diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index f173d0d3..3fef0c7c 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "infoPlist": {
         "NSCameraUsageDescription": "The app needs access to your camera to scan barcodes.",
         "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "The app needs access to your microphone.",
-        "UIBackgroundModes": ["audio"],
+        "UIBackgroundModes": ["audio", "fetch"],
         "NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription": "The app needs access to your local network to connect to your Jellyfin server.",
         "NSAppTransportSecurity": {
           "NSAllowsArbitraryLoads": true
diff --git a/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tsx b/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tsx
index 86fb08b5..a75ca44c 100644
--- a/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tsx
+++ b/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/Button";
 import { Text } from "@/components/common/Text";
 import { ListItem } from "@/components/ListItem";
 import { SettingToggles } from "@/components/settings/SettingToggles";
-import { useDownload } from "@/providers/DownloadProvider";
+import {
+  registerBackgroundFetchAsync,
+  useDownload,
+} from "@/providers/DownloadProvider";
 import { apiAtom, useJellyfin, userAtom } from "@/providers/JellyfinProvider";
 import { clearLogs, readFromLog } from "@/utils/log";
 import { getQuickConnectApi } from "@jellyfin/sdk/lib/utils/api";
@@ -66,6 +69,13 @@ export default function settings() {
       }}
     >
       <View className="p-4 flex flex-col gap-y-4">
+        {/* <Button
+          onPress={() => {
+            registerBackgroundFetchAsync();
+          }}
+        >
+          registerBackgroundFetchAsync
+        </Button> */}
         <View>
           <Text className="font-bold text-lg mb-2">Information</Text>
 
diff --git a/app/_layout.tsx b/app/_layout.tsx
index 1ed76bf2..abbfbd9c 100644
--- a/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
-import { FullScreenVideoPlayer } from "@/components/FullScreenVideoPlayer";
+import { DownloadProvider } from "@/providers/DownloadProvider";
 import { JellyfinProvider } from "@/providers/JellyfinProvider";
 import { JobQueueProvider } from "@/providers/JobQueueProvider";
 import { PlaybackProvider } from "@/providers/PlaybackProvider";
+import { orientationAtom } from "@/utils/atoms/orientation";
 import { useSettings } from "@/utils/atoms/settings";
 import { ActionSheetProvider } from "@expo/react-native-action-sheet";
 import { BottomSheetModalProvider } from "@gorhom/bottom-sheet";
+import { checkForExistingDownloads } from "@kesha-antonov/react-native-background-downloader";
 import { DarkTheme, ThemeProvider } from "@react-navigation/native";
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useFonts } from "expo-font";
 import { useKeepAwake } from "expo-keep-awake";
-import { Stack, useRouter } from "expo-router";
+import * as Linking from "expo-linking";
+import { Stack } from "expo-router";
 import * as ScreenOrientation from "expo-screen-orientation";
 import * as SplashScreen from "expo-splash-screen";
 import { StatusBar } from "expo-status-bar";
 import { Provider as JotaiProvider, useAtom } from "jotai";
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { AppState } from "react-native";
 import { GestureHandlerRootView } from "react-native-gesture-handler";
 import "react-native-reanimated";
-import * as Linking from "expo-linking";
-import { orientationAtom } from "@/utils/atoms/orientation";
 import { Toaster } from "sonner-native";
-import { checkForExistingDownloads } from "@kesha-antonov/react-native-background-downloader";
-import { AppState } from "react-native";
-import { DownloadProvider } from "@/providers/DownloadProvider";
 
 SplashScreen.preventAutoHideAsync();
 
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 1f870f83..0438c6be 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/components/settings/SettingToggles.tsx b/components/settings/SettingToggles.tsx
index b0b0b557..7646a7b6 100644
--- a/components/settings/SettingToggles.tsx
+++ b/components/settings/SettingToggles.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ export const SettingToggles: React.FC<Props> = ({ ...props }) => {
   const [marlinUrl, setMarlinUrl] = useState<string>("");
   const [optimizedVersionsServerUrl, setOptimizedVersionsServerUrl] =
     useState<string>("");
-  const [optimizedVersionsAuthHeader, setOptimizedVersionsAuthHeader] =
-    useState<string>("");
 
