diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 95b36b6..0eb367a 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -1858,7 +1858,8 @@ app.post('/api/tomp3', optionalJwt, async function(req, res) {
         user: req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null
     }
 
-    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override');
+    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override') || config_api.globalArgsRequiresSafeDownload();
+    if (safeDownloadOverride) logger.verbose('Download is running with the safe download override.');
     const is_playlist = url.includes('playlist');
 
     let result_obj = null;
@@ -1888,7 +1889,8 @@ app.post('/api/tomp4', optionalJwt, async function(req, res) {
         user: req.isAuthenticated() ? req.user.uid : null
     }
     
-    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override');
+    const safeDownloadOverride = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_safe_download_override') || config_api.globalArgsRequiresSafeDownload();
+    if (safeDownloadOverride) logger.verbose('Download is running with the safe download override.');
     const is_playlist = url.includes('playlist');
 
     let result_obj = null;
@@ -2354,7 +2356,7 @@ app.post('/api/getPlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     });
 });
 
-app.post('/api/updatePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
+app.post('/api/updatePlaylistFiles', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     let playlistID = req.body.playlistID;
     let fileNames = req.body.fileNames;
     let type = req.body.type;
@@ -2362,7 +2364,7 @@ app.post('/api/updatePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     let success = false;
     try {
         if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
-            auth_api.updatePlaylist(req.user.uid, playlistID, fileNames, type);
+            auth_api.updatePlaylistFiles(req.user.uid, playlistID, fileNames, type);
         } else {
             db.get(`playlists.${type}`)
                 .find({id: playlistID})
@@ -2380,6 +2382,14 @@ app.post('/api/updatePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     })
 });
 
+app.post('/api/updatePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
+    let playlist = req.body.playlist;
+    let success = db_api.updatePlaylist(playlist, req.user && req.user.uid);
+    res.send({
+        success: success
+    });
+});
+
 app.post('/api/deletePlaylist', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
     let playlistID = req.body.playlistID;
     let type = req.body.type;
diff --git a/backend/authentication/auth.js b/backend/authentication/auth.js
index 0373215..297b047 100644
--- a/backend/authentication/auth.js
+++ b/backend/authentication/auth.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ exports.addPlaylist = function(user_uid, new_playlist, type) {
   return true;
 }
 
-exports.updatePlaylist = function(user_uid, playlistID, new_filenames, type) {
+exports.updatePlaylistFiles = function(user_uid, playlistID, new_filenames, type) {
   users_db.get('users').find({uid: user_uid}).get(`playlists.${type}`).find({id: playlistID}).assign({fileNames: new_filenames});
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/backend/config.js b/backend/config.js
index 6f29cb8..0737cd2 100644
--- a/backend/config.js
+++ b/backend/config.js
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ function setConfigItems(items) {
     return success;
 }
 
+function globalArgsRequiresSafeDownload() {
+    const globalArgs = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_custom_args');
+    const argsThatRequireSafeDownload = ['--write-sub', '--write-srt'];
+    const failedArgs = globalArgs.filter(arg => argsThatRequireSafeDownload.includes(arg));
+    return failedArgs && failedArgs.length > 0;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     getConfigItem: getConfigItem,
     setConfigItem: setConfigItem,
@@ -164,7 +171,8 @@ module.exports = {
     configExistsCheck: configExistsCheck,
     CONFIG_ITEMS: CONFIG_ITEMS,
     initialize: initialize,
-    descriptors: {}
+    descriptors: {},
+    globalArgsRequiresSafeDownload: globalArgsRequiresSafeDownload
 }
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
diff --git a/backend/db.js b/backend/db.js
index 4bf2ba8..3f8e9aa 100644
--- a/backend/db.js
+++ b/backend/db.js
@@ -93,11 +93,25 @@ function generateFileObject(id, type, customPath = null, sub = null) {
     return file_obj;
 }
 
+function updatePlaylist(playlist, user_uid) {
+    let playlistID = playlist.id;
+    let type = playlist.type;
+    let db_loc = null;
+    if (user_uid) {
+        db_loc = users_db.get('users').find({uid: user_uid}).get(`playlists.${type}`).find({id: playlistID});
+    } else {
+        db_loc = db.get(`playlists.${type}`).find({id: playlistID});
+    }
+    db_loc.assign(playlist).write();
+    return true;
+}
+
 function getAppendedBasePathSub(sub, base_path) {
     return path.join(base_path, (sub.isPlaylist ? 'playlists/' : 'channels/'), sub.name);
 }
 
 module.exports = {
     initialize: initialize,
-    registerFileDB: registerFileDB
+    registerFileDB: registerFileDB,
+    updatePlaylist: updatePlaylist
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/player/player.component.ts b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
index 7547362..2939852 100644
--- a/src/app/player/player.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit {
 
   downloading = false;
 
+  original_volume = null;
+
   @HostListener('window:resize', ['$event'])
   onResize(event) {
     this.innerWidth = window.innerWidth;
@@ -235,6 +237,12 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit {
   onPlayerReady(api: VgAPI) {
       this.api = api;
 
+      // checks if volume has been previously set. if so, use that as default
+      if (localStorage.getItem('player_volume')) {
+        this.api.volume = parseFloat(localStorage.getItem('player_volume'));
+      }
+      setInterval(() => this.saveVolume(this.api), 2000)
+
       this.api.getDefaultMedia().subscriptions.loadedMetadata.subscribe(this.playVideo.bind(this));
       this.api.getDefaultMedia().subscriptions.ended.subscribe(this.nextVideo.bind(this));
 
@@ -243,6 +251,13 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit {
       }
   }
 
+  saveVolume(api) {
+    if (this.original_volume !== api.volume) {
+      localStorage.setItem('player_volume', api.volume)
+      this.original_volume = api.volume;
+    }
+  }
+
   nextVideo() {
       if (this.currentIndex === this.playlist.length - 1) {
         // dont continue playing
@@ -374,7 +389,7 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit {
   updatePlaylist() {
     const fileNames = this.getFileNames();
     this.playlist_updating = true;
-    this.postsService.updatePlaylist(this.id, fileNames, this.type).subscribe(res => {
+    this.postsService.updatePlaylistFiles(this.id, fileNames, this.type).subscribe(res => {
     this.playlist_updating = false;
       if (res['success']) {
         const fileNamesEncoded = fileNames.join('|nvr|');
diff --git a/src/app/posts.services.ts b/src/app/posts.services.ts
index 479944d..4e8b20a 100644
--- a/src/app/posts.services.ts
+++ b/src/app/posts.services.ts
@@ -274,8 +274,12 @@ export class PostsService implements CanActivate {
                                                             type: type, uuid: uuid}, this.httpOptions);
     }
 
-    updatePlaylist(playlistID, fileNames, type) {
-        return this.http.post(this.path + 'updatePlaylist', {playlistID: playlistID,
+    updatePlaylist(playlist) {
+        return this.http.post(this.path + 'updatePlaylist', {playlist: playlist}, this.httpOptions);
+    }
+
+    updatePlaylistFiles(playlistID, fileNames, type) {
+        return this.http.post(this.path + 'updatePlaylistFiles', {playlistID: playlistID,
                                                             fileNames: fileNames,
                                                             type: type}, this.httpOptions);
     }