diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/i18n.yaml b/frontend/src/assets/i18n.yaml
index ad4c283..fd8f302 100644
--- a/frontend/src/assets/i18n.yaml
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/i18n.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 languages:
   english:
-    urlInput: Video URL
+    urlInput: Video URL (one per line)
     statusTitle: Status
     statusReady: Ready
     selectFormatButton: Select format
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ languages:
     logsTitle: 'Logs'
     awaitingLogs: 'Awaiting logs...'
   italian:
-    urlInput: URL Video
+    urlInput: URL Video (uno per linea)
     statusTitle: Stato
     startButton: Inizia
     statusReady: Pronto
diff --git a/frontend/src/atoms/ui.ts b/frontend/src/atoms/ui.ts
index 00d8e6c..3ba1c19 100644
--- a/frontend/src/atoms/ui.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/atoms/ui.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { atom } from 'recoil'
+import { RPCResult } from '../types'
 
 export const loadingAtom = atom({
   key: 'loadingAtom',
   default: true
+})
+
+export const optimisticDownloadsState = atom<RPCResult[]>({
+  key: 'optimisticDownloadsState',
+  default: []
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DownloadDialog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DownloadDialog.tsx
index 2c12a08..dae1a4b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DownloadDialog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DownloadDialog.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ const DownloadDialog: FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onDownloadStart }) => {
   )
 
   const [url, setUrl] = useState('')
-  const [workingUrl, setWorkingUrl] = useState('')
 
   const [isPlaylist, setIsPlaylist] = useState(false)
 
@@ -103,35 +102,36 @@ const DownloadDialog: FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onDownloadStart }) => {
   /**
     * Retrive url from input, cli-arguments from checkboxes and emits via WebSocket
   */
-  const sendUrl = (immediate?: string) => {
-    const codes = new Array<string>()
-    if (pickedVideoFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedVideoFormat)
-    if (pickedAudioFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedAudioFormat)
-    if (pickedBestFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedBestFormat)
+  const sendUrl = async (immediate?: string) => {
+    for (const line of url.split('\n')) {
+      const codes = new Array<string>()
+      if (pickedVideoFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedVideoFormat)
+      if (pickedAudioFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedAudioFormat)
+      if (pickedBestFormat !== '') codes.push(pickedBestFormat)
 
-    client.download({
-      url: immediate || url || workingUrl,
-      args: `${argsBuilder.toString()} ${toFormatArgs(codes)} ${downloadTemplate}`,
-      pathOverride: downloadPath ?? '',
-      renameTo: settings.fileRenaming ? filenameTemplate : '',
-      playlist: isPlaylist,
-    })
+      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 200))
+      await client.download({
+        url: immediate || line,
+        args: `${argsBuilder.toString()} ${toFormatArgs(codes)} ${downloadTemplate}`,
+        pathOverride: downloadPath ?? '',
+        renameTo: settings.fileRenaming ? filenameTemplate : '',
+        playlist: isPlaylist,
+      })
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        resetInput()
+        setDownloadFormats(undefined)
+        onDownloadStart(immediate || line)
+      }, 250)
+    }
 
     setUrl('')
-    setWorkingUrl('')
-
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      resetInput()
-      setDownloadFormats(undefined)
-      onDownloadStart(immediate || url || workingUrl)
-    }, 250)
   }
 
   /**
    * Retrive url from input and display the formats selection view
    */
   const sendUrlFormatSelection = () => {
-    setWorkingUrl(url)
     setUrl('')
     setPickedAudioFormat('')
     setPickedVideoFormat('')
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ const DownloadDialog: FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onDownloadStart }) => {
               >
                 <Grid container>
                   <TextField
+                    multiline
                     fullWidth
                     ref={urlInputRef}
                     label={i18n.t('urlInput')}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Footer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Footer.tsx
index ff9f95b..698535a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { settingsState } from '../atoms/settings'
 import { connectedState } from '../atoms/status'
 import { useI18n } from '../hooks/useI18n'
 import FreeSpaceIndicator from './FreeSpaceIndicator'
-import GitHubIcon from '@mui/icons-material/GitHub'
+import VersionIndicator from './VersionIndicator'
 
