diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index aba9e43..c240dbb 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -2530,9 +2530,9 @@ app.post('/api/downloadFile', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
         let base_path = fileFolderPath;
         let usersFileFolder = null;
         const multiUserMode = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_multi_user_mode');
-        if (multiUserMode && req.body.uuid) {
+        if (multiUserMode && (req.body.uuid || req.user.uid)) {
             usersFileFolder = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_users_base_path');
-            base_path = path.join(usersFileFolder, req.body.uuid, type);
+            base_path = path.join(usersFileFolder, req.body.uuid ? req.body.uuid : req.user.uid, type);
         }
         if (!subscriptionName) {
             file = path.join(__dirname, base_path, fileNames + ext);
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ app.post('/api/downloadFile', optionalJwt, async (req, res) => {
             fileNames[i] = decodeURIComponent(fileNames[i]);
         }
         file = await createPlaylistZipFile(fileNames, type, outputName, fullPathProvided, req.body.uuid);
-        file = path.join(__dirname, file);
+        if (!path.isAbsolute(file)) file = path.join(__dirname, file);
     }
     res.sendFile(file, function (err) {
         if (err) {
diff --git a/backend/authentication/auth.js b/backend/authentication/auth.js
index bd9da4a..173dd37 100644
--- a/backend/authentication/auth.js
+++ b/backend/authentication/auth.js
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ exports.getUserVideo = function(user_uid, file_uid, type, requireSharing = false
   if (!file && type) file = users_db.get('users').find({uid: user_uid}).get(`files.${type}`).find({uid: file_uid}).value();
 
   // prevent unauthorized users from accessing the file info
-  if (requireSharing && !file['sharingEnabled']) file = null;
+  if (file && !file['sharingEnabled'] && requireSharing) file = null;
 
   return file;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/player/player.component.ts b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
index af828b2..3640d7ad 100644
--- a/src/app/player/player.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
       // adds user token if in multi-user-mode
       const uuid_str = this.uuid ? `&uuid=${this.uuid}` : '';
       const uid_str = (this.id || !this.db_file) ? '' : `&uid=${this.db_file.uid}`;
-      const type_str = (this.id || !this.db_file) ? '' : `&type=${this.db_file.type}`
+      const type_str = (this.id || !this.db_file || !this.db_file.type) ? '' : `&type=${this.db_file.type}`
       const id_str = this.id ? `&id=${this.id}` : '';
       if (this.postsService.isLoggedIn) {
         fullLocation += (this.subscriptionName ? '&' : '?') + `jwt=${this.postsService.token}`;
diff --git a/src/app/subscription/subscription/subscription.component.ts b/src/app/subscription/subscription/subscription.component.ts
index 5849081..794a268 100644
--- a/src/app/subscription/subscription/subscription.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/subscription/subscription/subscription.component.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class SubscriptionComponent implements OnInit {
     } else {
       this.router.navigate(['/player', {fileNames: name,
         type: this.subscription.type ? this.subscription.type : 'video', subscriptionName: this.subscription.name,
-        subPlaylist: this.subscription.isPlaylist, uuid: this.postsService.user ? this.postsService.user.uid : null}]);
+        subPlaylist: this.subscription.isPlaylist}]);
     }
   }