diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 000b4eda..d6dcc102 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
         "YTP_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
         "YTP_DEBUG": "true",
         "YTP_YTDL_DEBUG": "true",
-        "YTP_MAX_WORKERS": "2"
+        "YTP_MAX_WORKERS": "2",
+        "YTP_IGNORE_UI": "true",
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 436edf2b..1420b88e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __YTP_EXTRACT_INFO_TIMEOUT__: The timeout for extracting video information. Defaults to `70`.
 * __YTP_DB_FILE__: The path to the SQLite database file. Defaults to `{config_path}/ytptube.db`.
 * __YTP_MANUAL_ARCHIVE__: The path to the manual archive file. Defaults to `{config_path}/manual_archive.log`.
+* __YTP_UI_UPDATE_TITLE__: Whether to update the title of the page with the current stats. Defaults to `true`.
 
 ## Running behind a reverse proxy
 
diff --git a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
index 1158cabd..fbd5320d 100644
--- a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
+++ b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 LOG.exception(e)
                 return {"status": "error", "msg": str(e)}
 
+            extras: dict = {}
+            fields: tuple = ("uploader", "channel", "thumbnail")
+            for field in fields:
+                if entry.get(field, None):
+                    extras[field] = entry.get(field)
+
             dl = ItemDTO(
                 id=entry.get("id"),
                 title=entry.get("title"),
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 is_live=is_live,
                 live_in=live_in,
                 options=options,
+                extras=extras,
             )
 
             for property, value in entry.items():
diff --git a/app/library/HttpAPI.py b/app/library/HttpAPI.py
index f1bece6e..96b487c7 100644
--- a/app/library/HttpAPI.py
+++ b/app/library/HttpAPI.py
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ class HttpAPI(common):
                     preloaded += 2
 
         if preloaded < 1:
-            raise ValueError(f"Could not find the frontend UI static assets. '{staticDir}'.")
+            message = f"Could not find the frontend UI static assets. '{staticDir}'."
+            if self.config.ignore_ui:
+                LOG.warning(message)
+                return
+
+            raise ValueError(message)
 
         LOG.info(f"Preloaded '{preloaded}' static files.")
 
@@ -301,9 +306,7 @@ class HttpAPI(common):
         remove_file: bool = bool(post.get("remove_file", True))
 
         return web.json_response(
-            data=await (
-                self.queue.cancel(ids) if where == "queue" else self.queue.clear(ids, remove_file=remove_file)
-            ),
+            data=await (self.queue.cancel(ids) if where == "queue" else self.queue.clear(ids, remove_file=remove_file)),
             status=web.HTTPOk.status_code,
             dumps=self.encoder.encode,
         )
diff --git a/app/library/ItemDTO.py b/app/library/ItemDTO.py
index f4aee17a..48f4803b 100644
--- a/app/library/ItemDTO.py
+++ b/app/library/ItemDTO.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ItemDTO:
     live_in: str | None = None
     file_size: int | None = None
     options: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+    extras: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     # yt-dlp injected fields.
     tmpfilename: str | None = None
@@ -48,5 +49,21 @@ class ItemDTO:
     speed: str | None = None
     eta: str | None = None
 
+    def serialize(self) -> dict:
+        deprecated: tuple = (
+            "thumbnail",
+            "quality",
+            "format",
+        )
+
+        if self.thumbnail and "thumbnail" not in self.extras:
+            self.extras["thumbnail"] = self.thumbnail
+
+        dump = self.__dict__.copy()
+        for f in deprecated:
+            dump.pop(f)
+
+        return dump
+
     def json(self) -> str:
-        return json.dumps(self, default=lambda o: o.__dict__, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+        return json.dumps(self.serialize(), default=lambda o: o.__dict__, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
diff --git a/app/library/Utils.py b/app/library/Utils.py
index 61a40b2d..52cc7776 100644
--- a/app/library/Utils.py
+++ b/app/library/Utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
-import posixpath
 import re
 import socket
 import uuid
diff --git a/app/library/config.py b/app/library/config.py
index aefcfe3e..43b16537 100644
--- a/app/library/config.py
+++ b/app/library/config.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Config:
 
     db_file: str = "{config_path}/ytptube.db"
     manual_archive: str = "{config_path}/archive.manual.log"
+    ui_update_title: bool = True
 
