diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4b03eb4..e839fe34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         "hls-parser": "^0.10.7",
         "nanoid": "^4.0.2",
         "node-cache": "^5.1.2",
+        "psl": "1.9.0",
         "set-cookie-parser": "2.6.0",
         "undici": "^5.19.1",
         "url-pattern": "1.0.3",
diff --git a/src/core/api.js b/src/core/api.js
index 4e78fbb5..71ce8d3e 100644
--- a/src/core/api.js
+++ b/src/core/api.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
                     let chck = checkJSONPost(request);
                     if (!chck) throw new Error();
     
-                    j = await getJSON(chck["url"], lang, chck);
+                    j = await getJSON(chck.url, lang, chck);
                 } else {
                     j = apiJSON(0, {
                         t: !contentCon ? "invalid content type header" : loc(lang, 'ErrorNoLink')
diff --git a/src/front/cobalt.js b/src/front/cobalt.js
index 183716cb..b3d3b7a8 100644
--- a/src/front/cobalt.js
+++ b/src/front/cobalt.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const version = 39;
+const version = 40;
 
 const ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
 const isIOS = ua.match("iphone os");
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async function download(url) {
     eid("url-clear").style.display = "none";
     eid("url-input-area").disabled = true;
     let req = {
-        url: encodeURIComponent(url.split("&")[0].split('%')[0]),
+        url,
         aFormat: sGet("aFormat").slice(0, 4),
         filenamePattern: sGet("filenamePattern"),
         dubLang: false
diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index 62e9a7c6..c3549bb3 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -1,33 +1,30 @@
-import UrlPattern from "url-pattern";
+import { services } from "./config.js";
 
-import { services as patterns } from "./config.js";
-
-import { cleanURL, apiJSON } from "./sub/utils.js";
+import { apiJSON } from "./sub/utils.js";
 import { errorUnsupported } from "./sub/errors.js";
 import loc from "../localization/manager.js";
 import match from "./processing/match.js";
-import hostOverrides from "./processing/hostOverrides.js";
+import { getHostIfValid } from "./processing/url.js";
 
-export async function getJSON(originalURL, lang, obj) {
+export async function getJSON(url, lang, obj) {
     try {
-        let patternMatch, url = encodeURI(decodeURIComponent(originalURL)),
-            hostname = new URL(url).hostname.split('.'),
-            host = hostname[hostname.length - 2];
+        const host = getHostIfValid(url);
 
-        if (!url.startsWith('https://')) return apiJSON(0, { t: errorUnsupported(lang) });
-
-        let overrides = hostOverrides(host, url);
-        host = overrides.host;
-        url = overrides.url;
-
-        if (!(host && host.length < 20 && host in patterns && patterns[host]["enabled"])) return apiJSON(0, { t: errorUnsupported(lang) });
-
-        let pathToMatch = cleanURL(url, host).split(`.${patterns[host]['tld'] ? patterns[host]['tld'] : "com"}/`)[1].replace('.', '');
-        for (let i in patterns[host]["patterns"]) {
-            patternMatch = new UrlPattern(patterns[host]["patterns"][i]).match(pathToMatch);
-            if (patternMatch) break
+        if (!host || !services[host].enabled) {
+            return apiJSON(0, { t: errorUnsupported(lang) });
+        }
+
+        let patternMatch;
+        for (const pattern of services[host].patterns) {
+            patternMatch = pattern.match(
+                url.pathname.substring(1) + url.search
+            );
+            if (patternMatch) break;
+        }
+
+        if (!patternMatch) {
+            return apiJSON(0, { t: errorUnsupported(lang) });
         }
-        if (!patternMatch) return apiJSON(0, { t: errorUnsupported(lang) });
 
         return await match(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj)
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 6fbe9d43..5e079536 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+import UrlPattern from "url-pattern";
 import { loadJSON } from "./sub/loadFromFs.js";
 const config = loadJSON("./src/config.json");
 const packageJson = loadJSON("./package.json");
 const servicesConfigJson = loadJSON("./src/modules/processing/servicesConfig.json");
 
