diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0179ec38..7701ab66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ build
 version.txt
 test_impl.py
 ./eslint.config.js
+.pytest_cache
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a6ac051..e3c19ecc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@ For simple API documentation, you can refer to the [API documentation](API.md).
 
 # Disclaimer
 
-This project is not affiliated with yt-dlp, or any other service. It's a personal project that was created to
-make downloading videos from the internet easier. It's not intended to be used for piracy or any other illegal activities.
+This project is not affiliated with yt-dlp or any other service.
+
+It’s a personal project designed to make downloading videos from the internet more convenient. It’s not intended for 
+piracy or any unlawful use.
+
+This project was built primarily for my own needs and preferences. The UI might not be the most polished or visually 
+refined, but I’m happy with it as it is. You can, however, create and load your own UI for complete customization. I 
+plan to refactor the UI/UX in the future using [Nuxt/ui](https://ui.nuxt.com/).
+
+Contributions are welcome, but I may decline changes that don’t align with my vision for the project. Unsolicited pull 
+requests may be ignored. For suggestions or feature requests, please open a discussion or join the Discord server.
 
 # Social contact
 
diff --git a/ui/app/assets/css/style.css b/ui/app/assets/css/style.css
index cd841efe..fb18446a 100644
--- a/ui/app/assets/css/style.css
+++ b/ui/app/assets/css/style.css
@@ -370,3 +370,4 @@ div.is-centered {
   padding: 0;
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
+
diff --git a/ui/app/components/FloatingImage.vue b/ui/app/components/FloatingImage.vue
index 0b190f3a..6db9b82e 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/FloatingImage.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/FloatingImage.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
           <div class="is-block" style="word-break: all;" v-if="props.title">
             <span style="font-size: 120%;">{{ props.title }}</span>
           </div>
-          <figure class="image is-3by1 is-hidden-mobile">
+          <figure :class="['image', thumbnail_ratio, 'is-hidden-mobile']">
             <img @load="e => pImg(e)" :src="url" :alt="props.title" @error="clearCache"
               :crossorigin="props.privacy ? 'anonymous' : 'use-credentials'"
               :referrerpolicy="props.privacy ? 'no-referrer' : 'origin'" />
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { useStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { disableOpacity, enableOpacity } from '~/utils'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const props = defineProps<{
 
 const cache = useSessionCache()
 const toast = useNotification()
+const thumbnail_ratio = useStorage<'is-16by9' | 'is-3by1'>('thumbnail_ratio', 'is-3by1')
 const url = ref<string | null>(null)
 const error = ref(false)
 const isPreloading = ref(false)
diff --git a/ui/app/components/History.vue b/ui/app/components/History.vue
index f4d3daca..bc6b0694 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/History.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/History.vue
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
             </div>
           </header>
           <div v-if="showThumbnails" class="card-image">
-            <figure class="image is-3by1">
+            <figure :class="['image', thumbnail_ratio]">
               <span v-if="'finished' === item.status && item.filename" @click="playVideo(item)" class="play-overlay">
                 <div class="play-icon"></div>
                 <img @load="(e: Event) => pImg(e)" :src="getImage(item)" v-if="getImage(item)" />
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ const direction = useStorage<'asc' | 'desc'>('sortCompleted', 'desc')
 const display_style = useStorage<'grid' | 'list'>('display_style', 'grid')
 const bg_enable = useStorage<boolean>('random_bg', true)
 const bg_opacity = useStorage<number>('random_bg_opacity', 0.95)
+const thumbnail_ratio = useStorage<'is-16by9' | 'is-3by1'>('thumbnail_ratio', 'is-3by1')
 
 const selectedElms = ref<string[]>([])
 const masterSelectAll = ref(false)
diff --git a/ui/app/components/Queue.vue b/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
index 695bf7d4..d73d4a36 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/Queue.vue
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             </div>
           </header>
           <div v-if="showThumbnails" class="card-image">
-            <figure class="image is-3by1">
+            <figure :class="['image', thumbnail_ratio]">
               <span v-if="isEmbedable(item.url)" @click="embed_url = getEmbedable(item.url) as string"
                 class="play-overlay">
                 <div class="play-icon embed-icon"></div>
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ const hideThumbnail = useStorage('hideThumbnailQueue', false)
 const display_style = useStorage('display_style', 'grid')
 const bg_enable = useStorage('random_bg', true)
 const bg_opacity = useStorage('random_bg_opacity', 0.95)
+const thumbnail_ratio = useStorage<'is-16by9' | 'is-3by1'>('thumbnail_ratio', 'is-3by1')
 
 const selectedElms = ref<string[]>([])
 const masterSelectAll = ref(false)
diff --git a/ui/app/components/Settings.vue b/ui/app/components/Settings.vue
index 312f176b..64087309 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/Settings.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/Settings.vue
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@
                 <p class="help is-bold"> Show videos thumbnail if available.</p>
               </div>
 