     # immutable config vars.
     version: str = APP_VERSION
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class Config:
     new_version_available: bool = False
     ytdlp_version: str = YTDLP_VERSION
     started: int = 0
+    ignore_ui: bool = False
     presets: list = [
         {"name": "default", "format": "default", "postprocessors": [], "args": {}},
         {
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ class Config:
         "allow_manifestless",
         "access_log",
         "remove_files",
+        "ignore_ui",
+        "ui_update_title",
     )
 
     _frontend_vars: tuple = (
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@ class Config:
         "started",
         "url_prefix",
         "remove_files",
+        "ui_update_title",
     )
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/app/library/encoder.py b/app/library/encoder.py
index d78668b1..2a788649 100644
--- a/app/library/encoder.py
+++ b/app/library/encoder.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ class Encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     """
 
     def default(self, o):
+        if isinstance(o, object) and hasattr(o, "serialize"):
+            return o.serialize()
+
         if isinstance(o, object) and hasattr(o, "__dict__"):
             return o.__dict__
 
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 9f82e14d..1511b0e9 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ class Main:
             LOG.info(f"YTPTube v{self.config.version} - started on http://{self.config.host}:{self.config.port}")
             LOG.info("=" * 40)
 
+        if self.config.access_log:
+            http_logger.addFilter(lambda record: "GET /ping" not in record.getMessage())
+
         web.run_app(
             self.app,
             host=self.config.host,
diff --git a/ui/assets/css/style.css b/ui/assets/css/style.css
index e655e006..634eff5d 100644
--- a/ui/assets/css/style.css
+++ b/ui/assets/css/style.css
@@ -213,3 +213,32 @@ hr {
   cursor: pointer;
   padding-top: 0.5em;
 }
+
+.play-overlay {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.play-icon {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 2;
+
+  width: 100px;
+  height: 100px;
+
+  background-image: url(/images/play-icon.png);
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-size: 100% 100%;
+
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+
+  cursor: pointer;
+  opacity: 0.4;
+}
+
+.play-icon:hover,
+.play-icon:focus,
+.play-active {
+  opacity: 1;
+}
diff --git a/ui/components/History.vue b/ui/components/History.vue
index 1bc77fc7..82868752 100644
--- a/ui/components/History.vue
+++ b/ui/components/History.vue
@@ -96,40 +96,21 @@
                     :class="{ 'fa-arrow-down': hideThumbnail, 'fa-arrow-up': !hideThumbnail, }" /></span>
               </button>
             </div>
-
           </header>
           <div v-if="false === hideThumbnail" class="card-image">
-            <figure class="image is-3by1" v-if="item.thumbnail">
-              <template v-if="item.status === 'finished'">
-                <a v-tooltip="`Play: ${item.title}`" :href="makeDownload(config, item, 'm3u8')"
-                  @click.prevent="playVideo(item)">
-                  <img
-                    :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.thumbnail)"
-                    :alt="item.title" />
-                </a>
-              </template>
-              <template v-else>
-                <NuxtLink target="_blank" :href="item.url" v-tooltip="`Open: ${item.title} link`">
-                  <img
-                    :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.thumbnail)"
-                    :alt="item.title" />
-                </NuxtLink>
-              </template>
-            </figure>
-            <figure class="image is-3by1" v-else>
-              <template v-if="item.status === 'finished'">
-                <a v-tooltip="`Play: ${item.title}`" :href="makeDownload(config, item, 'm3u8')"
-                  @click.prevent="playVideo(item)">
-                  <img :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'images/placeholder.png'"
-                    :alt="item.title" />
-                </a>
-              </template>
-              <template v-else>
-                <NuxtLink target="_blank" :href="item.url" v-tooltip="`Open: ${item.title} link`">
-                  <img :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'images/placeholder.png'"
-                    :alt="item.title" />
-                </NuxtLink>
-              </template>
+            <figure class="image is-3by1">
+              <span v-if="'finished' === item.status" @click="playVideo(item)" class="play-overlay">
+                <div class="play-icon"></div>
+                <img
+                  :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.extras.thumbnail)"
+                  :alt="item.title" v-if="item.extras?.thumbnail" />
+                <img v-else src="/images/placeholder.png" :alt="item.title" />
+              </span>
+              <NuxtLink v-else target="_blank" :href="item.url" v-tooltip="`Open: ${item.title} link`">
+                <img :alt="item.title" v-if="item.extras?.thumbnail"
+                  :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.extras.thumbnail)" />
+                <img v-else src="/images/placeholder.png" :alt="item.title" />
+              </NuxtLink>
             </figure>
           </div>
           <div class="card-content">
@@ -253,7 +234,8 @@
       <div class="modal-background"></div>
       <div class="modal-content">
         <VideoPlayer type="default" :link="video_link" :isMuted="false" autoplay="true" :isControls="true"
-          :title="video_title" class="is-fullwidth" @closeModel="video_link = ''; video_title = ''" />
+          :title="video_title" :thumbnail="video_thumbnail" :artist="video_artist" class="is-fullwidth"
+          @closeModel="video_link = ''; video_title = ''; video_thumbnail = ''; video_artist = '';" />
       </div>
       <button class="modal-close is-large" aria-label="close" @click="video_link = ''"></button>
     </div>
@@ -270,38 +252,51 @@ const config = useConfigStore()
 const stateStore = useStateStore()
 const socket = useSocketStore()
 
