diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 178fd98..758af3d 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -590,17 +590,6 @@ function generateEnvVarConfigItem(key) {
     return {key: key, value: process['env'][key]};
 }
 
-// currently only works for single urls
-async function getUrlInfos(url) {
-    const {parsed_output, err} = await youtubedl_api.runYoutubeDL(url, ['--dump-json']);
-    if (!parsed_output || parsed_output.length !== 1) {
-        logger.error(`Failed to retrieve available formats for url: ${url}`);
-        if (err) logger.error(err);
-        return null;
-    }
-    return parsed_output[0];
-}
-
 // youtube-dl functions
 
 async function startYoutubeDL() {
@@ -1871,11 +1860,11 @@ app.post('/api/clearAllLogs', optionalJwt, async function(req, res) {
 });
 
   app.post('/api/getFileFormats', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
-    let url = req.body.url;
-    let result = await getUrlInfos(url);
+    const url = req.body.url;
+    const result = await downloader_api.getVideoInfoByURL(url);
     res.send({
-        result: result,
-        success: !!result
+        result: result && result.length === 1 ? result[0] : null,
+        success: result && result.length === 0
     })
 });
 
diff --git a/backend/youtube-dl.js b/backend/youtube-dl.js
index f9bf5e4..7dcd9e3 100644
--- a/backend/youtube-dl.js
+++ b/backend/youtube-dl.js
@@ -118,10 +118,16 @@ async function downloadLatestYoutubeDLBinaryGeneric(youtubedl_fork, new_version,
     const download_url = `${exports.youtubedl_forks[youtubedl_fork]['download_url']}${file_ext}`;
     const output_path = custom_output_path || getYoutubeDLPath(youtubedl_fork);
 
-    await utils.fetchFile(download_url, output_path, `${youtubedl_fork} ${new_version}`);
-    fs.chmod(output_path, 0o777);
-
-    updateDetailsJSON(new_version, youtubedl_fork, output_path);
+    try {
+        await utils.fetchFile(download_url, output_path, `${youtubedl_fork} ${new_version}`);
+        fs.chmod(output_path, 0o777);
+
+        updateDetailsJSON(new_version, youtubedl_fork, output_path);
+    } catch (e) {
+        logger.error(`Failed to download new ${youtubedl_fork} version: ${new_version}`);
+        logger.error(e);
+        return;
+    }
 } 
 
 exports.getLatestUpdateVersion = async (youtubedl_fork) => {
diff --git a/src/app/main/main.component.ts b/src/app/main/main.component.ts
index 3a4058b..fb6e656 100644
--- a/src/app/main/main.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/main.component.ts
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ export class MainComponent implements OnInit {
     }
     if (!(this.cachedAvailableFormats[url] && this.cachedAvailableFormats[url]['formats'])) {
       this.cachedAvailableFormats[url]['formats_loading'] = true;
-      this.postsService.getFileFormats([url]).subscribe(res => {
+      this.postsService.getFileFormats(url).subscribe(res => {
         this.cachedAvailableFormats[url]['formats_loading'] = false;
         const infos = res['result'];
         if (!infos || !infos.formats) {
diff --git a/src/app/posts.services.ts b/src/app/posts.services.ts
index 7bde6d9..d4884e0 100644
--- a/src/app/posts.services.ts
+++ b/src/app/posts.services.ts
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export class PostsService implements CanActivate {
         return this.http.post<SuccessObject>(this.path + 'deleteArchiveItems', body, this.httpOptions);
     }
 
-    getFileFormats(url) {
+    getFileFormats(url: string) {
         const body: GetFileFormatsRequest = {url: url};
         return this.http.post<GetFileFormatsResponse>(this.path + 'getFileFormats', body, this.httpOptions);
     }