+Object.values(servicesConfigJson.config).forEach(service => {
+    service.patterns = service.patterns.map(
+        pattern => new UrlPattern(pattern, {
+            segmentValueCharset: UrlPattern.defaultOptions.segmentValueCharset + '@\\.'
+        })
+    )
+})
+
 export const
     services = servicesConfigJson.config,
     audioIgnore = servicesConfigJson.audioIgnore,
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/hostOverrides.js b/src/modules/processing/hostOverrides.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 88553e35..00000000
--- a/src/modules/processing/hostOverrides.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-export default function (inHost, inURL) {
-    let host = String(inHost);
-    let url = String(inURL);
-
-    switch(host) {
-        case "youtube":
-            if (url.startsWith("https://youtube.com/live/") || url.startsWith("https://www.youtube.com/live/")) {
-                url = url.split("?")[0].replace("www.", "");
-                url = `https://youtube.com/watch?v=${url.replace("https://youtube.com/live/", "")}`
-            }
-            if (url.includes('youtube.com/shorts/')) {
-                url = url.split('?')[0].replace('shorts/', 'watch?v=');
-            }
-            break;
-        case "youtu":
-            if (url.startsWith("https://youtu.be/")) {
-                host = "youtube";
-                url = `https://youtube.com/watch?v=${url.replace("https://youtu.be/", "")}`
-            }
-            break;
-        case "vxtwitter":
-        case "x":
-            if (url.startsWith("https://x.com/")) {
-                host = "twitter";
-                url = url.replace("https://x.com/", "https://twitter.com/")
-            }
-            if (url.startsWith("https://vxtwitter.com/")) {
-                host = "twitter";
-                url = url.replace("https://vxtwitter.com/", "https://twitter.com/")
-            }
-            break;
-        case "tumblr":
-            if (!url.includes("blog/view")) {
-                if (url.slice(-1) === '/') url = url.slice(0, -1);
-                url = url.replace(url.split('/')[5], '')
-            }
-            break;
-        case "twitch":
-            if (url.includes('clips.twitch.tv')) {
-                url = url.split('?')[0].replace('clips.twitch.tv/', 'twitch.tv/_/clip/');
-            }
-            break;
-    }
-    return {
-        host: host,
-        url: url
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/match.js b/src/modules/processing/match.js
index 86b6af82..fd7e6ec9 100644
--- a/src/modules/processing/match.js
+++ b/src/modules/processing/match.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
+
 import { apiJSON } from "../sub/utils.js";
 import { errorUnsupported, genericError, brokenLink } from "../sub/errors.js";
 
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ import twitch from "./services/twitch.js";
 import rutube from "./services/rutube.js";
 
 export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
+    assert(url instanceof URL);
+
     try {
         let r, isAudioOnly = !!obj.isAudioOnly, disableMetadata = !!obj.disableMetadata;
 
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
                 break;
             case "vk":
                 r = await vk({
-                    url: url,
                     userId: patternMatch["userId"],
                     videoId: patternMatch["videoId"],
                     quality: obj.vQuality
@@ -57,11 +60,13 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
                     isAudioMuted: obj.isAudioMuted,
                     dubLang: obj.dubLang
                 }
-                if (url.match('music.youtube.com') || isAudioOnly === true) {
+
+                if (url.hostname === 'music.youtube.com' || isAudioOnly === true) {
                     fetchInfo.quality = "max";
                     fetchInfo.format = "vp9";
                     fetchInfo.isAudioOnly = true
                 }
+
                 r = await youtube(fetchInfo);
                 break;
             case "reddit":
@@ -83,9 +88,9 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
                 break;
             case "tumblr":
                 r = await tumblr({
-                    id: patternMatch["id"],
-                    url: url,
-                    user: patternMatch["user"] || false
+                    id: patternMatch.id,
+                    user: patternMatch.user,
+                    url
                 });
                 break;
             case "vimeo":
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ export default async function(host, patternMatch, url, lang, obj) {
             case "soundcloud":
                 isAudioOnly = true;
                 r = await soundcloud({
-                    url: url,
+                    url,
                     author: patternMatch["author"],
                     song: patternMatch["song"],
                     shortLink: patternMatch["shortLink"] || false,
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/services/soundcloud.js b/src/modules/processing/services/soundcloud.js
index fcc6de02..b13c0440 100644
--- a/src/modules/processing/services/soundcloud.js
+++ b/src/modules/processing/services/soundcloud.js
@@ -39,17 +39,18 @@ export default async function(obj) {
     if (!clientId) return { error: 'ErrorSoundCloudNoClientId' };
 