-const selectedElms = ref([]);
-const masterSelectAll = ref(false);
+const selectedElms = ref([])
+const masterSelectAll = ref(false)
 const showCompleted = useStorage('showCompleted', true)
 const hideThumbnail = useStorage('hideThumbnailHistory', false)
 const direction = useStorage('sortCompleted', 'desc')
 
 const video_link = ref('')
 const video_title = ref('')
+const video_thumbnail = ref('')
+const video_artist = ref('')
 
 const playVideo = item => {
-  video_link.value = makeDownload(config, item, 'm3u8');
-  video_title.value = item.title;
+  video_thumbnail.value = '';
+  video_artist.value = '';
+  video_link.value = makeDownload(config, item, 'm3u8')
+  video_title.value = item.title
+  if (item.extras?.thumbnail) {
+    video_thumbnail.value = config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.extras.thumbnail)
+  }
+  if (item.extras?.channel) {
+    video_artist.value = item.extras.channel
+  }
+  if (!video_artist.value && item.extras?.uploader) {
+    video_artist.value = item.extras.uploader
+  }
 }
 
 watch(masterSelectAll, (value) => {
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
-    const element = stateStore.history[key];
+    const element = stateStore.history[key]
     if (value) {
-      selectedElms.value.push(element._id);
+      selectedElms.value.push(element._id)
     } else {
-      selectedElms.value = [];
+      selectedElms.value = []
     }
   }
 })
 
 const sortCompleted = computed(() => {
-  const thisDirection = direction.value;
+  const thisDirection = direction.value
   return Object.values(stateStore.history).sort((a, b) => {
     if ('asc' === thisDirection) {
-      return new Date(a.datetime) - new Date(b.datetime);
+      return new Date(a.datetime) - new Date(b.datetime)
     }
-    return new Date(b.datetime) - new Date(a.datetime);
+    return new Date(b.datetime) - new Date(a.datetime)
   })
 })
 
@@ -313,80 +308,80 @@ const showMessage = (item) => {
     return false
   }
 
-  return item.msg.length > 0;
+  return item.msg.length > 0
 }
 
 const hasIncomplete = computed(() => {
   if (Object.keys(stateStore.history)?.length < 0) {
-    return false;
+    return false
   }
 
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
-    const element = stateStore.history[key];
+    const element = stateStore.history[key]
     if (element.status !== 'finished') {
-      return true;
+      return true
     }
   }
-  return false;
+  return false
 })
 
 const hasCompleted = computed(() => {
   if (Object.keys(stateStore.history)?.length < 0) {
-    return false;
+    return false
   }
 
