diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/backend.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/backend.ts
index 35534f92..9f25ab1a 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/backend.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/backend.ts
@@ -85,16 +85,22 @@ export async function deleteUnsubscribeBackend(authorId: string) {
 	});
 }
 
-export async function postSubscribeBackend(authorId: string) {
+export async function postSubscribeBackend(
+	authorId: string,
+	authorName: string | undefined = undefined
+) {
 	const rawKey = await getRawKey();
 	if (!rawKey) return;
 
 	const internalAuthorId = await getInternalAuthorId(authorId, rawKey);
 
-	const channel = await getChannelYTjs(authorId);
+	if (!authorName) {
+		const channel = await getChannelYTjs(authorId);
+		authorName = channel.author;
+	}
 
 	const channelId = await encryptWithMasterKey(authorId);
-	const channelName = await encryptWithMasterKey(channel.author);
+	const channelName = await encryptWithMasterKey(authorName);
 
 	const resp = await fetch(`/api/user/subscriptions/${internalAuthorId}`, {
 		method: 'POST',
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/subscriptions.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/subscriptions.ts
index 7bd7dfa6..85885867 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/subscriptions.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/subscriptions.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export async function deleteUnsubscribeYTjs(authorId: string) {
 export async function parseChannelRSS(channelId: string): Promise<void> {
 	const feedUrl = `https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${channelId}`;
 
-	const response = await fetch(feedUrl);
+	const response = await fetch(feedUrl, { priority: 'low' });
 	if (!response.ok) return;
 
 	const text = await response.text();
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
index bec09b96..d34cc84d 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@
 		engineFallbacksStore,
 		engineMaxConcurrentChannelsStore,
 		invidiousInstanceStore,
-		backendInUseStore
+		backendInUseStore,
+		rawMasterKeyStore
 	} from '$lib/store';
 	import { useEngineFallback, type EngineFallback } from '$lib/api/misc';
 	import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 	import { getSubscriptions, postSubscribe } from '$lib/api';
 	import { postSubscribeYTjs } from '$lib/api/youtubejs/subscriptions';
 	import { addToast } from '../Toast.svelte';
+	import { isOwnBackend } from '$lib/shared';
+	import { postSubscribeBackend } from '$lib/api/backend';
 
 	const engineFallbacks: EngineFallback[] = [
 		'Channel',
@@ -53,9 +56,17 @@
 			}
 		});
 
+		let subscribeFunction: (id: string, name: string) => Promise<void>;
+
+		if (isOwnBackend()?.internalAuth && $rawMasterKeyStore) {
+			subscribeFunction = postSubscribeBackend;
+		} else {
+			subscribeFunction = postSubscribeYTjs;
+		}
+
 		const subPromises: Promise<void>[] = [];
 		importedSubs.forEach((sub) => {
-			subPromises.push(postSubscribeYTjs(sub.authorId, sub.author));
+			subPromises.push(subscribeFunction(sub.authorId, sub.author));
 		});
 
 		await Promise.all(subPromises);