diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
index 240d9efd..47190f53 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
 	invidiousAuthStore,
 	deArrowInstanceStore,
 	deArrowThumbnailInstanceStore,
-	instanceStore,
+	invidiousInstanceStore,
 	interfaceRegionStore,
 	playerYouTubeJsAlways,
 	playerYouTubeJsFallback,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import {
 } from './backend';
 
 export function buildPath(path: string): URL {
-	return new URL(`${get(instanceStore)}/api/v1/${path}`);
+	return new URL(`${get(invidiousInstanceStore)}/api/v1/${path}`);
 }
 
 export function setRegion(url: URL): URL {
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index 92521cbc..74398253 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	import type { VideoPlay } from '../api/model';
 	import {
 		invidiousAuthStore,
-		instanceStore,
+		invidiousInstanceStore,
 		isAndroidTvStore,
 		playerAlwaysLoopStore,
 		playerAndroidLockOrientation,
@@ -547,7 +547,9 @@
 						playerMaxKnownTime
 					);
 				} else if (!data.video.fallbackPatch) {
-					const thumbnailVTTResp = await fetch(`${$instanceStore}${selectedStoryboard.url}`);
+					const thumbnailVTTResp = await fetch(
+						`${$invidiousInstanceStore}${selectedStoryboard.url}`
+					);
 					if (thumbnailVTTResp.ok) thumbnailVTT = await thumbnailVTTResp.text();
 				}
 
@@ -576,10 +578,10 @@
 			if (data.video.captions) {
 				for (const caption of data.video.captions) {
 					let captionUrl: string;
-					if (!import.meta.env.VITE_DEFAULT_COMPANION_INSTANCE && $instanceStore) {
+					if (!import.meta.env.VITE_DEFAULT_COMPANION_INSTANCE && $invidiousInstanceStore) {
 						captionUrl = caption.url.startsWith('http')
 							? caption.url
-							: `${new URL($instanceStore).origin}${caption.url}`;
+							: `${new URL($invidiousInstanceStore).origin}${caption.url}`;
 					} else {
 						captionUrl = `${import.meta.env.VITE_DEFAULT_COMPANION_INSTANCE}${caption.url}`;
 					}
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
index 9d74c0c8..d82cefda 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { resolve } from '$app/paths';
-	import { instanceStore } from '$lib/store';
+	import { invidiousInstanceStore } from '$lib/store';
 	import { _ } from '$lib/i18n';
 	import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 	import type { Notification, PlaylistPageVideo, Video, VideoBase } from '../api/model';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		role="presentation"
 		onclick={async () => {
 			if (isUnrestrictedPlatform()) {
-				shareVideo(`${get(instanceStore)}/watch/${video.videoId}`);
+				shareVideo(`${get(invidiousInstanceStore)}/watch/${video.videoId}`);
 			} else {
 				shareVideo(
 					`${location.origin}${resolve('/watch/[videoId]', { videoId: video.videoId })}`,
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Transcript.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Transcript.svelte
index 471a1855..15becb60 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Transcript.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Transcript.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	import { _ } from '$lib/i18n';
 	import type { VideoPlay } from '../api/model';
 	import { decodeHtmlCharCodes } from '../misc';
-	import { instanceStore } from '../store';
+	import { invidiousInstanceStore } from '../store';
 
 	interface Props {
 		video: VideoPlay;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 
 		if (video.fallbackPatch === 'youtubejs') {
 			urlConstructed = url;
-		} else if ($instanceStore) {
-			urlConstructed = new URL($instanceStore).origin + url;
+		} else if ($invidiousInstanceStore) {
+			urlConstructed = new URL($invidiousInstanceStore).origin + url;
 		} else {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
index 6cd9d7f1..dc42f925 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Engine.svelte
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		engineCullYTStore,
 		engineFallbacksStore,
 		engineMaxConcurrentChannelsStore,
-		instanceStore
+		invidiousInstanceStore
 	} from '$lib/store';
 	import { useEngineFallback, type EngineFallback } from '$lib/api/misc';
 	import { get } from 'svelte/store';
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 		<label for="concurrent">{$_('layout.backendEngine.concurrent')}</label>
 	</div>
 
-	{#if $invidiousAuthStore && $instanceStore}
+	{#if $invidiousAuthStore && $invidiousInstanceStore}
 		<h6>{$_('layout.backendEngine.importExport')}</h6>
 		<div class="space"></div>
 
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
index ac5dcdf0..44a75e11 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		invidiousAuthStore,
 		backendInUseStore,
 		darkModeStore,
-		instanceStore,
+		invidiousInstanceStore,
 		interfaceAllowInsecureRequests,
 		interfaceAmoledTheme,
 		interfaceAndroidUseNativeShare,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	import { tick } from 'svelte';
 	import { isOwnBackend } from '$lib/shared';
 