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
-    const element = stateStore.history[key];
+    const element = stateStore.history[key]
     if (element.status === 'finished') {
-      return true;
+      return true
     }
   }
-  return false;
+  return false
 })
 
 const deleteSelectedItems = () => {
   if (selectedElms.value.length < 1) {
-    toast.error('No items selected.');
-    return;
+    toast.error('No items selected.')
+    return
   }
 
   let msg = `Are you sure you want to delete '${selectedElms.value.length}' items?`
   if (true === config.app.remove_files) {
-    msg += '\nThis will delete the files from the server if they exist.';
+    msg += '\nThis will delete the files from the server if they exist.'
   }
 
   if (false === confirm(msg)) {
-    return;
+    return
   }
 
   for (const key in selectedElms.value) {
-    const item = stateStore.history[selectedElms.value[key]];
+    const item = stateStore.history[selectedElms.value[key]]
     if ('finished' === item.status) {
-      socket.emit('archive_item', item);
+      socket.emit('archive_item', item)
     }
     socket.emit('item_delete', {
       id: item._id,
       remove_file: config.app.remove_files,
-    });
+    })
   }
 }
 
 const clearCompleted = () => {
-  let msg = 'Are you sure you want to clear all completed downloads?';
+  let msg = 'Are you sure you want to clear all completed downloads?'
   if (false === confirm(msg)) {
-    return;
+    return
   }
 
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
     if ('finished' === ag(stateStore.get('history', key, {}), 'status')) {
-      socket.emit('item_delete', { id: stateStore.history[key]._id, remove_file: false, });
+      socket.emit('item_delete', { id: stateStore.history[key]._id, remove_file: false, })
     }
   }
 }
 
 const clearIncomplete = () => {
   if (false === confirm('Are you sure you want to clear all in-complete downloads?')) {
-    return;
+    return
   }
 
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
@@ -394,40 +389,40 @@ const clearIncomplete = () => {
       socket.emit('item_delete', {
         id: stateStore.history[key]._id,
         remove_file: false,
-      });
+      })
     }
   }
 }
 
 const setIcon = item => {
   if (item.status === 'finished' && item.is_live) {
-    return 'fa-solid fa-globe';
+    return 'fa-solid fa-globe'
   }
 
   if (item.status === 'finished') {
-    return 'fa-solid fa-circle-check';
+    return 'fa-solid fa-circle-check'
   }
 
   if (item.status === 'error') {
-    return 'fa-solid fa-circle-xmark';
+    return 'fa-solid fa-circle-xmark'
   }
 
   if (item.status === 'canceled') {
-    return 'fa-solid fa-eject';
+    return 'fa-solid fa-eject'
   }
 
-  return 'fa-solid fa-circle';
+  return 'fa-solid fa-circle'
 }
 
 const requeueIncomplete = () => {
   if (false === confirm('Are you sure you want to re-queue all incomplete downloads?')) {
-    return false;
+    return false
   }
 
   for (const key in stateStore.history) {
-    const item = stateStore.get('history', key, {});
+    const item = stateStore.get('history', key, {})
     if ('finished' === item.status) {
-      continue;
+      continue
     }
     reQueueItem(item)
   }
@@ -437,12 +432,12 @@ const archiveItem = item => {
   if (!confirm(`Archive '${item.title ?? item.id ?? item.url ?? '??'}'?`)) {
     return
   }
-  socket.emit('archive_item', item);
-  socket.emit('item_delete', { id: item._id, remove_file: false });
+  socket.emit('archive_item', item)
+  socket.emit('item_delete', { id: item._id, remove_file: false })
 }
 
 const removeItem = item => {
-  const msg = `Remove '${item.title ?? item.id ?? item.url ?? '??'}'?\n this will delete the file from the server.`;
+  const msg = `Remove '${item.title ?? item.id ?? item.url ?? '??'}'?\n this will delete the file from the server.`
   if (config.app.remove_files && !confirm(msg)) {
     return false
   }
@@ -450,7 +445,7 @@ const removeItem = item => {
   socket.emit('item_delete', {
     id: item._id,
     remove_file: config.app.remove_files
-  });
+  })
 }
 
