diff --git a/yt b/yt
index 16d3db8..7a49dfe 100755
--- a/yt
+++ b/yt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ test -n "$YT_PL_DIR" \
 test -d "$YT_PL_DIR" \
 	|| mkdir -p "$YT_PL_DIR"
 
+# formatted $YT_PL_DIR for use with sed
+P="$(printf '%s\n' "$YT_PL_DIR" | sed 's;\/;\\/;g')" 
+
 argv0="$0"
 com="$1"
 u='add | archive | clone | list | new | pick | play | search | sync | verify'
@@ -52,8 +55,8 @@ add() { # adds a video to a playlist file
 				"$argv0" "$file" "$video"
 			exit
 		else
-			cache "$video"
-			archive "$video"
+			cache "$video" &
+			archive "$video" &
 			printf "%s\n" "$video" >> "$file"
 		fi
 
@@ -99,10 +102,17 @@ cache() { # cache the video title for faster retrieval
 clone() { # clones a YouTube playlist to a file
 	test -z "$1" && usage 'clone uri [playlist]'
 
-	title="$(yt-dlp -s -I '1:1' --print '%(playlist)s' "$1")"
+	n=1
 
-	file="$YT_PL_DIR/$title.m3u"
-	creator="$(yt-dlp -s -I '1:1' --print '%(playlist_uploader)s' "$1")"
+	while test -z "$title"; do
+		title="$(yt-dlp -s -I "$n" --print '%(playlist)s' "$1" || true)"
+		n="$((n + 1))"
+	done
+
+	creator="$(yt-dlp -s -I "$n" --print '%(playlist_uploader)s' "$1")"
+	filename="$(printf '%s\n' "$title" | sed 's/ /_/g')"
+
+	file="$YT_PL_DIR/$filename.m3u"
 
 	videos="$(yt-dlp --flat-playlist "$1" --print url)"
 	prefix="$(printf "#EXTM3U\n#EXTART:%s\n#PLAYLIST:%s [%s]\n" \
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ clone() { # clones a YouTube playlist to a file
 	printf "%s: %s: Saving playlist to %s.\n" "$argv0" "$title" "$file" 1>&2
 	printf '%s\n\n%s\n' "$prefix" "$videos" >"$file"
 
-	verify "$file"
+	verify "$filename"
 }
 
 lines() {
@@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ list() {
 }
 
 menu() {
-		playlist="$(ls "$YT_PL_DIR" | sed 's/\.m3u//g' | $YTPICK)"
+		playlist="$(ls "$YT_PL_DIR" | sed 's/\.m3u//g' | sed -n '/[^.old]/p' | $YTPICK)"
 
 		while test -d "$YT_PL_DIR/$playlist"; do
 			dir="$playlist"
@@ -178,7 +188,7 @@ pick() { # Pick a video to play from a playlist of videos
 			then
 				continue
 			else
-				cache "$line"
+				cache "$line" &
 			fi
 
 			if test -z "$list"; then
@@ -206,7 +216,7 @@ play() { # play a video after caching its title
 		exit 78 # sysexits.h(3) EX_CONFIG
 	fi
 
-	cache "$@"
+	cache "$@" &
 	"$PLAYER" "$@"
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +246,9 @@ search() {
 
 	results="$(yt-dlp "ytsearch$2:$1" --print "$FMT")"
 
+	cache "$(printf '%s\n' "$results" | sed -e 's/.*\[//g' -e 's/\]/ /g' \
+		| tr -d '\n')" &
+
 	selection="$(printf '%s\n' "$results" \
 		| $YTPICK \
 		| sed 's/.*\[//g' \
@@ -261,13 +274,24 @@ search() {
 	fi
 }
 
+searchlocal() {
+	test -n "$1" && usage 'searchlocal'
+
+	if test -z "$YTPICK"; then
+		printf "%s: Please set \$YTPICK to your preferred picking tool." \
+			"$argv0" 1>&2
+		exit 78 # sysexits.h(3) EX_CONFIG
+	fi
+
+	$YTPICK <"$cachefile"
+}
+
 sync() {
 	if test -z "$1"
 	then
 		set -- "$YT_PL_DIR"/*.m3u
 	else
-		P="$(printf '%s\n' "$YT_PL_DIR" | sed 's;\/;\\/;g')"
-		set -- $(printf "$@" | sed "s/.* /$P\/&\.m3u/g")
+		set -- $(printf "$@" | sed "s/.* /$P\/&\.m3u /g")
 	fi
 
 	while test -n "$1"; do
@@ -277,9 +301,7 @@ sync() {
 			URL="$(sed -n 's/^\#PLAYLIST:.* \[//p' <"$file" | tr -d ']')"
 
 			if test -n "$URL"; then
-				mv "$file" "$file.old"
-
-				clone "$URL" || mv "$file.old" "$file"
+				clone "$URL" && mv "$file" "$file.old"
 			fi
 		fi
 
@@ -295,10 +317,17 @@ usage() {
 verify() { # replaces videos with archived versions if they are not available
 	test -z "$1" && usage 'verify playlist...'
 
-	while test -f "$YT_PL_DIR/$1.m3u"; do
-		file="$YT_PL_DIR/$1.m3u"
+	set -- $(printf '%s\n' "$@" | sed "s/[^ ]*/$P\/&.m3u /g")
 
-		for video in $(lines "$file"); do
+	while test -n "$1"; do
+		if ! test -f "$1"; then
+			printf '%s: %s: No such playlist.\n' \ "$argv0" "$1" 1>&2
+			exit 69 # syexits.h(3) EX_UNAVAILABLE
+		fi
+
+		printf "%s: %s: Verifying playlist.\n" "$argv0" "$1" 1>&2
+
+		for video in $(lines "$1"); do
 			if test -n "$(yt-dlp -s "$video" 2>&1 \
 				| grep -i -e 'video unavailable' -e 'private video' -e 'been removed')"
 			then
@@ -314,22 +343,22 @@ verify() { # replaces videos with archived versions if they are not available
 					printf "%s: %s: Video not available on the Wayback Machine.\n" \
 						"$argv0" "$video" 1>&2
 					# replace the video link with a comment containing link
-					content="$(sed "s;^$video;\# $video;g" "$file")"
+					content="$(sed "s;^$video;\# $video;g" "$1")"
 
 					# write the new content buffer to file
-					printf '%s\n' "$content" > "$file"
+					printf '%s\n' "$content" > "$1"
 				else
 					printf "%s: %s: Replacing link with Wayback link.\n" \
 						"$argv0" "$video" 1>&2
 
-					content="$(sed "s;^$video;$wayback_url;g" "$file")"
-					printf '%s\n' "$content" >"$file"
-					cache "$wayback_url"
+					content="$(sed "s;^$video;$wayback_url;g" "$1")"
+					printf '%s\n' "$content" >"$1"
+					cache "$wayback_url" &
 				fi
 			else
 				printf '%s: %s: Video available.\n' "$argv0" "$video" 1>&2
-				cache "$video"
-				archive "$video"
+				cache "$video" &
+				archive "$video" &
 			fi
 		done