diff --git a/app/download.py b/app/download.py
index 6ddbdd2..010fe8e 100644
--- a/app/download.py
+++ b/app/download.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 import os, yt_dlp, json, requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
@@ -10,6 +11,23 @@ class grab():
         option_values = [option['value'] for option in options if option.has_attr('value')]
         seasons = [item.replace(url+'/season:', '') for item in option_values]
         return seasons
+    
+    def thumbnail(ydl,url,location):
+            # Extracting video information
+            video_info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
+            thumbnail_url = video_info.get('thumbnail')
+            
+            # Download the thumbnail image
+            if thumbnail_url:
+                try:
+                    thumbnail_filename = os.path.join(location, f"{video_info['id']}.jpg")  
+                    with open(thumbnail_filename, 'wb') as thumbnail_file:
+                        thumbnail_file.write(requests.get(thumbnail_url).content)
+                    print("Downloaded MP4 and downloaded thumbnail successfully!")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Error downloading thumbnail: {str(e)}")
+            else:
+                print("Downloaded MP4 but no thumbnail found.")
 
 class dropout():
     def show(show,season,episode):
@@ -38,7 +56,7 @@ class dropout():
                 'temp': '/temp', 
                 'home': directory
                 },
-                'cookiefile': 'cookies.txt',
+                'cookiefile': '/data/dropout_cookies.txt',
             'reject_title': [
                 r'(?i).*behind.?the.?scenes.*',  # Reject titles with "behind the scenes" (case-insensitive)
                 r'(?i).*trailer.*',  # Reject titles with "trailer" (case-insensitive)
@@ -51,8 +69,12 @@ class dropout():
             'writesubtitles': True,  # Download subtitles
             'subtitleslangs': ['en']  # Specify the language for subtitles (e.g., 'en' for English)
             }
-        with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(dl_ops) as ydl:
-            ydl.download([url])
+        try:
+            with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(dl_ops) as ydl:
+                ydl.download([url])
+            return JSONResponse(status_code=200, content={"status": "success", "message": "Download completed."})
+        except Exception as e:
+            return JSONResponse(status_code=500, content={"status": "error", "message": str(e)})
     
     def series():
         json_data=[]
@@ -78,53 +100,41 @@ class dropout():
         with open('/data/dropout.json', 'w') as json_file:
             json.dump(sorted_json_data, json_file, indent=4)
 
-def ydl(url, location):
-    dl_ops = {'paths': {'temp': '/temp', 'home': location}, 'outtmpl': '%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'}
-    if location == "/podcasts":
-        dl_ops['format'] = 'bestaudio/best[ext=mp3]'
-        dl_ops['postprocessors'] = [{
-            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
-            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
-            'preferredquality': '192',
-        }, {
-            'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
-            'add_metadata': True,
-        }]
-    elif location == "/asmr":
-        dl_ops['format'] = 'bestaudio/best[ext=mp3]'
-        dl_ops['postprocessors'] = [{
-            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
-            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
-            'preferredquality': '192',
-        }, {
-            'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
-            'add_metadata': True,
-        }]
-    elif location == "/mnt/nsfw":
-        dl_ops['format'] = 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best'
+class youtube():
+    def ydl(url, location):
+        dl_ops = {'paths': {'temp': '/temp', 'home': location}, 'outtmpl': '%(uploader)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'}
+        if location == "/podcasts":
+            dl_ops['format'] = 'bestaudio/best[ext=mp3]'
+            dl_ops['postprocessors'] = [{
+                'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
+                'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
+                'preferredquality': '192',
+            }, {
+                'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
+                'add_metadata': True,
+            }]
+        elif location == "/asmr":
+            dl_ops['format'] = 'bestaudio/best[ext=mp3]'
+            dl_ops['postprocessors'] = [{
+                'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
+                'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
+                'preferredquality': '192',
+            }, {
+                'key': 'FFmpegMetadata',
+                'add_metadata': True,
+            }]
+        elif location == "/nsfw":
+            dl_ops['format'] = 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best'
 
-    else:
-        dl_ops = {
-            'format': 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best',
-            'cookiefile': 'yt-cookies.txt'
-        }
-
-
-    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(dl_ops) as ydl:
-        ydl.download(url)
-        
-        # Extracting video information
-        video_info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
-        thumbnail_url = video_info.get('thumbnail')
-        
-        # Download the thumbnail image
-        if thumbnail_url:
-            try:
-                thumbnail_filename = os.path.join(location, f"{video_info['id']}.jpg")  
-                with open(thumbnail_filename, 'wb') as thumbnail_file:
-                    thumbnail_file.write(requests.get(thumbnail_url).content)
-                print("Downloaded MP4 and downloaded thumbnail successfully!")
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(f"Error downloading thumbnail: {str(e)}")
         else:
-            print("Downloaded MP4 but no thumbnail found.")
\ No newline at end of file
+            dl_ops = {
+                'format': 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best',
+            }
+
+        try:
+            with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(dl_ops) as ydl:
+                ydl.download([url])
+                # grab.thumbnail(ydl,url,location)
+            return JSONResponse(status_code=200, content={"status": "success", "message": "Download completed."})
+        except Exception as e:
+            return JSONResponse(status_code=500, content={"status": "error", "message": str(e)})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index dfd375f..63d049a 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import json
 app = FastAPI()
 
 # # Mount static files if needed (e.g. CSS, JS, images)
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="app/static"), name="static")
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="/static"), name="static")
 
 # # Jinja2 template directory
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="app/templates")
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="/templates")
 
 
 # api
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ async def dropoutSeries():
 async def dropoutDownload(show: str, season: str, episode: str):
     download.dropout.show(show,season,episode)
 
+@app.get("/ydl")
+async def ydl(url: str, location: str):
+    download.youtube.ydl(url,location)
+
 # html
 @app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def read_root(request: Request):