 const reQueueItem = item => {
@@ -462,6 +457,6 @@ const reQueueItem = item => {
     ytdlp_config: item.ytdlp_config,
     ytdlp_cookies: item.ytdlp_cookies,
     output_template: item.output_template,
-  });
+  })
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/components/Queue.vue b/ui/components/Queue.vue
index 135a56d8..3bc0e254 100644
--- a/ui/components/Queue.vue
+++ b/ui/components/Queue.vue
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
             </div>
           </header>
           <div v-if="false === hideThumbnail" class="card-image">
-            <figure class="image is-3by1" v-if="item.thumbnail">
+            <figure class="image is-3by1" v-if="item.extras?.thumbnail">
               <NuxtLink v-tooltip="item.title" :href="item.url" target="_blank">
-                <img :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.thumbnail)"
+                <img :src="config.app.url_host + config.app.url_prefix + 'thumbnail?url=' + encodePath(item.extras.thumbnail)"
                   :alt="item.title" />
               </NuxtLink>
             </figure>
diff --git a/ui/components/VideoPlayer.vue b/ui/components/VideoPlayer.vue
index 633e5226..a2083625 100644
--- a/ui/components/VideoPlayer.vue
+++ b/ui/components/VideoPlayer.vue
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ const props = defineProps({
     type: String,
     default: ''
   },
+  thumbnail: {
+    type: String,
+    default: ''
+  },
+  artist: {
+    type: String,
+    default: ''
+  },
   isControls: {
     type: Boolean,
     default: true
@@ -85,10 +93,22 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
   if (props.title) {
     window.document.title = 'YTPTube'
   }
-
 })
 
 const prepareVideoPlayer = () => {
+  let mediaMetadata = {
+    title: props.title,
+  };
+
+  if (props.thumbnail) {
+    mediaMetadata['artwork'] = [
+      { src: props.thumbnail, sizes: '1920x1080', type: 'image/jpeg' },
+    ]
+  }
+  if (props.artist) {
+    mediaMetadata['artist'] = props.artist
+  }
+
   player = new Plyr(video.value, {
     debug: false,
     clickToPlay: true,
@@ -106,9 +126,7 @@ const prepareVideoPlayer = () => {
       key: 'plyr'
     },
     title: props.title,
-    mediaMetadata: {
-      title: props.title
-    },
+    mediaMetadata: mediaMetadata,
     captions: {
       update: true,
     }
diff --git a/ui/layouts/default.vue b/ui/layouts/default.vue
index 4c5cf870..9b9d03c6 100644
--- a/ui/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/ui/layouts/default.vue
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="navbar-item" v-if="config.tasks.length > 0">
-          <NuxtLink  class="button is-dark has-tooltip-bottom" to="/tasks">
+          <NuxtLink class="button is-dark has-tooltip-bottom" to="/tasks">
             <span class="icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-tasks" /></span>
             <span class="is-hidden-mobile">Tasks</span>
           </NuxtLink>
diff --git a/ui/pages/index.vue b/ui/pages/index.vue
index bb14d8f3..c1c62e22 100644
--- a/ui/pages/index.vue
+++ b/ui/pages/index.vue
@@ -6,5 +6,20 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-useHead({ title: 'Index' })
+const config = useConfigStore()
+useHead({ title: 'YTPTube' })
+
+watch(() => config.app.ui_update_title, value => {
+  if (true !== value) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const s = useStateStore()
+  useHead({ title: `YTPTube: ( ${Object.keys(s.queue).length || 0} | ${Object.keys(s.history).length || 0} )` })
+  watch([s.queue, s.history], () => {
+    const title = `YTPTube: ( ${Object.keys(s.queue).length || 0} | ${Object.keys(s.history).length || 0} )`
+    useHead({ title })
+  })
+
+}, { immediate: true })
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/pages/tasks.vue b/ui/pages/tasks.vue
index 53f522df..67215bab 100644
--- a/ui/pages/tasks.vue
+++ b/ui/pages/tasks.vue
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 import moment from 'moment'
 import { parseExpression } from 'cron-parser'
 const config = useConfigStore()
-console.log(config.tasks)
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/ui/public/images/play-icon.png b/ui/public/images/play-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0850e492
Binary files /dev/null and b/ui/public/images/play-icon.png differ
diff --git a/ui/stores/ConfigStore.js b/ui/stores/ConfigStore.js
index 5afa0d78..93e25ccc 100644
--- a/ui/stores/ConfigStore.js
+++ b/ui/stores/ConfigStore.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const CONFIG_KEYS = {
     download_path: '/downloads',
     keep_archive: false,
     remove_files: false,
+    ui_update_title: true,
     output_template: '',
     ytdlp_version: '',
     version: '',