            <div class="control has-icons-left">
+              <input type="url" class="input" id="url" placeholder="Video or playlist link"
+                :disabled="!config.isConnected || addInProgress" v-model="url">
+              <span class="icon is-small is-left">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-link" />
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column is-5">
+            <div class="field has-addons">
+              <div class="control">
+                <a href="#" class="button is-static">Preset</a>
+              </div>
+              <div class="control is-expanded">
+                <div class="select is-fullwidth">
+                  <select id="preset" class="is-fullwidth" :disabled="!config.isConnected" v-model="selectedPreset">
+                    <option v-for="item in downloadFormats" :key="item.id" :value="item.id">
+                      {{ item.text }}
+                    </option>
+                  </select>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column is-5">
+            <div class="field has-addons" v-tooltip="'Download path relative to ' + config.app.download_path">
+              <div class="control">
+                <a href="#" class="button is-static">Download Path</a>
+              </div>
+              <div class="control is-expanded">
+                <input type="text" class="input is-fullwidth" id="path" v-model="downloadPath" placeholder="Default"
+                  :disabled="!config.isConnected" list="directories">
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column">
+            <button type="submit" class="button is-primary" @click="addDownload"
+              :class="{ 'is-loading': !config.isConnected || addInProgress }"
+              :disabled="!config.isConnected || addInProgress || !url">
+              <span class="icon">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-plus" />
+              </span>
+              <span>Add Link</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column">
+            <button type="submit" class="button is-info" @click="showAdvanced = !showAdvanced"
+              v-tooltip="'Show advanced options'" :class="{ 'is-loading': !config.isConnected }"
+              :disabled="!config.isConnected">
+              <span class="icon">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-cog" />
+              </span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="columns is-multiline" v-if="showAdvanced">
+          <div class="column is-12">
+            <div class="field">
+              <label class="label is-inline" for="output_format"
+                v-tooltip="'Default Format: ' + config.app.output_template">
+                Output Format
+              </label>
+              <div class="control">
+                <input type="text" class="input" v-model="output_template" id="output_format"
+                  placeholder="Uses default format if non is given.">
+              </div>
+              <span class="subtitle is-6 has-text-info">
+                All format options can be found at <a class="has-text-danger" target="_blank"
+                  referrerpolicy="no-referrer" href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#output-template">this page</a>.
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column is-6">
+            <div class="field">
+              <label class="label is-inline" for="ytdlpConfig"
+                v-tooltip="'Extends current global yt-dlp config. (JSON)'">
+                JSON yt-dlp config
+              </label>
+              <div class="control">
+                <textarea class="textarea" id="ytdlpConfig" v-model="ytdlpConfig"
+                  :disabled="!config.isConnected"></textarea>
+              </div>
+              <span class="subtitle is-6 has-text-info">
+                Some config fields are ignored like cookiefile, path, and output_format etc.
+                Available option can be found at <a class="has-text-danger" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
+                  href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/a0b19d319a6ce8b7059318fa17a34b144fde1785/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L194">this
+                  page</a>.
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column is-6">
+            <div class="field">
+              <label class="label is-inline" for="ytdlpCookies" v-tooltip="'JSON exported cookies for downloading.'">
+                yt-dlp Cookies
+              </label>
+              <div class="control">
+                <textarea class="textarea" id="ytdlpCookies" v-model="ytdlpCookies"
+                  :disabled="!config.isConnected"></textarea>
+              </div>
+              <span class="subtitle is-6 has-text-info">
+                Use something like <a class="has-text-danger" href="https://github.com/jrie/flagCookies">flagCookies</a>
+                to extract cookies as JSON string.
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="column is-12 has-text-right">
+            <div class="field">
+              <div class="control">
+                <button type="submit" class="button is-danger" @click="resetConfig" :disabled="!config.isConnected"
+                  v-tooltip="'This configuration are stored locally in your browser.'">
+                  <span class="icon">
+                    <i class="fa-solid fa-trash" />
+                  </span>
+                  <span>Reset Local Configuration</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <datalist id="directories" v-if="config?.directories">