+              <div class="field" v-if="show_thumbnail">
+                <label class="label is-unselectable">Thumbnail Aspect Ratio</label>
+                <div class="control">
+                  <label for="ratio_16by9" class="radio">
+                    <input id="ratio_16by9" type="radio" v-model="thumbnail_ratio" value="is-16by9">
+                    <span>&nbsp;16:9</span>
+                  </label>
+                  <label for="ratio_3by1" class="radio">
+                    <input id="ratio_3by1" type="radio" v-model="thumbnail_ratio" value="is-3by1">
+                    <span>&nbsp;3:1</span>
+                  </label>
+                </div>
+                <p class="help is-bold">Choose the aspect ratio for thumbnail display.</p>
+              </div>
+
               <div class="field">
                 <label class="label" for="allow_toasts">Show notifications</label>
                 <div class="control">
@@ -164,6 +179,7 @@ const allow_toasts = useStorage<boolean>('allow_toasts', true)
 const toast_position = useStorage<POSITION>('toast_position', POSITION.TOP_RIGHT)
 const toast_dismiss_on_click = useStorage<boolean>('toast_dismiss_on_click', true)
 const show_thumbnail = useStorage<boolean>('show_thumbnail', true)
+const thumbnail_ratio = useStorage<'is-16by9' | 'is-3by1'>('thumbnail_ratio', 'is-3by1')
 const separator = useStorage<string>('url_separator', separators[0]?.value ?? ',')
 const simpleMode = useStorage<boolean>('simple_mode', useConfigStore().app.simple_mode || false)
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/app/components/Simple.vue b/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
index a24e7dc9..a1939e1b 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/Simple.vue
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
           </label>
           <div class="field has-addons">
             <div class="control">
-              <button type="button" class="button is-info" @click="() => showPresets = !showPresets">
-                <span class="icon"><i class="fas" :class="showPresets ? 'fa-chevron-up' : 'fa-chevron-down'" /></span>
+              <button type="button" class="button is-info" @click="() => showExtras = !showExtras"
+                v-tooltip="showExtras ? 'Hide extra options' : 'Show extra options'">
+                <span class="icon"><i class="fas" :class="showExtras ? 'fa-chevron-up' : 'fa-chevron-down'" /></span>
               </button>
             </div>
             <div class="control is-expanded">
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
               </button>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div class="field has-addons" v-if="showPresets">
+          <div class="field has-addons" v-if="showExtras">
             <div class="control">
               <label class="button is-static">
                 <span class="icon"><i class="fas fa-sliders" /></span>
@@ -55,6 +56,20 @@
             </div>
           </div>
 
+          <div class="columns is-multiline is-mobile" v-if="showExtras && configStore.dl_fields.length > 0">
+            <div class="column is-6-tablet is-12-mobile">
+              <DLInput id="force_download" type="bool" label="Force download"
+                v-model="dlFields['--no-download-archive']" icon="fa-solid fa-download"
+                :disabled="!socketStore.isConnected || addInProgress" description="Ignore archive and re-download." />
+            </div>
+            <div class="column is-6-tablet is-12-mobile" v-for="(fi, index) in sortedDLFields"
+              :key="fi.id || `dlf-${index}`">
+              <DLInput :id="fi?.id || `dlf-${index}`" :type="fi.kind" :description="fi.description" :label="fi.name"
+                :icon="fi.icon" v-model="dlFields[fi.field]" :field="fi.field"
+                :disabled="!socketStore.isConnected || addInProgress" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
         </form>
       </section>
     </div>
@@ -213,7 +228,8 @@ const videoItem = ref<StoreItem | null>(null)
 const formUrl = ref<string>('')
 const formPreset = ref<{ preset: string }>({ preset: app.value.default_preset || '' })
 const addInProgress = ref<boolean>(false)
-const showPresets = ref<boolean>(false)
+const showExtras = ref<boolean>(false)
+const dlFields = useStorage<Record<string, any>>('dl_fields', {})
 const show_thumbnail = useStorage<boolean>('show_thumbnail', true)
 
 const sortByNewest = (items: StoreItem[]): StoreItem[] => items.slice().sort((a, b) => (b.timestamp ?? 0) - (a.timestamp ?? 0))
@@ -247,9 +263,50 @@ const addDownload = async (): Promise<void> => {
     return
   }
 
+  let cli = ''
+
+  const dlFieldsExtra = ['--no-download-archive']
+
+  const is_valid = (dl_field: string): boolean => {
+    if (dlFieldsExtra.includes(dl_field)) {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    if (configStore.dl_fields && configStore.dl_fields.length > 0) {
+      return configStore.dl_fields.some(f => dl_field === f.field)
+    }
+
+    return false
+  }
+
+  if (dlFields.value && Object.keys(dlFields.value).length > 0) {
+    const joined = []
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(dlFields.value)) {
+      if (false === is_valid(key)) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if ([undefined, null, '', false].includes(value as any)) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const keyRegex = new RegExp(`(^|\\s)${key}(\\s|$)`)
+      if (cli && keyRegex.test(cli)) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      joined.push(true === value ? `${key}` : `${key} ${value}`)
+    }
+
+    if (joined.length > 0) {
+      cli = joined.join(' ')
+    }
+  }
+
   const payload: item_request[] = [{
     url,
     preset: formPreset.value.preset || app.value.default_preset,
+    cli: cli || '',
     auto_start: true,
   }]
 
@@ -274,6 +331,7 @@ const addDownload = async (): Promise<void> => {
 
     formUrl.value = ''
     formPreset.value.preset = app.value.default_preset || ''
+    dlFields.value = {}
   } catch (error) {
     const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to add download.'
     toast.error(message)
@@ -544,6 +602,9 @@ const showMessage = (item: StoreItem) => {
   return (item.msg?.length || 0) > 0
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-side-effects-in-computed-properties
+const sortedDLFields = computed(() => configStore.dl_fields.sort((a, b) => (a.order || 0) - (b.order || 0)))
+
 const connectionStatusColor = computed(() => {
   switch (socketStore.connectionStatus) {
     case 'connected':