diff --git a/docs/Video.md b/docs/Video.md
index 72f74072..cd1f5b37 100644
--- a/docs/Video.md
+++ b/docs/Video.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Video Page
-Every video downloaded gets a dedicated page accessible at `/video/<video-id>/` of your Tube Archivist.
+Every video downloaded gets a dedicated page accessible at `/video/<video-id>/` of your Tube Archivist. Throughout the interface, click on a video title to access the video page.
 
 Clicking on the channel name or the channel icon will bring you to the dedicated channel detail [page](Channels#channel-detail).
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/README.md b/tubearchivist/api/README.md
index 2328f685..00e929f3 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/README.md
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/README.md
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ Timestamps either *int* or *float*, end time can't be before start time.
 ## Channel List View
 /api/channel/
 
+Parameter:
+- filter: subscribed
+
 ### Subscribe to a list of channels
 POST /api/channel/
 ```json
diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/views.py b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
index 7146de72..14f547f6 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
@@ -289,14 +289,27 @@ class ChannelApiListView(ApiBaseView):
     """
 
     search_base = "ta_channel/_search/"
+    valid_filter = ["subscribed"]
 
     def get(self, request):
         """get request"""
-        self.get_document_list(request)
         self.data.update(
             {"sort": [{"channel_name.keyword": {"order": "asc"}}]}
         )
 
+        query_filter = request.GET.get("filter", False)
+        must_list = []
+        if query_filter:
+            if query_filter not in self.valid_filter:
+                message = f"invalid url query filder: {query_filter}"
+                print(message)
+                return Response({"message": message}, status=400)
+
+            must_list.append({"term": {"channel_subscribed": {"value": True}}})
+
+        self.data["query"] = {"bool": {"must": must_list}}
+        self.get_document_list(request)
+
         return Response(self.response)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -430,7 +443,7 @@ class DownloadApiView(ApiBaseView):
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         """delete single video from queue"""
         print(f"{video_id}: delete from queue")
-        PendingInteract(video_id=video_id).delete_item()
+        PendingInteract(video_id).delete_item()
 
         return Response({"success": True})
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
index ca7487c2..cd20c9b6 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ class PendingIndex:
 class PendingInteract:
     """interact with items in download queue"""
 
-    def __init__(self, video_id=False, status=False):
-        self.video_id = video_id
+    def __init__(self, youtube_id=False, status=False):
+        self.youtube_id = youtube_id
         self.status = status
 
     def delete_item(self):
         """delete single item from pending"""
-        path = f"ta_download/_doc/{self.video_id}"
+        path = f"ta_download/_doc/{self.youtube_id}"
         _, _ = ElasticWrap(path).delete(refresh=True)
 
     def delete_by_status(self):
@@ -114,15 +114,35 @@ class PendingInteract:
     def update_status(self):
         """update status field of pending item"""
         data = {"doc": {"status": self.status}}
-        path = f"ta_download/_update/{self.video_id}"
+        path = f"ta_download/_update/{self.youtube_id}"
         _, _ = ElasticWrap(path).post(data=data)
 
     def get_item(self):
         """return pending item dict"""
-        path = f"ta_download/_doc/{self.video_id}"
+        path = f"ta_download/_doc/{self.youtube_id}"
         response, status_code = ElasticWrap(path).get()
         return response["_source"], status_code
 
+    def get_channel(self):
+        """
+        get channel metadata from queue to not depend on channel to be indexed
+        """
+        data = {
+            "size": 1,
+            "query": {"term": {"channel_id": {"value": self.youtube_id}}},
+        }
+        response, _ = ElasticWrap("ta_download/_search").get(data=data)
+        hits = response["hits"]["hits"]
+        if not hits:
+            channel_name = "NA"
+        else:
+            channel_name = hits[0]["_source"].get("channel_name", "NA")
+
+        return {
+            "channel_id": self.youtube_id,
+            "channel_name": channel_name,
+        }
+
 
 class PendingList(PendingIndex):
     """manage the pending videos list"""
@@ -264,6 +284,7 @@ class PendingList(PendingIndex):
             return False
         # stop if video is streaming live now
         if vid["live_status"] in ["is_upcoming", "is_live"]:
+            print(f"{youtube_id}: skip is_upcoming or is_live")
             return False
 
         if vid["live_status"] == "was_live":
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
index e91a97db..49082aab 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/thumbnails.py
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ class ThumbManagerBase:
                 response = requests.get(url, stream=True, timeout=5)
                 if response.ok:
                     try:
-                        return Image.open(response.raw)
-                    except UnidentifiedImageError:
+                        img = Image.open(response.raw)
+                        if isinstance(img, Image.Image):
+                            return img
+                        return self.get_fallback()
