diff --git a/tasks/Convert.cs b/tasks/Convert.cs
index 1c51fd3..99e2c95 100644
--- a/tasks/Convert.cs
+++ b/tasks/Convert.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
         public override string TaskName => "convert";
         public override async Task<Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>> ActOn(WorkOrder wo)
         {
+            var conversionFilenameTarget = wo.data["path"].Substring(0, wo.data["path"].LastIndexOf('.')) + wo.data["conversion-target"];
+            if(conversionFilenameTarget == wo.data["path"])
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("no conversion needed");
+                return new Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>(TaskStatus.ContinueNow, wo);
+            }
             var article = (await TtrssClient.GetArticles(wo.articleId))?.FirstOrDefault();
             if(article == null){
                 Console.Error.WriteLine($"article {wo.articleId} couldn't be retrieved!");
@@ -17,14 +23,14 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
             }
             var sw = new Stopwatch();
             sw.Start();
-            var conversionProc = Process.Start("ffmpeg", $"-y -loglevel quiet -i \"{wo.data["path"]}\" \"{wo.data["conversion-target"]}\"");
+            var conversionProc = Process.Start("ffmpeg", $"-y -loglevel quiet -i \"{wo.data["path"]}\" \"{conversionFilenameTarget}\"");
             conversionProc.WaitForExit();
             sw.Stop();
-            if(File.Exists(wo.data["conversion-target"]))
+            if(File.Exists(conversionFilenameTarget))
             {
-                Console.WriteLine($"    converted {wo.data["path"]} -> {wo.data["conversion-target"]}");
+                Console.WriteLine($"    converted {wo.data["path"]} -> {conversionFilenameTarget}");
                 File.Delete(wo.data["path"]);
-                wo.data["path"] = wo.data["conversion-target"];
+                wo.data["path"] =conversionFilenameTarget;
             }
             
 
diff --git a/tasks/PodcastifyYT.cs b/tasks/PodcastifyYT.cs
index 351b267..6c891dc 100644
--- a/tasks/PodcastifyYT.cs
+++ b/tasks/PodcastifyYT.cs
@@ -11,81 +11,43 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
         public override async Task<WorkOrder> ActOn(Headline headline, IEnumerable<Label> labelsWRTArticle)
         {
             Console.WriteLine($"    YT podcastify: {headline.link.ToString()}");
+            
             var myGuid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
-            var ytdl = new YoutubeDLSharp.YoutubeDL();
-            ytdl.YoutubeDLPath = "yt-dlp";
-            ytdl.FFmpegPath = "ffmpeg";
-            ytdl.OutputFolder = $"{Conf.WorkingDirectory}/{myGuid}";
-            ytdl.OutputFileTemplate = "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - [%(id)s].%(ext)s";
-            var sw = new Stopwatch();
-            if(!Path.Exists(ytdl.OutputFolder))
+            var toReturn = new WorkOrder()
             {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(ytdl.OutputFolder);
+                articleId = headline.id,
+                Phase2TaskList = new Dictionary<int, string>(),
+                data = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
+                guid = Guid.Parse(myGuid)
+            };
+
+            var podcastTitle = headline.feed_title;
+            var titlingLabel = labelsWRTArticle.FirstOrDefault(l => l.@checked && l.caption?.ToLower().StartsWith(Conf.PodcastTitlePrefix) == true);
+            if(titlingLabel != null)
+            {
+                podcastTitle = titlingLabel.caption.Substring(Conf.PodcastTitlePrefix.Length);
+                await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(titlingLabel.id, false, headline.id);
+            }
+            Console.WriteLine($"article {headline.id} - yt podcastifying; {podcastTitle}");
+            
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[0] = "yt-dlp";
+            toReturn.data["ytdlp-link"] = headline.link.ToString();
+
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[1] = "convert";
+            toReturn.data["conversion-target"] = ".mp3";
+
+            if(headline.link.Host.EndsWith("youtube.com"))
+            {
+                toReturn.Phase2TaskList[2] = "sponsorblock";
             }
 
-            try
-            {
-                sw.Start();
-                var res = await ytdl.RunVideoDownload(headline.link.ToString());
-                sw.Stop();
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[3] = "filemovePublish";
+            toReturn.data["publish-target"] = $"{Conf.OnDoneCopy}/Podcasts/{podcastTitle}/";
 
-                var outputStr = $"download {(res.Success ? "success" : "fail")} in {sw.Elapsed}";
-                if (res.ErrorOutput != null && res.ErrorOutput.Length > 0)
-                {
-                    outputStr += "\n" + string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput);
-                }
-                Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.link} -> {res.Data}\n{outputStr}");
-                await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(labelsWRTArticle.First(l => l.caption?.ToLower() == this.TriggerLabel.ToLower()).id, false, headline.id);
-                Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.title}: download trigger label removed");
+            await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(labelsWRTArticle.First(l => l.caption?.ToLower() == this.TriggerLabel.ToLower()).id, false, headline.id);
+            Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.title}: download trigger label removed");
 