 const Footer: React.FC = () => {
   const settings = useRecoilValue(settingsState)
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ const Footer: React.FC = () => {
         fontSize: 14,
         display: 'flex', gap: 1, justifyContent: 'space-between'
       }}>
-        <div>v3.0.6</div>
-        <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 1 }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 2 }}>
+          <div>RPC v3.0.6</div>
+          <div></div>
+          <VersionIndicator />
+        </div>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 1, 'alignItems': 'center' }}>
           <div style={{
             display: 'flex',
             alignItems: 'center',
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HomeActions.tsx b/frontend/src/components/HomeActions.tsx
index f5130fb..184c264 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HomeActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HomeActions.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Suspense, useState } from 'react'
 import { useRecoilState } from 'recoil'
-import { loadingAtom } from '../atoms/ui'
+import { loadingAtom, optimisticDownloadsState } from '../atoms/ui'
 import { useToast } from '../hooks/toast'
 import DownloadDialog from './DownloadDialog'
 import HomeSpeedDial from './HomeSpeedDial'
@@ -8,12 +8,32 @@ import TemplatesEditor from './TemplatesEditor'
 
 const HomeActions: React.FC = () => {
   const [, setIsLoading] = useRecoilState(loadingAtom)
+  const [optimistic, setOptimistic] = useRecoilState(optimisticDownloadsState)
 
   const [openDownload, setOpenDownload] = useState(false)
   const [openEditor, setOpenEditor] = useState(false)
 
   const { pushMessage } = useToast()
 
+  // it's stupid because it will be overriden on the next server tick
+  const handleOptimisticUpdate = (url: string) => setOptimistic([
+    ...optimistic, {
+      id: url,
+      info: {
+        created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+        thumbnail: '',
+        title: url,
+        url: url
+      },
+      progress: {
+        eta: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+        percentage: '0%',
+        process_status: 0,
+        speed: 0
+      }
+    }
+  ])
+
   return (
     <>
       <HomeSpeedDial
@@ -27,7 +47,9 @@ const HomeActions: React.FC = () => {
             setOpenDownload(false)
             setIsLoading(true)
           }}
+          // TODO: handle optimistic UI update
           onDownloadStart={(url) => {
+            handleOptimisticUpdate(url)
             pushMessage(`Requested ${url}`, 'info')
             setOpenDownload(false)
             setIsLoading(true)
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SocketSubscriber.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SocketSubscriber.tsx
index 43a9f4c..2ad6e1a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SocketSubscriber.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SocketSubscriber.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const SocketSubscriber: React.FC<Props> = () => {
             .filter(f => !!f.info.url).sort((a, b) => datetimeCompareFunc(
               b.info.created_at,
               a.info.created_at,
-            ))
+            )),
           )
         )
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VersionIndicator.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VersionIndicator.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6fd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VersionIndicator.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil'
+import { serverURL } from '../atoms/settings'
+import { CircularProgress } from '@mui/material'
+import { useToast } from '../hooks/toast'
+
+const VersionIndicator: React.FC = () => {
+  const serverAddr = useRecoilValue(serverURL)
+
+  const [version, setVersion] = useState('')
+  const { pushMessage } = useToast()
+
+  const fetchVersion = async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${serverAddr}/api/v1/version`)
+
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      return pushMessage(await res.text(), 'error')
+    }
+
+    setVersion(await res.json())
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetchVersion()
+  }, [])
+
+  return (
+    version
+      ? <div>yt-dlp v{version}</div>
+      : <CircularProgress size={15} />
+  )
+}
+
+export default VersionIndicator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/rest/container.go b/server/rest/container.go
index a85db8b..6395d71 100644
--- a/server/rest/container.go
+++ b/server/rest/container.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func ApplyRouter(db *sql.DB, mdb *internal.MemoryDB, mq *internal.MessageQueue)
 		}
 		r.Post("/exec", h.Exec())
 		r.Get("/running", h.Running())
+		r.Get("/version", h.GetVersion())
 		r.Post("/cookies", h.SetCookies())
 		r.Post("/template", h.AddTemplate())
 		r.Get("/template/all", h.GetTemplates())
diff --git a/server/rest/handlers.go b/server/rest/handlers.go
index e1db849..213cc24 100644
--- a/server/rest/handlers.go
+++ b/server/rest/handlers.go
@@ -158,3 +158,21 @@ func (h *Handler) DeleteTemplate() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func (h *Handler) GetVersion() http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+		version, err := h.service.GetVersion(r.Context())
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(version); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/rest/service.go b/server/rest/service.go
index 84b9baa..6047d8d 100644
--- a/server/rest/service.go
+++ b/server/rest/service.go
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/server/config"
 	"github.com/marcopeocchi/yt-dlp-web-ui/server/internal"
 )
 
@@ -118,3 +121,23 @@ func (s *Service) DeleteTemplate(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func (s *Service) GetVersion(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	ch := make(chan string, 1)
+
+	c, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(c, config.Instance().DownloaderPath, "--version")
+	go func() {
+		stdout, _ := cmd.Output()
+		ch <- string(stdout)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-c.Done():
+		return "", errors.New("requesting yt-dlp version took too long")
+	case res := <-ch:
+		return res, nil
+	}
+}