diff --git a/Yosu.Youtube.Core/Downloading/VideoDownloader.cs b/Yosu.Youtube.Core/Downloading/VideoDownloader.cs
index fc82932..d77f2f7 100644
--- a/Yosu.Youtube.Core/Downloading/VideoDownloader.cs
+++ b/Yosu.Youtube.Core/Downloading/VideoDownloader.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gress;
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@
 
 namespace Yosu.Youtube.Core.Downloading;
 
-public class VideoDownloader
+public class VideoDownloader(IReadOnlyList<Cookie>? initialCookies = null)
 {
-    private readonly YoutubeClient _youtube = new(Http.Client);
+    private readonly YoutubeClient _youtube = new(Http.Client, initialCookies ?? []);
 
     public async Task<IReadOnlyList<VideoDownloadOption>> GetDownloadOptionsAsync(
         VideoId videoId,
@@ -41,16 +42,22 @@ public async Task DownloadVideoAsync(
         string filePath,
         IVideo video,
         VideoDownloadOption downloadOption,
+        bool includeSubtitles = true,
         IProgress<Percentage>? progress = null,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
     )
     {
-        // If the target container supports subtitles, embed them in the video too
-        var trackInfos = !downloadOption.Container.IsAudioOnly
-            ? (
-                await _youtube.Videos.ClosedCaptions.GetManifestAsync(video.Id, cancellationToken)
-            ).Tracks
-            : Array.Empty<ClosedCaptionTrackInfo>();
+        // Include subtitles in the output container
+        var trackInfos = new List<ClosedCaptionTrackInfo>();
+        if (includeSubtitles && !downloadOption.Container.IsAudioOnly)
+        {
+            var manifest = await _youtube.Videos.ClosedCaptions.GetManifestAsync(
+                video.Id,
+                cancellationToken
+            );
+
+            trackInfos.AddRange(manifest.Tracks);
+        }
 
         var dirPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath);
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dirPath))
diff --git a/Yosu/Services/SettingsService.cs b/Yosu/Services/SettingsService.cs
index 7cc6012..5017db5 100644
--- a/Yosu/Services/SettingsService.cs
+++ b/Yosu/Services/SettingsService.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public partial class SettingsService : SettingsBase, INotifyPropertyChanged
 
     public bool ShouldSkipExistingFiles { get; set; }
 
+    public bool ShouldInjectSubtitles { get; set; } = true;
+
     public string SoundCloudFileNameTemplate { get; set; } = "$title";
 
     public string SpotifyFileNameTemplate { get; set; } = "$title";
diff --git a/Yosu/ViewModels/YoutubeViewModel.cs b/Yosu/ViewModels/YoutubeViewModel.cs
index 3f11524..afcda20 100644
--- a/Yosu/ViewModels/YoutubeViewModel.cs
+++ b/Yosu/ViewModels/YoutubeViewModel.cs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ await _videoDownloader.DownloadVideoAsync(
                     download.TempFilePath!,
                     download.Video!,
                     downloadOption,
+                    _settingsService.ShouldInjectSubtitles,
                     progress,
                     download.CancellationToken
                 );
diff --git a/Yosu/Views/SettingsPage.xaml b/Yosu/Views/SettingsPage.xaml
index 063412a..aa1cdc0 100644
--- a/Yosu/Views/SettingsPage.xaml
+++ b/Yosu/Views/SettingsPage.xaml
@@ -156,6 +156,25 @@
                             Text="{Binding Settings.DownloadDir}" />
                     </Grid>
 
+                    <!--  Inject subtitles  -->
+                    <Grid
+                        Margin="0,5,0,10"
+                        Padding="20,0"
+                        ColumnDefinitions="*,auto"
+                        RowDefinitions="*,*">
+                        <Label
+                            Margin="0,0,5,0"
+                            FontAttributes="Bold"
+                            FontSize="15"
+                            Text="Inject subtitles:"
+                            VerticalOptions="Center" />
+                        <Label
+                            Grid.Row="1"
+                            Grid.Column="0"
+                            Text="Inject subtitles into downloaded files" />
+                        <Switch Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsToggled="{Binding Settings.ShouldInjectSubtitles}" />
+                    </Grid>
+
                     <!--  Inject tags  -->
                     <Grid
                         Margin="0,5,0,10"