+      <option v-for="dir in config.directories" :key="dir" :value="dir" />
+    </datalist>
+  </main>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { defineEmits, defineProps, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useStorage, useEventBus } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { useConfigStore } from '~/store/ConfigStore';
+
+const config = useConfigStore();
+const bus = useEventBus('item_added', 'task_edit');
+const emits = defineEmits(['addItem']);
+
+const selectedFormat = useStorage('selectedFormat', 'any')
+const selectedQuality = useStorage('selectedQuality', '')
+const ytdlpConfig = useStorage('ytdlp_config', '')
+const ytdlpCookies = useStorage('ytdlp_cookies', '')
+const output_template = useStorage('output_template', null)
+const downloadPath = useStorage('downloadPath', null)
+const url = useStorage('downloadUrl', null)
+const showAdvanced = useStorage('show_advanced', false)
+
+const addInProgress = ref(false)
+
+const addDownload = () => {
+  addInProgress.value = true;
+  emits('addItem', {
+    url: url.value,
+    format: selectedFormat.value,
+    quality: selectedQuality.value,
+    folder: downloadPath.value,
+    ytdlp_config: ytdlpConfig.value,
+    ytdlp_cookies: ytdlpCookies.value,
+    output_template: output_template.value,
+  });
+}
+
+const resetConfig = () => {
+  if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to reset the local configuration? this will NOT delete any downloads or server configuration.')) {
+    return;
+  }
+  selectedFormat.value = 'any';
+  selectedQuality.value = '';
+  ytdlpConfig.value = '';
+  ytdlpCookies.value = '';
+  output_template.value = null;
+  url.value = '';
+  downloadPath.value = '';
+}
+
+bus.on((event, data) => {
+  const allowedEvents = ['item_added'];
+  if (!allowedEvents.includes(event)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if ('item_added' === event) {
+    if (data?.status === 'ok') {
+      url.value = '';
+    }
+    addInProgress.value = false;
+  }
+});
+</script>
diff --git a/ui/layouts/default.vue b/ui/layouts/default.vue
index 8dc6e6dd..a6f7abdb 100644
--- a/ui/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/ui/layouts/default.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div id="main_container" class="container" :class="{'is-max-fullwidth': expandContainer}">
+  <div id="main_container" class="container" :class="{ 'is-max-fullwidth': expandContainer }">
     <nav class="navbar is-dark mb-5">
       <div class="navbar-brand pl-5">
         <NuxtLink class="navbar-item" to="/">
@@ -20,15 +20,44 @@
         </button>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="navbar-menu is-unselectable" :class="{'is-active':showMenu}">
+      <div class="navbar-menu is-unselectable" :class="{ 'is-active': showMenu }">
         <div class="navbar-end pr-3">
+
+          <div class="navbar-item">
+            <button v-tooltip.bottom="'Toggle Console'" class="button is-dark has-tooltip-bottom"
+              @click="config.showConsole = !config.showConsole">
+              <span class="icon">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-terminal" />
+              </span>
+              <span class="is-hidden-mobile">Console</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="navbar-item">
+            <button v-tooltip.bottom="'Toggle Add Form'" class="button is-dark has-tooltip-bottom"
+            @click="config.showForm = !config.showForm">
+              <span class="icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-plus" /></span>
+              <span class="is-hidden-mobile">Add</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="navbar-item" v-if="config.tasks.length > 0">
+            <button v-tooltip.bottom="'Toggle Tasks'" class="button is-dark has-tooltip-bottom"
+              @click="config.showTasks = !config.showTasks">
+              <span class="icon">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-tasks" />
+              </span>
+              <span class="is-hidden-mobile">Tasks</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
           <div class="navbar-item">
             <button class="button is-dark" @click="selectedTheme = 'light'" v-if="'dark' === selectedTheme"
-                    v-tooltip="'Switch to light theme'">
+              v-tooltip="'Switch to light theme'">
               <span class="icon has-text-warning"><i class="fas fa-sun"></i></span>
             </button>
             <button class="button is-dark" @click="selectedTheme = 'dark'" v-if="'light' === selectedTheme"
-                    v-tooltip="'Switch to dark theme'">
+              v-tooltip="'Switch to dark theme'">
               <span class="icon"><i class="fas fa-moon"></i></span>
             </button>
           </div>
@@ -56,24 +85,25 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <NuxtNotifications position="top right" :speed="800" :ignoreDuplicates="true" :width="340" :pauseOnHover="true"/>
+    <NuxtNotifications position="top right" :speed="800" :ignoreDuplicates="true" :width="340" :pauseOnHover="true" />
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import {ref} from 'vue'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
 import 'assets/css/bulma.css'
 import 'assets/css/style.css'
 import 'assets/css/all.css'
-import {useStorage} from '@vueuse/core'
-import {notification} from '~/utils/index'
+import { useStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { useConfigStore } from '~/store/ConfigStore'
 