     let link;
-    if (obj.shortLink && !obj.author && !obj.song) {
+    if (obj.url.hostname === 'on.soundcloud.com' && obj.shortLink) {
         link = await fetch(`https://on.soundcloud.com/${obj.shortLink}/`, { redirect: "manual" }).then((r) => {
             if (r.status === 302 && r.headers.get("location").startsWith("https://soundcloud.com/")) {
                 return r.headers.get("location").split('?', 1)[0]
             }
-            return false
-        }).catch(() => { return false });
+        }).catch(() => {});
     }
+
     if (!link && obj.author && obj.song) {
         link = `https://soundcloud.com/${obj.author}/${obj.song}${obj.accessKey ? `/s-${obj.accessKey}` : ''}`
     }
+
     if (!link) return { error: 'ErrorCouldntFetch' };
 
     let json = await fetch(`https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/resolve?url=${link}&client_id=${clientId}`).then((r) => {
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/services/tumblr.js b/src/modules/processing/services/tumblr.js
index 7ae7336c..08b3a3e2 100644
--- a/src/modules/processing/services/tumblr.js
+++ b/src/modules/processing/services/tumblr.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import psl from "psl";
 import { genericUserAgent } from "../../config.js";
 
 export default async function(obj) {
-    let html = await fetch(`https://${
-        obj.user ? obj.user : obj.url.split('.')[0].replace('https://', '')
-    }.tumblr.com/post/${obj.id}`, {
+    let { subdomain } = psl.parse(obj.url.hostname);
+    if (subdomain?.includes('.'))
+        return { error: ['ErrorBrokenLink', 'tumblr'] }
+    else if (subdomain === 'www')
+        subdomain = undefined;
+
+    let html = await fetch(`https://${subdomain ?? obj.user}.tumblr.com/post/${obj.id}`, {
         headers: { "user-agent": genericUserAgent }
     }).then((r) => { return r.text() }).catch(() => { return false });
 
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/servicesConfig.json b/src/modules/processing/servicesConfig.json
index 6425f0f7..46519cf2 100644
--- a/src/modules/processing/servicesConfig.json
+++ b/src/modules/processing/servicesConfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
         },
         "twitter": {
             "alias": "twitter videos & voice",
+            "altDomains": ["x.com", "vxtwitter.com", "fixvx.com"],
+            "subdomains": ["mobile"],
             "patterns": [":user/status/:id", ":user/status/:id/video/:v"],
             "enabled": true
         },
@@ -24,22 +26,26 @@
         "youtube": {
             "alias": "youtube videos, shorts & music",
             "patterns": ["watch?v=:id", "embed/:id", "watch/:id"],
+            "subdomains": ["music", "m"],
             "bestAudio": "opus",
             "enabled": true
         },
         "tumblr": {
             "patterns": ["post/:id", "blog/view/:user/:id", ":user/:id", ":user/:id/:trackingId"],
+            "subdomains": "*",
             "enabled": true
         },
         "tiktok": {
             "alias": "tiktok videos, photos & audio",
             "patterns": [":user/video/:postId", ":id", "t/:id"],
+            "subdomains": ["vt", "vm"],
             "audioFormats": ["best", "m4a", "mp3"],
             "enabled": true
         },
         "douyin": {
             "alias": "douyin videos & audio",
             "patterns": ["video/:postId", ":id"],
+            "subdomains": ["v"],
             "enabled": false
         },
         "vimeo": {
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@
         },
         "soundcloud": {
             "patterns": [":author/:song/s-:accessKey", ":author/:song", ":shortLink"],
+            "subdomains": ["on"],
             "bestAudio": "opus",
             "enabled": true
         },
diff --git a/src/modules/processing/url.js b/src/modules/processing/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f1ac87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/processing/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { services } from "../config.js";
+import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
+import psl from "psl";
+
+export function aliasURL(url) {
+    assert(url instanceof URL);
+
+    const host = psl.parse(url.hostname);
+    const parts = url.pathname.split('/');
+
+    switch (host.sld) {
+        case "youtube":
+            if (url.pathname.startsWith('/live/') || url.pathname.startsWith('/shorts/')) {
+                url.pathname = '/watch';
+                // parts := ['', 'live' || 'shorts', id, ...rest]
+                url.search = `?v=${encodeURIComponent(parts[2])}`
+            }
+            break;
+        case "youtu":
+            if (url.hostname === 'youtu.be' && parts.length >= 2) {
+                /* youtu.be urls can be weird, e.g. https://youtu.be/<id>//asdasd// still works
+                ** but we only care about the 1st segment of the path */
+                url = new URL(`https://youtube.com/watch?v=${
+                    encodeURIComponent(parts[1])
+                }`)
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case "vxtwitter":
+        case "fixvx":
+        case "x":
+            if (services.twitter.altDomains.includes(url.hostname)) {
+                url.hostname = 'twitter.com'
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case "twitch":
+            if (url.hostname === 'clips.twitch.tv' && parts.length >= 2) {
+                url = new URL(`https://twitch.tv/_/clip/${parts[1]}`);
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return url
+}
+
+export function cleanURL(url) {
+    assert(url instanceof URL);
+    const host = psl.parse(url.hostname).sld;
+    let stripQuery = true;
+
+    if (host === 'pinterest') {
+        url.hostname = 'pinterest.com'
+    } else if (host === 'vk' && url.pathname.includes('/clip')) {
+        if (url.searchParams.get('z'))
+            url.search = '?z=' + encodeURIComponent(url.searchParams.get('z'));
+        stripQuery = false;
+    } else if (host === 'youtube' && url.searchParams.get('v')) {
+        url.search = '?v=' + encodeURIComponent(url.searchParams.get('v'));
+        stripQuery = false;
+    }
+
+    if (stripQuery) {
+        url.search = ''
+    }
+
+    url.username = url.password = url.port = url.hash = ''
+
+    if (url.pathname.endsWith('/'))
+        url.pathname = url.pathname.slice(0, -1);
+
+    return url
+}
+
+export function normalizeURL(url) {
+    return cleanURL(
+        aliasURL(
+            new URL(url.replace(/^https\/\//, 'https://'))
+        )
+    );
+}
+
+export function getHostIfValid(url) {
+    const host = psl.parse(url.hostname);
+    if (host.error) return;
+
+    const service = services[host.sld];
+    if (!service) return;
+    if ((service.tld ?? 'com') !== host.tld) return;
+
+    const anySubdomainAllowed = service.subdomains === '*';
+    const validSubdomain = [null, 'www', ...(service.subdomains ?? [])].includes(host.subdomain);
+    if (!validSubdomain && !anySubdomainAllowed) return;
+
+    return host.sld;
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/sub/utils.js b/src/modules/sub/utils.js
index e165a68a..28d37c6c 100644
--- a/src/modules/sub/utils.js
+++ b/src/modules/sub/utils.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeURL } from "../processing/url.js";
 import { createStream } from "../stream/manage.js";
 
