diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 700eee51..0ea813ae 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from home.src.index.playlist import YoutubePlaylist
 from home.src.index.video import YoutubeVideo, index_new_video
 from home.src.index.video_constants import VideoTypeEnum
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig
-from home.src.ta.helper import clean_string, ignore_filelist
+from home.src.ta.helper import ignore_filelist
 
 
 class DownloadPostProcess:
@@ -361,23 +361,16 @@ class VideoDownloader:
         videos = self.config["application"]["videos"]
         host_uid = self.config["application"]["HOST_UID"]
         host_gid = self.config["application"]["HOST_GID"]
-        channel_name = clean_string(vid_dict["channel"]["channel_name"])
-        if len(channel_name) <= 3:
-            # fall back to channel id
-            channel_name = vid_dict["channel"]["channel_id"]
-        # make archive folder with correct permissions
-        new_folder = os.path.join(videos, channel_name)
-        if not os.path.exists(new_folder):
-            os.makedirs(new_folder)
-        if host_uid and host_gid:
-            os.chown(new_folder, host_uid, host_gid)
-        # find real filename
+        # make folder
+        folder = os.path.join(videos, vid_dict["channel"]["channel_id"])
+        if not os.path.exists(folder):
+            os.makedirs(folder)
+            if host_uid and host_gid:
+                os.chown(folder, host_uid, host_gid)
+        # move media file
+        media_file = vid_dict["youtube_id"] + ".mp4"
         cache_dir = self.config["application"]["cache_dir"]
-        all_cached = ignore_filelist(os.listdir(cache_dir + "/download/"))
-        for file_str in all_cached:
-            if vid_dict["youtube_id"] in file_str:
-                old_file = file_str
-        old_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "download", old_file)
+        old_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "download", media_file)
         new_path = os.path.join(videos, vid_dict["media_url"])
         # move media file and fix permission
         shutil.move(old_path, new_path, copy_function=shutil.copyfile)
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
index b4daae2d..7b2da2d6 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from home.src.index.video_streams import (
     DurationConverter,
     MediaStreamExtractor,
 )
-from home.src.ta.helper import clean_string, randomizor
+from home.src.ta.helper import randomizor
 from home.src.ta.ta_redis import RedisArchivist
 from ryd_client import ryd_client
 
@@ -292,19 +292,10 @@ class YoutubeVideo(YouTubeItem, YoutubeSubtitle):
 
     def add_file_path(self):
         """build media_url for where file will be located"""
-        channel_name = self.json_data["channel"]["channel_name"]
-        clean_channel_name = clean_string(channel_name)
-        if len(clean_channel_name) <= 3:
-            # fall back to channel id
-            clean_channel_name = self.json_data["channel"]["channel_id"]
-
-        timestamp = self.json_data["published"].replace("-", "")
-        youtube_id = self.json_data["youtube_id"]
-        title = self.json_data["title"]
-        clean_title = clean_string(title)
-        filename = f"{timestamp}_{youtube_id}_{clean_title}.mp4"
-        media_url = os.path.join(clean_channel_name, filename)
-        self.json_data["media_url"] = media_url
+        self.json_data["media_url"] = os.path.join(
+            self.json_data["channel"]["channel_id"],
+            self.json_data["youtube_id"] + ".mp4",
+        )
 
     def delete_media_file(self):
         """delete video file, meta data"""