-                var podcastTitle = headline.feed_title;
-                var titlingLabel = labelsWRTArticle.FirstOrDefault(l => l.@checked && l.caption?.ToLower().StartsWith(Conf.PodcastTitlePrefix) == true);
-                if(titlingLabel != null)
-                {
-                    await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(titlingLabel.id, false, headline.id);
-                    podcastTitle = titlingLabel.caption.Substring(Conf.PodcastTitlePrefix.Length);
-                }
-                Console.WriteLine($"article {headline.id} - podcastifying; {podcastTitle}");
-                
-                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] - YT podcastify (dl) {(res.Success ? "success" : "failure")}; {string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput)}", headline.id);
-                if (!res.Success)
-                {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    var outputFilename = res.Data;
-                    Console.WriteLine($"{headline.title} downloaded.");
-
-                    var toReturn = new WorkOrder()
-                    {
-                        articleId = headline.id,//<-- that way later tasks can update the note
-                        Phase2TaskList = new Dictionary<int, string>(),
-                        data = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
-                        guid = Guid.Parse(myGuid)
-                    };
-                    toReturn.data["path"] = outputFilename;
-                    if(!outputFilename.EndsWith(".mp3"))
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"{headline.title} needs conversion task.");
-                        toReturn.Phase2TaskList[0] = "convert";
-                        toReturn.data["conversion-target"] = outputFilename.Substring(0, res.Data.LastIndexOf('.')) + ".mp3";
-                    }
-
-                    toReturn.Phase2TaskList[1] = "sponsorblock";
-                    toReturn.Phase2TaskList[2] = "filemovePublish";
-                    toReturn.data["publish-target"] = $"{Conf.OnDoneCopy}/Podcasts/{podcastTitle}/{Path.GetFileName(toReturn.data["conversion-target"])}";
-
-                    return toReturn;
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"fatal error in yt podcastify DL for {headline.link}");
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"{e.ToString()}: {e.Message}.\n{e.StackTrace}");
-                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] - fatal error {e.ToString()}: {e.Message}.\n{e.StackTrace}", headline.id);
-                return null;
-            }
+            return toReturn;
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tasks/Publish.cs b/tasks/Publish.cs
index be37ed9..250b110 100644
--- a/tasks/Publish.cs
+++ b/tasks/Publish.cs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
         public override string TaskName => "filemovePublish";
         public override async Task<Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>>ActOn(WorkOrder workOrder)
         {
-            var targetDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(workOrder.data["publish-target"]);
+            var targetDirectory = workOrder.data["publish-target"];
             if(!Directory.Exists(targetDirectory))
             {
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDirectory);
             }
-            File.Move(workOrder.data["path"], workOrder.data["publish-target"], true);
+            File.Move(workOrder.data["path"], Path.Combine(workOrder.data["publish-target"], Path.GetFileName(workOrder.data["path"])), true);
             var article = (await TtrssClient.GetArticles(workOrder.articleId))?.FirstOrDefault();
             await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{article.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] - copied", article.id);
             return new Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>(TaskStatus.Done, workOrder);
diff --git a/tasks/StandardDL.cs b/tasks/StandardDL.cs
index 9ef83f7..da5210b 100644
--- a/tasks/StandardDL.cs
+++ b/tasks/StandardDL.cs
@@ -11,84 +11,34 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
         public override async Task<WorkOrder> ActOn(Headline headline, IEnumerable<Label> labelsWRTArticle)
         {
             Console.WriteLine($"    standard download: {headline.link.ToString()}");
+            
             var myGuid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
-            var ytdl = new YoutubeDLSharp.YoutubeDL();
-            ytdl.YoutubeDLPath = "yt-dlp";
-            ytdl.FFmpegPath = "ffmpeg";
-            ytdl.OutputFolder = $"{Conf.WorkingDirectory}/{myGuid}";
-            ytdl.OutputFileTemplate = "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - [%(id)s].%(ext)s";
-            var sw = new Stopwatch();
-            if(!Path.Exists(ytdl.OutputFolder))
+            var toReturn = new WorkOrder()
             {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(ytdl.OutputFolder);
+                articleId = headline.id,
+                Phase2TaskList = new Dictionary<int, string>(),
+                data = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
+                guid = Guid.Parse(myGuid)
+            };
+            
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[0] = "yt-dlp";
+            toReturn.data["ytdlp-link"] = headline.link.ToString();
+
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[1] = "convert";
+            toReturn.data["conversion-target"] = ".mp4";
+
+            if(headline.link.Host.EndsWith("youtube.com"))
+            {
+                toReturn.Phase2TaskList[2] = "sponsorblock";
             }
 
