diff --git a/materialious/android/app/build.gradle b/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
index 14751195..195611f4 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "us.materialio.app"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 44
-        versionName "1.5.3"
+        versionCode 45
+        versionName "1.5.4"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         aaptOptions {
              // Files and dirs to omit from the packaged assets dir, modified to accommodate modern web apps.
diff --git a/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle b/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
index 76030400..e874b5b5 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':capacitor-app')
     implementation project(':capacitor-browser')
     implementation project(':capgo-inappbrowser')
+    implementation project(':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio')
     implementation project(':capacitor-nodejs')
 
 }
diff --git a/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7cbefaa0..cd74452b 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,23 @@
             android:grantUriPermissions="true">
             <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
         </provider>
+
+        <service
+            android:name="us.mediagrid.capacitorjs.plugins.nativeaudio.AudioPlayerService"
+            android:description="@string/audio_player_service_description"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
+            android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="androidx.media3.session.MediaSessionService"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+        </service>
+
     </application>
 
     <!-- Permissions -->
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a2310dac..f9764d40 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     <string name="title_activity_main">Materialious</string>
     <string name="package_name">us.materialio.app</string>
     <string name="custom_url_scheme">us.materialio.app</string>
+    <string name="audio_player_service_description">Allows for audio to play in the background.</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle b/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
index 1717e83a..83049c36 100644
--- a/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ project(':capacitor-browser').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/
 include ':capgo-inappbrowser'
 project(':capgo-inappbrowser').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capgo/inappbrowser/android')
 
+include ':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio'
+project(':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio/android')
+
 include ':capacitor-nodejs'
 project(':capacitor-nodejs').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/capacitor-nodejs/android')
diff --git a/materialious/electron/package.json b/materialious/electron/package.json
index bbb21784..b419410c 100644
--- a/materialious/electron/package.json
+++ b/materialious/electron/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "Materialious",
-	"version": "1.5.3",
+	"version": "1.5.4",
 	"description": "Modern material design for Invidious.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Ward Pearce",
diff --git a/materialious/package-lock.json b/materialious/package-lock.json
index fd975c6a..ceb30743 100644
--- a/materialious/package-lock.json
+++ b/materialious/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "materialious",
-	"version": "1.5.0",
+	"version": "1.5.4",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "materialious",
-			"version": "1.5.0",
+			"version": "1.5.4",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@capacitor-community/electron": "^5.0.1",
 				"@capacitor/android": "6.1.2",
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 				"@capacitor/core": "^6.1.2",
 				"@capgo/inappbrowser": "^6.6.8",
 				"@ffmpeg/ffmpeg": "^0.12.10",
+				"@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": "^1.0.0",
 				"beercss": "^3.7.7",
 				"capacitor-nodejs": "https://github.com/EdenwareApps/Capacitor-NodeJS/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.7/capacitor6-nodejs.tgz",
 				"dashjs": "^4.7.4",
@@ -2725,6 +2726,14 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@material/material-color-utilities/-/material-color-utilities-0.2.7.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-0FCeqG6WvK4/Cc06F/xXMd/pv4FeisI0c1tUpBbfhA2n9Y8eZEv4Karjbmf2ZqQCPUWMrGp8A571tCjizxoTiQ=="
 		},
+		"node_modules/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": {
+			"version": "1.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio/-/capacitor-native-audio-1.0.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-jYTKFqMnVxSwlRUm8pO1jGQgoF1dY00xFGJZXn1AUkSI7BLE+kEpVUYjsGn1CuMH5me9aEyOtiVaif5zF2Mwxw==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@capacitor/core": "^6.0.0"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/@msgpack/msgpack": {
 			"version": "2.8.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@msgpack/msgpack/-/msgpack-2.8.0.tgz",
diff --git a/materialious/package.json b/materialious/package.json
index 8cf5c93e..01d7502d 100644
--- a/materialious/package.json
+++ b/materialious/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "materialious",
-	"version": "1.5.3",
+	"version": "1.5.4",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "vite dev",
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 		"@capacitor/core": "^6.1.2",
 		"@capgo/inappbrowser": "^6.6.8",
 		"@ffmpeg/ffmpeg": "^0.12.10",
+		"@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": "^1.0.0",
 		"beercss": "^3.7.7",
 		"capacitor-nodejs": "https://github.com/EdenwareApps/Capacitor-NodeJS/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.7/capacitor6-nodejs.tgz",
 		"dashjs": "^4.7.4",
@@ -71,4 +72,4 @@
 		"terser": "^5.33.0",
 		"vidstack": "^1.12.9"
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/Api/index.ts b/materialious/src/lib/Api/index.ts
index 32e8fb7f..d0bbef1b 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/Api/index.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/Api/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 	deArrowThumbnailInstanceStore,
 	instanceStore,
 	interfaceRegionStore,
+	playerYouTubeJsAlways,
 	playerYouTubeJsFallback,
 	returnYTDislikesInstanceStore,
 	synciousInstanceStore
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@ export async function getPopular(fetchOptions?: RequestInit): Promise<Video[]> {
 