+
+                    except (UnidentifiedImageError, OSError):
                         print(f"failed to open thumbnail: {url}")
                         return self.get_fallback()
 
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ class ThumbManagerBase:
 
     def get_fallback(self):
         """get fallback thumbnail if not available"""
+        print(f"{self.item_id}: failed to extract thumbnail, use fallback")
         if self.fallback:
             img_raw = Image.open(self.fallback)
             return img_raw
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
index f3837087..e9ec0d9a 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
@@ -109,12 +109,20 @@ class Comments:
         if comments_raw:
             for comment in comments_raw:
                 cleaned_comment = self.clean_comment(comment)
+                if not cleaned_comment:
+                    continue
+
                 comments.append(cleaned_comment)
 
         self.comments_format = comments
 
     def clean_comment(self, comment):
         """parse metadata from comment for indexing"""
+        if not comment.get("text"):
+            # comment text can be empty
+            print(f"{self.youtube_id}: Failed to extract text, {comment}")
+            return False
+
         time_text_datetime = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(comment["timestamp"])
 
         if time_text_datetime.hour == 0 and time_text_datetime.minute == 0:
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index a2265fcd..4abc6cbf 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ def download_pending():
 def download_single(pending_video):
     """start download single video now"""
     queue = RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue")
+
     to_add = {
         "youtube_id": pending_video["youtube_id"],
-        "vid_type": pending_video["vid_type"],
+        "vid_type": pending_video.get("vid_type", VideoTypeEnum.VIDEOS.value),
     }
     queue.add_priority(json.dumps(to_add))
     print(f"Added to queue with priority: {to_add}")
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index 4918aca4..db735d01 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.views import View
+from home.src.download.queue import PendingInteract
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import CookieHandler
 from home.src.es.backup import ElasticBackup
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ from home.src.frontend.forms import (
     UserSettingsForm,
 )
 from home.src.frontend.searching import SearchHandler
-from home.src.index.channel import YoutubeChannel, channel_overwrites
+from home.src.index.channel import channel_overwrites
 from home.src.index.generic import Pagination
 from home.src.index.playlist import YoutubePlaylist
 from home.src.index.reindex import ReindexProgress
@@ -375,13 +376,13 @@ class DownloadView(ArchivistResultsView):
     def get(self, request):
         """handle get request"""
         self.initiate_vars(request)
-        self._update_view_data(request)
+        filter_view = self._update_view_data(request)
         self.find_results()
         self.context.update(
             {
                 "title": "Downloads",
                 "add_form": AddToQueueForm(),
-                "channel_agg_list": self._get_channel_agg(),
+                "channel_agg_list": self._get_channel_agg(filter_view),
             }
         )
         return render(request, "home/downloads.html", self.context)
@@ -401,12 +402,11 @@ class DownloadView(ArchivistResultsView):
                 {"term": {"channel_id": {"value": channel_filter}}}
             )
 
-            channel = YoutubeChannel(channel_filter)
-            channel.get_from_es()
+            channel = PendingInteract(channel_filter).get_channel()
             self.context.update(
                 {
-                    "channel_filter_id": channel_filter,
-                    "channel_filter_name": channel.json_data["channel_name"],
+                    "channel_filter_id": channel.get("channel_id"),
+                    "channel_filter_name": channel.get("channel_name"),
                 }
             )
 
@@ -417,11 +417,13 @@ class DownloadView(ArchivistResultsView):
             }
         )
 
-    def _get_channel_agg(self):
+        return filter_view
+
+    def _get_channel_agg(self, filter_view):
         """get pending channel with count"""
         data = {
             "size": 0,
-            "query": {"term": {"status": {"value": "pending"}}},
+            "query": {"term": {"status": {"value": filter_view}}},
             "aggs": {
                 "channel_downloads": {
                     "multi_terms": {
diff --git a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
index b8a60b1b..8da89941 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
+++ b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 beautifulsoup4==4.11.2
 celery==5.2.7
-Django==4.1.6
+Django==4.1.7
 django-auth-ldap==4.1.0
 django-cors-headers==3.13.0
 djangorestframework==3.14.0
 Pillow==9.4.0
-redis==4.4.2
+redis==4.5.1
 requests==2.28.2
 ryd-client==0.0.6
 uWSGI==2.0.21
 whitenoise==6.3.0
-yt_dlp==2023.1.6
+yt_dlp==2023.2.17
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index 1028f84a..8dfff95b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function toggleCheckbox(checkbox) {
   let payload = JSON.stringify(payloadDict);
   sendPost(payload);
   setTimeout(function () {
-    let currPage = window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
+    let currPage = window.location.pathname;
     window.location.replace(currPage);
   }, 500);
 }