 const apiVar = {
@@ -52,29 +53,7 @@ export function metadataManager(obj) {
     for (let i in keys) { if (tags.includes(keys[i])) commands.push('-metadata', `${keys[i]}=${obj[keys[i]]}`) }
     return commands;
 }
-export function cleanURL(url, host) {
-    switch (host) {
-        case "vk":
-            url = url.includes('clip') ? url.split('&')[0] : url.split('?')[0];
-            break;
-        case "youtube":
-            url = url.split('&')[0];
-            break;
-        case "tiktok":
-            url = url.replace(/@([a-zA-Z]+(\.[a-zA-Z]+)+)/, "@a")
-        case "pinterest":
-            url = url.replace(/:\/\/(?:www.)pinterest(?:\.[a-z.]+)/, "://pinterest.com")
-        default:
-            url = url.split('?')[0];
-            if (url.substring(url.length - 1) === "/") url = url.substring(0, url.length - 1);
-            break;
-    }
-    for (let i in forbiddenChars) {
-        url = url.replaceAll(forbiddenChars[i], '')
-    }
-    url = url.replace('https//', 'https://')
-    return url.slice(0, 128)
-}
+
 export function cleanString(string) {
     for (let i in forbiddenCharsString) {
         string = string.replaceAll("/", "_").replaceAll(forbiddenCharsString[i], '')
@@ -94,6 +73,7 @@ export function unicodeDecode(str) {
 }
 export function checkJSONPost(obj) {
     let def = {
+        url: normalizeURL(decodeURIComponent(obj.url)),
         vCodec: "h264",
         vQuality: "720",
         aFormat: "mp3",
@@ -121,12 +101,8 @@ export function checkJSONPost(obj) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (def.dubLang) def.dubLang = verifyLanguageCode(obj.dubLang);
-
-        obj["url"] = decodeURIComponent(String(obj["url"]));
-        let hostname = obj["url"].replace("https://", "").replace(' ', '').split('&')[0].split("/")[0].split("."),
-            host = hostname[hostname.length - 2];
-        def["url"] = encodeURIComponent(cleanURL(obj["url"], host));
+        if (def.dubLang)
+            def.dubLang = verifyLanguageCode(obj.dubLang);
 
         return def
     } catch (e) {