 export async function getVideo(videoId: string, local: boolean = false, fetchOptions?: RequestInit): Promise<VideoPlay> {
 	const resp = await fetch(setRegion(buildPath(`videos/${videoId}?local=${local}`)), fetchOptions);
-	if (!resp.ok && Capacitor.isNativePlatform() && get(playerYouTubeJsFallback)) {
+	if (
+		(get(playerYouTubeJsAlways) && Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) ||
+		(!resp.ok && get(playerYouTubeJsFallback) && Capacitor.isNativePlatform())) {
 		return await patchYoutubeJs(videoId);
 	} else {
 		await fetchErrorHandle(resp);
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
index 481f7c5b..416c0f5a 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 	import { page } from '$app/stores';
 	import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
+	import { AudioPlayer } from '@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio';
 	import type { Page } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 	import { SponsorBlock, type Category, type Segment } from 'sponsorblock-api';
 	import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 	import type { VideoPlay } from './Api/model';
 	import {
 		getBestThumbnail,
+		proxyVideoUrl,
 		pullBitratePreference,
 		videoLength,
 		type PhasedDescription
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 		instanceStore,
 		miniPlayerSrcStore,
 		playerAlwaysLoopStore,
+		playerAndroidBgPlayer,
 		playerAutoPlayStore,
 		playerProxyVideosStore,
 		playerSavePlaybackPositionStore,
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@
 			src = [{ src: data.video.dashUrl, type: 'application/dash+xml' }];
 
 			if (!data.video.fallbackPatch) {
-				if (Capacitor.getPlatform() !== 'electron' || proxyVideos) {
+				if (!Capacitor.isNativePlatform() || proxyVideos) {
 					(src[0] as { src: string }).src += '?local=true';
 				}
 			}
@@ -337,6 +340,46 @@
 				}
 				await loadPlayerPos();
 			});
+
+			if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android' && get(playerAndroidBgPlayer)) {
+				const highestBitrateAudio = data.video.adaptiveFormats
+					.filter((format) => format.type.startsWith('audio/'))
+					.reduce((prev, current) => {
+						return parseInt(prev.bitrate) > parseInt(current.bitrate) ? prev : current;
+					});
+
+				const audioId = { audioId: data.video.videoId };
+
+				await AudioPlayer.create({
+					...audioId,
+					audioSource: proxyVideoUrl(highestBitrateAudio.url),
+					friendlyTitle: data.video.title,
+					useForNotification: true,
+					loop: player.loop,
+					isBackgroundMusic: false
+				});
+
+				AudioPlayer.onAppGainsFocus(audioId, async () => {
+					await AudioPlayer.pause(audioId);
+
+					const audioPlayerTime = await AudioPlayer.getCurrentTime(audioId);
+
+					player.currentTime = Math.round(audioPlayerTime.currentTime);
+					await player.play();
+				});
+
+				AudioPlayer.onAppLosesFocus(audioId, async () => {
+					if (!player.paused) {
+						await AudioPlayer.play(audioId);
+						await AudioPlayer.seek({
+							...audioId,
+							timeInSeconds: Math.round(player.currentTime)
+						});
+					}
+				});
+
+				await AudioPlayer.initialize(audioId);
+			}
 		} else {
 			playerIsLive = true;
 			src = [
@@ -434,12 +477,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	onDestroy(() => {
+	onDestroy(async () => {
+		if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android') {
+			await AudioPlayer.destroy({ audioId: data.video.videoId });
+		}
 		if (typeof silenceSkipperInterval !== 'undefined') {
 			clearInterval(silenceSkipperInterval);
 		}
 		savePlayerPos();
-		player.pause();
+		await player.pause();
 		player.destroy();
 		playerPosSet = false;
 	});
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/Settings.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/Settings.svelte
index 18f7cfee..07995851 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/Settings.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/Settings.svelte
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		interfaceRegionStore,
 		interfaceSearchSuggestionsStore,
 		playerAlwaysLoopStore,
+		playerAndroidBgPlayer,
 		playerAutoPlayStore,
 		playerAutoplayNextByDefaultStore,
 		playerListenByDefaultStore,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 		playerProxyVideosStore,
 		playerSavePlaybackPositionStore,
 		playerTheatreModeByDefaultStore,
+		playerYouTubeJsAlways,
 		playerYouTubeJsFallback,
 		returnYTDislikesInstanceStore,
 		returnYtDislikesStore,
@@ -306,6 +308,24 @@
 			</nav>
 		</div>
 