 const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
-
+const config = useConfigStore()
 const selectedTheme = useStorage('theme', (() => window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches ? 'dark' : 'light')())
 const showMenu = ref(false)
 const VERSION = ref(runtimeConfig.public.version)
 const expandContainer = ref(false)
+const bus = useEventBus('show_form')
 
 const applyPreferredColorScheme = scheme => {
   for (let s = 0; s < document.styleSheets.length; s++) {
@@ -127,9 +157,13 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 watch(selectedTheme, value => {
   try {
     applyPreferredColorScheme(value)
-  } catch (e) {
-  }
+  } catch (e) { }
 })
 
 const reloadPage = () => window.location.reload()
+const toggleForm = () => {
+  console.log('emitting show_form');
+  bus.emit('show_form', { foo: 'bar' })
+  dEvent('show_form', { foo: 'bar' })
+}
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/pages/index.vue b/ui/pages/index.vue
index 7a3fee60..95522b1c 100644
--- a/ui/pages/index.vue
+++ b/ui/pages/index.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div>
+    <NewDownload v-if="config.showForm" />
     <Queue />
     <History />
   </div>
@@ -15,13 +16,24 @@ const config = useConfigStore()
 
 const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
 const socket = ref()
-const downloading = reactive({})
 const cli_output = ref([])
 const cli_isLoading = ref(false)
 const stateStore = useStateStore()
 
-useHead({ title: 'Index' })
+bus.on((event, data) => {
+  console.log({ e: event, d: data })
 
+  if (!['show_form'].includes(event)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if ('show_form' === event) {
+    addForm.value = true;
+    setTimeout(() => bus.emit('task_edit', data), 500);
+  }
+})
+
+useHead({ title: 'Index' })
 onMounted(() => {
   socket.value = io(runtimeConfig.public.wss, {
     path: document.location.pathname + 'socket.io',
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
   socket.value.on('added', stream => {
     const item = JSON.parse(stream);
     stateStore.add('queue', item);
-    toast.success(`Item queued successfully: ${downloading[item._id]?.title}`);
+    toast.success(`Item queued successfully: ${stateStore.get('queue', item._id)?.title}`);
   });
 
   socket.value.on('error', stream => {
@@ -69,8 +81,11 @@ onMounted(() => {
       return
     }
 
-    toast.info('Download canceled: ' + downloading[id]?.title);
-    delete downloading[id];
+    toast.info('Download canceled: ' + stateStore.get('queue', id)?.title);
+
+    if (true === stateStore.has('queue', id)) {
+      stateStore.remove('queue', id);
+    }
   });
 
   socket.value.on('cleared', stream => {
@@ -99,4 +114,6 @@ onMounted(() => {
   socket.value.on('cli_close', () => cli_isLoading.value = false);
   socket.value.on('cli_output', s => cli_output.value.push(s));
 });
+
+
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/store/ConfigStore.js b/ui/store/ConfigStore.js
index 162e12b8..8c5f66d4 100644
--- a/ui/store/ConfigStore.js
+++ b/ui/store/ConfigStore.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 
 const CONFIG_KEYS = {
   isConnected: false,
+  showForm: false,
+  showConsole: false,
+  showTasks: false,
   tasks: [],
   app: {
     host: '',