diff --git a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
index d9fc6b1e..3af15f2d 100644
--- a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
+++ b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import asyncio
 import functools
 import glob
 import logging
-import os
 import time
 import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ from email.utils import formatdate, parsedate_to_datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 
-import anyio
 import yt_dlp
 from aiohttp import web
 
@@ -399,7 +397,7 @@ class DownloadQueue(metaclass=Singleton):
                 item.template = _preset.template
 
         yt_conf = {}
-        cookie_file = os.path.join(self.config.temp_path, f"c_{uuid.uuid4().hex}.txt")
+        cookie_file = Path(self.config.temp_path) / f"c_{uuid.uuid4().hex}.txt"
 
         LOG.info(f"Adding '{item.__repr__()}'.")
 
@@ -441,10 +439,8 @@ class DownloadQueue(metaclass=Singleton):
 
             if item.cookies:
                 try:
-                    async with await anyio.open_file(cookie_file, "w") as f:
-                        await f.write(item.cookies)
-                        yt_conf["cookiefile"] = f.name
-
+                    cookie_file.write_text(item.cookies)
+                    yt_conf["cookiefile"] = str(cookie_file.as_posix())
                     load_cookies(cookie_file)
                 except Exception as e:
                     msg = f"Failed to create cookie file for '{item.url}'. '{e!s}'."
@@ -493,10 +489,10 @@ class DownloadQueue(metaclass=Singleton):
                 "msg": f"TimeoutError: {self.config.extract_info_timeout}s reached Unable to extract info.",
             }
         finally:
-            if cookie_file and os.path.exists(cookie_file):
+            if cookie_file and cookie_file.exists():
                 try:
-                    os.remove(cookie_file)
-                    del yt_conf["cookiefile"]
+                    cookie_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                    yt_conf.pop("cookiefile", None)
                 except Exception as e:
                     LOG.error(f"Failed to remove cookie file '{yt_conf['cookiefile']}'. {e!s}")
 
@@ -579,18 +575,19 @@ class DownloadQueue(metaclass=Singleton):
                     filename = f"{item.info.folder}/{item.info.filename}"
 
                 try:
-                    realFile: str = calc_download_path(
-                        base_path=self.config.download_path,
-                        folder=filename,
-                        create_path=False,
+                    rf = Path(
+                        calc_download_path(
+                            base_path=self.config.download_path,
+                            folder=filename,
+                            create_path=False,
+                        )
                     )
-                    rf = Path(realFile)
-                    if rf.is_file() and rf.exists():
+                    if rf.stem and rf.is_file() and rf.exists():
                         for f in rf.parent.glob(f"{glob.escape(rf.stem)}.*"):
                             if f.is_file() and f.exists() and not f.name.startswith("."):
                                 removed_files += 1
                                 LOG.debug(f"Removing '{itemRef}' local file '{f.name}'.")
-                                os.remove(f)
+                                f.unlink(missing_ok=True)
                     else:
                         LOG.warning(f"Failed to remove '{itemRef}' local file '{filename}'. File not found.")
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -701,22 +698,13 @@ class DownloadQueue(metaclass=Singleton):
 
         """
         filePath = calc_download_path(base_path=self.config.download_path, folder=entry.info.folder)
-        LOG.info(
-            f"Downloading 'id: {id}', 'Title: {entry.info.title}', 'URL: {entry.info.url}' to 'Folder: {filePath}'."
-        )
+        LOG.info(f"Downloading 'id: {id}', 'Title: {entry.info.title}', 'URL: {entry.info.url}' To '{filePath}'.")
 
         try:
             self._active[entry.info._id] = entry
             await entry.start()
 
             if "finished" != entry.info.status:
-                if entry.tmpfilename and os.path.isfile(entry.tmpfilename):
-                    try:
-                        os.remove(entry.tmpfilename)
-                        entry.tmpfilename = None
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-
                 entry.info.status = "error"
         finally:
             if entry.info._id in self._active:
diff --git a/app/library/Utils.py b/app/library/Utils.py
index 8c7e4a55..b4ca56dc 100644
--- a/app/library/Utils.py
+++ b/app/library/Utils.py
@@ -89,17 +89,17 @@ def calc_download_path(base_path: str, folder: str | None = None, create_path: b
     if folder.startswith("/"):
         folder = folder[1:]
 
-    realBasePath = os.path.realpath(base_path)
-    download_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(base_path, folder))
+    realBasePath = pathlib.Path(base_path).absolute()
+    download_path = pathlib.Path(realBasePath / folder).absolute()
 
-    if not download_path.startswith(realBasePath):
+    if not str(download_path).startswith(str(realBasePath)):
         msg = f'Folder "{folder}" must resolve inside the base download folder "{realBasePath}".'
         raise Exception(msg)
 
-    if not os.path.isdir(download_path) and create_path:
-        os.makedirs(download_path, exist_ok=True)
+    if not download_path.is_dir() and create_path:
+        download_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    return download_path
+    return str(download_path)
 
 
 def extract_info(