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
@@ -571,65 +569,6 @@ export const SettingToggles: React.FC<Props> = ({ ...props }) => {
                 </View>
               )}
             </View>
-
-            <View className="flex flex-col bg-neutral-900 px-4 py-4 w-full grow-0">
-              <View className="flex flex-col shrink mb-2">
-                <Text className="font-semibold">
-                  Optimized versions auth header
-                </Text>
-                <Text className="text-xs opacity-50">
-                  The auth header for the optimized versions server.
-                </Text>
-              </View>
-              <View className="flex flex-col  w-full">
-                <Input
-                  placeholder="Optimized versions auth header..."
-                  defaultValue={
-                    settings.optimizedVersionsAuthHeader
-                      ? settings.optimizedVersionsAuthHeader
-                      : ""
-                  }
-                  value={optimizedVersionsAuthHeader}
-                  keyboardType="url"
-                  returnKeyType="done"
-                  autoCapitalize="none"
-                  textContentType="URL"
-                  onChangeText={(text) => setOptimizedVersionsAuthHeader(text)}
-                  className="w-full"
-                />
-                <Button
-                  color="purple"
-                  className=" h-12 w-full mt-2"
-                  onPress={() => {
-                    updateSettings({
-                      optimizedVersionsAuthHeader,
-                    });
-                  }}
-                >
-                  Save
-                </Button>
-              </View>
-
-              {settings.optimizedVersionsAuthHeader && (
-                <View className="p-4 bg-neutral-800 rounded-xl mt-2">
-                  <Text className="" selectable>
-                    {settings.optimizedVersionsAuthHeader}
-                  </Text>
-                </View>
-              )}
-              <Button
-                color="red"
-                className="mt-2"
-                onPress={() => {
-                  updateSettings({
-                    optimizedVersionsAuthHeader: null,
-                    optimizedVersionsServerUrl: null,
-                  });
-                }}
-              >
-                Reset
-              </Button>
-            </View>
           </View>
         </View>
       </View>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a7f82da..3d1a93f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
     "axios": "^1.7.7",
     "expo": "~51.0.34",
+    "expo-background-fetch": "~12.0.1",
     "expo-blur": "~13.0.2",
     "expo-build-properties": "~0.12.5",
     "expo-constants": "~16.0.2",
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
     "expo-splash-screen": "~0.27.6",
     "expo-status-bar": "~1.12.1",
     "expo-system-ui": "~3.0.7",
+    "expo-task-manager": "~11.8.2",
     "expo-updates": "~0.25.25",
     "expo-web-browser": "~13.0.3",
     "ffmpeg-kit-react-native": "^6.0.2",
diff --git a/providers/DownloadProvider.tsx b/providers/DownloadProvider.tsx
index 67ca0aa8..10d94da3 100644
--- a/providers/DownloadProvider.tsx
+++ b/providers/DownloadProvider.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import React, {
 } from "react";
 import { toast } from "sonner-native";
 import { apiAtom } from "./JellyfinProvider";
+import * as BackgroundFetch from "expo-background-fetch";
+import * as TaskManager from "expo-task-manager";
 
 export type ProcessItem = {
   id: string;
@@ -42,8 +44,33 @@ export type ProcessItem = {
     | "queued";
 };
 
+export const BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK = "background-fetch";
+
+TaskManager.defineTask(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK, async () => {
+  const now = Date.now();
+
+  console.log(
+    `Got background fetch call at date: ${new Date(now).toISOString()}`
+  );
+
+  // Be sure to return the successful result type!
+  return BackgroundFetch.BackgroundFetchResult.NewData;
+});
+
 const STORAGE_KEY = "runningProcesses";
 
+export async function registerBackgroundFetchAsync() {
+  return BackgroundFetch.registerTaskAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK, {
+    minimumInterval: 60 * 15, // 1 minutes
+    stopOnTerminate: false, // android only,
+    startOnBoot: true, // android only
+  });
+}
+
+export async function unregisterBackgroundFetchAsync() {
+  return BackgroundFetch.unregisterTaskAsync(BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK);
+}
+
 const DownloadContext = createContext<ReturnType<
   typeof useDownloadProvider
 > | null>(null);
@@ -66,6 +93,9 @@ function useDownloadProvider() {
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // Check background task status
+    checkStatusAsync();
+
     // Load initial processes state from AsyncStorage
     const loadInitialProcesses = async () => {
       const storedProcesses = await readProcesses();
@@ -74,6 +104,40 @@ function useDownloadProvider() {
     loadInitialProcesses();
   }, []);
 
+  /********************
+   * Background task
+   *******************/
+  const [isRegistered, setIsRegistered] = useState(false);
+  const [status, setStatus] =
+    useState<BackgroundFetch.BackgroundFetchStatus | null>(null);
+
+  const checkStatusAsync = async () => {
+    const status = await BackgroundFetch.getStatusAsync();
+    const isRegistered = await TaskManager.isTaskRegisteredAsync(
+      BACKGROUND_FETCH_TASK
+    );
+    setStatus(status);
+    setIsRegistered(isRegistered);
+
+    console.log("Background fetch status:", status);
+    console.log("Background fetch task registered:", isRegistered);
+  };
+
+  const toggleFetchTask = async () => {
+    if (isRegistered) {
+      console.log("Unregistering background fetch task");
+      await unregisterBackgroundFetchAsync();
+    } else {
+      console.log("Registering background fetch task");
+      await registerBackgroundFetchAsync();
+    }
+
+    checkStatusAsync();
+  };
+  /**********************
+   **********************
+   *********************/
+
   const clearProcesses = useCallback(async () => {
     await AsyncStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
     setProcesses([]);
@@ -129,7 +193,7 @@ function useDownloadProvider() {
       })
         .begin(() => {
           toast.info(`Download started for ${process.item.Name}`);
-          updateProcess(process.id, { state: "downloading" });
+          updateProcess(process.id, { state: "downloading", progress: 0 });
         })
         .progress((data) => {
           const percent = (data.bytesDownloaded / data.bytesTotal) * 100;
diff --git a/utils/atoms/settings.ts b/utils/atoms/settings.ts
index b5e687a1..bf03502d 100644
--- a/utils/atoms/settings.ts
+++ b/utils/atoms/settings.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export type Settings = {
   forwardSkipTime: number;
   rewindSkipTime: number;
   optimizedVersionsServerUrl?: string | null;
-  optimizedVersionsAuthHeader?: string | null;
   downloadMethod?: "optimized" | "remux";
 };
 /**
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ const loadSettings = async (): Promise<Settings> => {
     forwardSkipTime: 30,
     rewindSkipTime: 10,
     optimizedVersionsServerUrl: null,
-    optimizedVersionsAuthHeader: null,
     downloadMethod: "remux",
   };