-	let invidiousInstance = $state(get(instanceStore));
+	let invidiousInstance = $state(get(invidiousInstanceStore));
 	let region = $state(get(interfaceRegionStore));
 	let forceCase = $state(get(interfaceForceCase));
 	let defaultPage = $state(get(interfaceDefaultPage));
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/images.ts b/materialious/src/lib/images.ts
index a6607ff5..a9a6f388 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/images.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/images.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { Image } from './api/model';
-import { instanceStore } from './store';
+import { invidiousInstanceStore } from './store';
 import { isYTBackend } from './misc';
 
 export class ImageCache {
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ export function proxyGoogleImage(source: string): string {
 
 	if (typeof path === 'undefined') return '';
 
-	return `${get(instanceStore)}/ggpht${path}`;
+	return `${get(invidiousInstanceStore)}/ggpht${path}`;
 }
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts b/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
index 203f4d37..7aecd2ad 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 	backendInUseStore,
 	channelCacheStore,
 	feedCacheStore,
-	instanceStore,
+	invidiousInstanceStore,
 	interfaceAllowInsecureRequests,
 	interfaceAndroidUseNativeShare,
 	isAndroidTvStore,
@@ -287,15 +287,15 @@ export async function setInvidiousInstance(
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	instanceStore.set(instance);
+	invidiousInstanceStore.set(instance);
 	invidiousAuthStore.set(null);
 
 	return true;
 }
 
 export async function goToInvidiousLogin() {
-	if (!get(instanceStore)) return;
-	const path = new URL(`${get(instanceStore)}/authorize_token`);
+	if (!get(invidiousInstanceStore)) return;
+	const path = new URL(`${get(invidiousInstanceStore)}/authorize_token`);
 	const searchParams = new URLSearchParams({
 		scopes: ':feed,:subscriptions*,:playlists*,:history*,:notifications*'
 	});
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
index ce0fffa0..f65a8ae5 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function ifNotWebDefault(givenValue: any, defaultValue: any): any {
 	}
 }
 
-export const instanceStore: Writable<string | undefined> = persist(
+export const invidiousInstanceStore: Writable<string | undefined> = persist(
 	writable(
 		!import.meta.env.VITE_DEFAULT_INVIDIOUS_INSTANCE
 			? undefined
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
index 5376794a..11f9071d 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/+layout.svelte
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	import {
 		invidiousAuthStore,
 		darkModeStore,
-		instanceStore,
+		invidiousInstanceStore,
 		interfaceAmoledTheme,
 		interfaceDefaultPage,
 		isAndroidTvStore,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		body.append('password', rawPassword);
 		body.append('action', 'signin');
 
-		const response = await fetch(`${$instanceStore}/login?type=invidious`, {
+		const response = await fetch(`${$invidiousInstanceStore}/login?type=invidious`, {
 			method: 'POST',
 			body: body,
 			headers: {
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/setup/+page.ts b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/setup/+page.ts
index 7d60f7af..e8033ad9 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/(app)/setup/+page.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/(app)/setup/+page.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
 import { resolve } from '$app/paths';
 import { isYTBackend } from '$lib/misc';
-import { instanceStore } from '$lib/store';
+import { invidiousInstanceStore } from '$lib/store';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 
 export async function load() {
-	if (isYTBackend() || get(instanceStore)) {
+	if (isYTBackend() || get(invidiousInstanceStore)) {
 		goto(resolve('/', {}), { replaceState: true });
 	}
 }
diff --git a/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts b/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
index d5b7d824..a67b4515 100644
--- a/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/routes/+layout.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getPages } from '$lib/navPages';
 import {
 	invidiousAuthStore,
 	backendInUseStore,
-	instanceStore,
+	invidiousInstanceStore,
 	interfaceDefaultPage,
 	isAndroidTvStore,
 	rawMasterKeyStore
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function load({ url }) {
 		// Due to race condition with how we set & save persistent store values
 		// we manually set stores like auth & instance before load.
 		const preferenceKey: Record<string, Writable<any>> = {
-			invidiousInstance: instanceStore,
+			invidiousInstance: invidiousInstanceStore,
 			authToken: invidiousAuthStore,
 			backendInUse: backendInUseStore,
 			rawMasterKey: rawMasterKeyStore
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function load({ url }) {
 
 		if (isOwnBackend()?.requireAuth && !get(rawMasterKeyStore)) {
 			goto(resolve('/internal/login', {}), { replaceState: true });
-		} else if (!get(instanceStore) && !isYTBackend() && !isSetupPage) {
+		} else if (!get(invidiousInstanceStore) && !isYTBackend() && !isSetupPage) {
 			goto(resolve('/setup', {}), { replaceState: true });
 		}
 	}