-            try
-            {
-                sw.Start();
-                var res = await ytdl.RunVideoDownload(headline.link.ToString());
-                sw.Stop();
+            toReturn.Phase2TaskList[3] = "filemovePublish";
+            toReturn.data["publish-target"] = $"{Conf.OnDoneCopy}/recent episodes/";
 
-                var outputStr = $"download {(res.Success ? "success" : "fail")} in {sw.Elapsed}";
-                if (res.ErrorOutput != null && res.ErrorOutput.Length > 0)
-                {
-                    outputStr += "\n" + string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput);
-                }
-                Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.link} -> {res.Data}\n{outputStr}");
-                await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(labelsWRTArticle.First(l => l.caption?.ToLower() == this.TriggerLabel.ToLower()).id, false, headline.id);
-                Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.title}: label removed");
-                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] - standard dl {(res.Success ? "success" : "failure")}; {string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput)}", headline.id);
-                if (!res.Success)
-                {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"{headline.title} downloaded.");
+            await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(labelsWRTArticle.First(l => l.caption?.ToLower() == this.TriggerLabel.ToLower()).id, false, headline.id);
+            Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.title}: download trigger label removed");
 
-                    var outputFilename = res.Data;
-                    
-                    foreach(char c in "'\"")
-                    {
-                        outputFilename = outputFilename.Replace(c, '_');
-                    }
-                    if(outputFilename != res.Data)
-                    {
-                        File.Move(res.Data, outputFilename);
-                    }
-
-                    var toReturn = new WorkOrder()
-                    {
-                        articleId = headline.id,//<-- that way later tasks can update the note
-                        Phase2TaskList = new Dictionary<int, string>(),
-                        data = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
-                        guid = Guid.Parse(myGuid)
-                    };
-                    toReturn.data["path"] = outputFilename;
-                    if(!outputFilename.EndsWith(".mp4"))
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"{headline.title} needs conversion task.");
-                        toReturn.Phase2TaskList[0] = "convert";
-                        toReturn.data["conversion-target"] = outputFilename.Substring(0, outputFilename.LastIndexOf('.')) + ".mp4";
-                    }
-
-                    if(headline.link.Host.EndsWith("youtube.com"))
-                    {
-                        toReturn.Phase2TaskList[1] = "sponsorblock";
-                    }
-                    toReturn.Phase2TaskList[2] = "filemovePublish";
-                    toReturn.data["publish-target"] = $"{Conf.OnDoneCopy}/recent episodes/{Path.GetFileName(toReturn.data["conversion-target"])}";
-
-                    return toReturn;
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"fatal error in standard DL for {headline.link}");
-                Console.Error.WriteLine($"{e.ToString()}: {e.Message}.\n{e.StackTrace}");
-                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] - fatal error {e.ToString()}: {e.Message}.\n{e.StackTrace}", headline.id);
-                return null;
-            }
+            return toReturn;
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tasks/Ytdlp.cs b/tasks/Ytdlp.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a596734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/Ytdlp.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using ttrss_co_client.ttrss;
+using ttrss_co_client.ttrss.datastructures;
+
+namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
+{
+    ///<summary>Move to output</summary>
+    public class Ytdlp : Phase2Task
+    {
+        public override string TaskName => "yt-dlp";
+        
+        public override async Task<Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>>ActOn(WorkOrder workOrder)
+        {
+            var article = (await TtrssClient.GetArticles(workOrder.articleId)).FirstOrDefault();
+            var sw = new Stopwatch();
+            
+            var ytdl = new YoutubeDLSharp.YoutubeDL();
+            ytdl.YoutubeDLPath = "yt-dlp";
+            ytdl.FFmpegPath = "ffmpeg";
+            ytdl.OutputFolder = $"{Conf.WorkingDirectory}/{workOrder.guid}";
+            ytdl.OutputFileTemplate = "%(upload_date)s - %(title)s - [%(id)s].%(ext)s";
+            if(!Path.Exists(ytdl.OutputFolder))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(ytdl.OutputFolder);
+            }
+            sw.Start();
+            var res = await ytdl.RunVideoDownload(workOrder.data["ytdlp-link"]);
+            sw.Stop();
+            
+            if (!res.Success)
+            {
+                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{article.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] yt-dlp fatal error. \n{string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput)}", article.id);
+                return null;
+            }
+            await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{article.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToString("o")}] yt-dlp {(res.Success ? "success" : "fail")} in {sw.Elapsed}", article.id);
+
+            var outputFilename = res.Data;
+            foreach(char c in "'\"")
+            {
+                outputFilename = outputFilename.Replace(c, '_');
+            }
+            if(outputFilename != res.Data)
+            {
+                File.Move(res.Data, outputFilename);
+            }
+            workOrder.data["path"] = outputFilename;
+
+            return new Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>(TaskStatus.ContinueNow, workOrder);
+        }
+    }
+}
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