+		{#if Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android'}
+			<div class="field no-margin">
+				<nav class="no-padding">
+					<div class="max">
+						<div>{$_('layout.player.backgroundPlay')}</div>
+					</div>
+					<label class="switch">
+						<input
+							type="checkbox"
+							bind:checked={$playerAndroidBgPlayer}
+							on:click={() => playerAndroidBgPlayer.set(!$playerAndroidBgPlayer)}
+						/>
+						<span></span>
+					</label>
+				</nav>
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+
 		{#if Capacitor.isNativePlatform()}
 			<div class="field no-margin">
 				<nav class="no-padding">
@@ -406,6 +426,22 @@
 		</div>
 
 		{#if Capacitor.isNativePlatform()}
+			<div class="field no-margin">
+				<nav class="no-padding">
+					<div class="max">
+						<div>{$_('layout.player.youtubeJsAlways')}</div>
+					</div>
+					<label class="switch">
+						<input
+							type="checkbox"
+							bind:checked={$playerYouTubeJsAlways}
+							on:click={() => playerYouTubeJsAlways.set(!$playerYouTubeJsAlways)}
+						/>
+						<span></span>
+					</label>
+				</nav>
+			</div>
+
 			<div class="field no-margin">
 				<nav class="no-padding">
 					<div class="max">
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json b/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
index ffc8e00d..79285e02 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@
 			"backgroundPlay": "Play audio in background",
 			"dash": "Dash",
 			"silenceSkipper": "Silence skipper (Experimental)",
-			"youtubeJsFallback": "Local video processing fallback"
+			"youtubeJsFallback": "Local video processing fallback",
+			"youtubeJsAlways": "Always use local video processing"
 		},
 		"bookmarklet": "Bookmarklet",
 		"instanceUrl": "Instance URL",
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/patches/androidRequests.ts b/materialious/src/lib/patches/androidRequests.ts
index 155a240e..30e18f44 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/patches/androidRequests.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/patches/androidRequests.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android') {
       typeof requestInput === 'string' ? requestInput : requestInput.toString();
 
     // Check if the URL is already proxied, to avoid double proxying
-    if (!requestUrl.startsWith(corsAnywhereProxyUrl) && !requestUrl.startsWith('/')) {
+    if (!requestUrl.startsWith(corsAnywhereProxyUrl) && !requestUrl.startsWith('/') && !requestUrl.startsWith('blob:') && !requestUrl.startsWith('/')) {
       requestInput = corsAnywhereProxyUrl + requestUrl;
     }
 
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
index 116481c9..7aa226a9 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export const playerTheatreModeByDefaultStore = persisted('theatreModeByDefault',
 export const playerAutoplayNextByDefaultStore = persisted('autoplayNextByDefault', false);
 export const playerMiniPlayerStore = persisted('miniPlayer', true);
 export const playerYouTubeJsFallback = persisted('youTubeJsFallback', true);
+export const playerYouTubeJsAlways = persisted('youTubeJsAlways', false);
+export const playerAndroidBgPlayer = persisted('androidBgPlayer', true);
 
 export const returnYtDislikesStore = persisted('returnYtDislikes', false);
 export const returnYTDislikesInstanceStore: Writable<string | null | undefined> = persisted(
diff --git a/update_versions.py b/update_versions.py
index 093cc790..d802a161 100644
--- a/update_versions.py
+++ b/update_versions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 
-LATEST_VERSION = "1.5.3"
+LATEST_VERSION = "1.5.4"
 WORKING_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "materialious")
 
 ROOT_PACKAGE = os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, "package.json")