diff --git a/src/common/crypto.ts b/src/common/crypto.ts
index 2b80a45..d210897 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto.ts
+++ b/src/common/crypto.ts
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ export async function sign(data: string, privateKey: string) {
         { name: "RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5" },
         await importPrivateKey(privateKey),
         Buffer.from(data)
-    ))
+    )).toString('base64')
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common/settings.ts b/src/common/settings.ts
index e19c13f..2e5e991 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.ts
+++ b/src/common/settings.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ export interface ExtensionSettings {
   redirect: boolean
   targetPlatform: TargetPlatformName
   urlResolver: YTUrlResolverName
-  publicKey?: string,
-  privateKey?: string
+  publicKey: string | null,
+  privateKey: string | null
 }
 
-
-
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ExtensionSettings = {
   redirect: true,
   targetPlatform: 'odysee',
-  urlResolver: 'odyseeApi'
+  urlResolver: 'odyseeApi',
+  privateKey: null,
+  publicKey: null
 }
 
 export function getExtensionSettingsAsync(): Promise<ExtensionSettings> {
diff --git a/src/common/useSettings.ts b/src/common/useSettings.ts
index 62339b2..8199f35 100644
--- a/src/common/useSettings.ts
+++ b/src/common/useSettings.ts
@@ -5,28 +5,22 @@ import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS, ExtensionSettings } from './settings'
 /**
  * A hook to read the settings from local storage
  *
- * @param initial the default value. Must have all relevant keys present and should not change
+ * @param defaultSettings the default value. Must have all relevant keys present and should not change
  */
-export function useSettings(initial: ExtensionSettings) {
-  const [state, dispatch] = useReducer((state, nstate: Partial<ExtensionSettings>) => ({ ...state, ...nstate }), initial)
+export function useSettings(defaultSettings: ExtensionSettings) {
+  const [state, dispatch] = useReducer((state, nstate: Partial<ExtensionSettings>) => ({ ...state, ...nstate }), defaultSettings)
+  const settingsKeys = Object.keys(defaultSettings)
   // register change listeners, gets current values, and cleans up the listeners on unload
   useEffect(() => {
     const changeListener = (changes: Record<string, chrome.storage.StorageChange>, areaName: string) => {
       if (areaName !== 'local') return
-      const changeSet = Object.keys(changes)
-        .filter(k => Object.keys(initial).includes(k))
-        .map(k => [k, changes[k].newValue])
-      if (changeSet.length === 0) return // no changes; no use dispatching
-      dispatch(Object.fromEntries(changeSet))
+      const changeEntries = Object.keys(changes).filter((key) => settingsKeys.includes(key)).map((key) => [key, changes[key].newValue])
+      if (changeEntries.length === 0) return // no changes; no use dispatching
+      dispatch(Object.fromEntries(changeEntries))
     }
 
-    if (!state.privateKey || !state.publicKey) generateKeys().then((keys) => {
-      setSetting('publicKey', keys.publicKey)
-      setSetting('privateKey', keys.privateKey)
-    })
-
     chrome.storage.onChanged.addListener(changeListener)
-    chrome.storage.local.get(Object.keys(initial), o => dispatch(o as Partial<ExtensionSettings>))
+    chrome.storage.local.get(settingsKeys, async (settings) => dispatch(settings))
 
     return () => chrome.storage.onChanged.removeListener(changeListener)
   }, [])
diff --git a/src/common/yt/urlResolve.ts b/src/common/yt/urlResolve.ts
index 8c87784..c83835f 100644
--- a/src/common/yt/urlResolve.ts
+++ b/src/common/yt/urlResolve.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export async function resolveById(params: Paramaters, progressCallback?: (progre
             // No cache found
             return item
         }))).filter((o) => o) as Paramaters
+        console.log(params)
 
         if (params.length === 0) return results
 
@@ -51,17 +52,13 @@ export async function resolveById(params: Paramaters, progressCallback?: (progre
         const apiResponse = await fetch(url.toString(), { cache: 'no-store' })
         if (apiResponse.ok) {
             const response: ApiResponse = await apiResponse.json()
-            for (const [id, lbryUrl] of Object.entries(response.channels ?? {})) {
+            for (const item of params)
+            {
+                const lbryUrl = ((item.type === 'channel' ? response.channels : response.videos) ?? {})[item.id] ?? null
                 // we cache it no matter if its null or not
-                await LbryPathnameCache.put(lbryUrl, id)
+                await LbryPathnameCache.put(lbryUrl, item.id)
 
-                if (lbryUrl) results[id] = { id: lbryUrl, type: 'channel' }
-            }
-            for (const [id, lbryUrl] of Object.entries(response.videos ?? {})) {
-                // we cache it no matter if its null or not
-                await LbryPathnameCache.put(lbryUrl, id)
-
-                if (lbryUrl) results[id] = { id: lbryUrl, type: 'video' }
+                if (lbryUrl) results[item.id] = { id: lbryUrl, type: item.type }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/manifest.json b/src/manifest.json
index d150e80..e4ca076 100644
--- a/src/manifest.json
+++ b/src/manifest.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "scripts/storageSetup.js",
       "scripts/background.js"
     ],
-    "persistent": false
+    "persistent": true
   },
   "browser_action": {
     "default_title": "Watch on LBRY",
diff --git a/src/popup/popup.tsx b/src/popup/popup.tsx
index e550e46..9c63644 100644
--- a/src/popup/popup.tsx
+++ b/src/popup/popup.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ function WatchOnLbryPopup() {
   let [clearingCache, updateClearingCache] = useState(() => false)
 
   return <div className='container'>
-    { }
     <section>
       <label className='radio-label'>Enable Redirection:</label>
       <ButtonRadio value={redirect ? 'YES' : 'NO'} options={['YES', 'NO']}
diff --git a/src/scripts/storageSetup.ts b/src/scripts/storageSetup.ts
index ccfbcac..841bd41 100644
--- a/src/scripts/storageSetup.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/storageSetup.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { generateKeys } from '../common/crypto'
 import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS, ExtensionSettings, getExtensionSettingsAsync } from '../common/settings'
+import { setSetting } from '../common/useSettings'
 
 /** Reset settings to default value and update the browser badge text */
 async function initSettings() {
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ async function initSettings() {
 
   // get all the values that aren't set and use them as a change set
   const invalidEntries = (Object.entries(DEFAULT_SETTINGS) as Array<[keyof ExtensionSettings, ExtensionSettings[keyof ExtensionSettings]]>)
-    .filter(([k]) => settings[k] === null || settings[k] === undefined)
+    .filter(([k]) => settings[k] === undefined || settings[k] === null)
 
   // fix our local var and set it in storage for later
   if (invalidEntries.length > 0) {
@@ -15,6 +17,12 @@ async function initSettings() {
     chrome.storage.local.set(changeSet)
   }
 
+  if (!settings.privateKey || !settings.publicKey)
+    await generateKeys().then((keys) => {
+      setSetting('publicKey', keys.publicKey)
+      setSetting('privateKey', keys.privateKey)
+    })
+
   chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({ text: settings.redirect ? 'ON' : 'OFF' })
 }