diff --git a/downloader.py b/downloader.py
index f97d291..3cb785b 100755
--- a/downloader.py
+++ b/downloader.py
@@ -115,11 +115,15 @@ def load_input_file():
             sys.exit(1)
         del input_file  # release file object
         # Verify each line in the file is a valid URL.
+        # Also resolve the paths
+        resolved_paths = {}
         for directory, urls in url_list.items():
             for item in urls:
                 if not re.match(url_regex, str(item)):
                     print(f'Not a url:', item)
                     sys.exit(1)
+            resolved_paths[resolve_path(directory)] = urls
+        url_list = resolved_paths
     else:
         if not args.output:
             args.output = resolve_path(Path(os.getcwd(), 'automated-youtube-dl_output'))
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ create_directories(*url_list.keys(), args.download_cache_file_directory)
 
 def do_update():
     if not args.no_update:
-        print('Checking if yt-dlp needs to be updated...')
+        print('Updating yt-dlp...')
         updated = update_ytdlp()
         if updated:
             print('Restarting program...')
@@ -321,7 +325,7 @@ if not args.daemon:
 already_erased_downloaded_tracker = False
 
 while True:
-    do_update()
+    # do_update() # this doesn't work very well. freezes
     progress_bar = tqdm(total=url_count, position=0, desc='Inputs', disable=args.daemon, bar_format='{l_bar}{bar}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt}')
     for output_path, urls in url_list.items():
         for target_url in urls:
diff --git a/process/threads.py b/process/threads.py
index a835318..151c70b 100644
--- a/process/threads.py
+++ b/process/threads.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class ytdl_logger(object):
 
     def __init__(self, logger=None):
         self.logger = logger
+        # logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+        # self.logger = logging
+        # self.logger.info('testlog')
 
     def debug(self, msg):
         if self.logger:
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ def is_manager_lock_locked(lock) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-name_max = subprocess.check_output("getconf NAME_MAX /", shell=True)
+name_max = int(subprocess.check_output("getconf NAME_MAX /", shell=True).decode()) - 30
 
 
 def download_video(args) -> dict:
@@ -76,6 +79,11 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
 
     video = args[0]
     kwargs = args[1]
+
+    # Clean the strings of forign languages
+    video['title'] = unidecode(video['title'])
+    video['uploader'] = unidecode(video['uploader'])
+
     output_dict = {'downloaded_video_id': None, 'video_id': video['id'], 'video_critical_err_msg': [], 'video_critical_err_msg_short': [], 'status_msg': [], 'logger_msg': []}  # empty object
 
     if not kwargs['ignore_downloaded'] and not video['channel_id'] or not video['channel'] or not video['channel_url']:
@@ -113,15 +121,23 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
         video = video_n
         del video_n
 
-        # Clean the strings of forign languages
+        # We created a new dict
         video['title'] = unidecode(video['title'])
         video['uploader'] = unidecode(video['uploader'])
+
         video_filename = remove_special_chars_linux(ydl.get_output_templ(video_id=video['id'], title=video['title'], uploader=video['uploader'], uploader_id=video['uploader_id'], include_ext=False), special_chars=['/'])
 
-        # Make sure the filename isn't too long
-        while len(video_filename) > name_max:
-            x = Path(video_filename)
-            video_filename = f'{str(x.stem)[:-1]}{x.suffix}'
+        # Make sure the video title isn't too long
+        while len(video_filename) >= name_max - 3:  # -3 so that I can add ...
+            video['title'] = video['title'][:-1]
+            video_filename = remove_special_chars_linux(
+                ydl.get_output_templ(
+                    video_id=video['id'],
+                    title=video['title'] + '...',
+                    uploader=video['uploader'],
+                    uploader_id=video['uploader_id'],
+                    include_ext=False
+                ), special_chars=['/'])
 
         base_path = str(Path(kwargs['output_dir'], video_filename))
 
diff --git a/ydl/yt_dlp.py b/ydl/yt_dlp.py
index 877d135..28e7546 100644
--- a/ydl/yt_dlp.py
+++ b/ydl/yt_dlp.py
@@ -99,23 +99,24 @@ class YDL:
 
 def update_ytdlp():
     package_name = 'yt-dlp'
-    # Get the current version of the package
-    before_version = subprocess.check_output(['pip', 'show', package_name]).decode('utf-8')
-    before_version = before_version.split('\n')[1].split(': ')[1]
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["pip", "install", "--disable-pip-version-check", "--upgrade", package_name],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True
+        )
 
-    # Update the package
-    subprocess.call(['pip', 'install', '--upgrade', package_name])
+        if f"Successfully installed {package_name}" in result.stdout:
+        #     print(f"{package_name} was updated.")
+            return True
+        else:
+            # print(f"{package_name} was not updated.")
+            return False
 
-    # Get the new version of the package
-    after_version = subprocess.check_output(['pip', 'show', package_name]).decode('utf-8')
-    after_version = after_version.split('\n')[1].split(': ')[1]
-
-    # Check if the package was updated
-    if before_version != after_version:
-        # print(f'{package_name} was updated from version {before_version} to {after_version}')
-        return True
-    else:
-        # print(f'{package_name} is already up to date')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred while updating {package_name}:")
+        print(e.output)
         return False