diff --git a/server/internal/process.go b/server/internal/process.go
index 8d46a59..6281c11 100644
--- a/server/internal/process.go
+++ b/server/internal/process.go
@@ -91,16 +91,22 @@ func (p *Process) Start() {
 
 	buildFilename(&p.Output)
 
-	params := append([]string{
+	params := []string{
 		strings.Split(p.Url, "?list")[0], //no playlist
 		"--newline",
 		"--no-colors",
 		"--no-playlist",
 		"--progress-template",
 		strings.NewReplacer("\n", "", "\t", "", " ", "").Replace(template),
-		"-o",
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", out.Path, out.Filename),
-	}, p.Params...)
+	}
+
+	// if user asked to manually override the output path...
+	if !slices.Includes(params, "-P") {
+		params = append(params, "-o")
+		params = append(params, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", out.Path, out.Filename))
+	}
+
+	params = append(params, p.Params...)
 
 	// ----------------- main block ----------------- //
 	cmd := exec.Command(config.Instance().DownloaderPath, params...)
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 610cf75..b7d044b 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/go-chi/cors"
 	"github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/server/config"
 	"github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/server/dbutils"
@@ -77,6 +76,8 @@ func RunBlocking(host string, port int, frontend fs.FS, dbPath string) {
 	go gracefulShutdown(srv, &mdb)
 	go autoPersist(time.Minute*5, &mdb, logger)
 
+	logger.Info("yt-dlp-webui started", slog.Int("port", port))
+
 	if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
 		logger.Warn("http server stopped", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 	}
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ func newServer(c serverConfig) *http.Server {
 	})
 
 	r.Use(corsMiddleware.Handler)
-	r.Use(middleware.Logger)
+	// use in dev
+	// r.Use(middleware.Logger)
 
 	r.Mount("/", http.FileServer(http.FS(c.frontend)))