diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a50212c..c3a4663 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ A self-hosted private and anonymous [metasearch engine](https://en.wikipedia.org
 ## Comparison to other search engines
 
 
-| Feature                            | Whoogle          | Araa-Search             | LibreY                 | 4get                   | *Warp*                                             |
+| Feature                            | Whoogle [1]         | Araa-Search             | LibreY                 | 4get                   | *Warp*                                             |
 | :----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
 | Works without JavaScript           | ✅               | ✅                      | ✅                     | ✅                     | ✅                                                 |
 | Music search                       | ❓               | ❌                      | ❌                     | ✅                     | ✅                                                 |
 | Torrent search                     | ❌               | ✅                      | ✅                     | ❌                     | ✅                                                 |
-| API                                | ❌               | ✅                      | ✅                     | ✅                     | ✅                                                 |
+| API                                | ❌               | ✅                      | ❓ [2]                    | ✅                     | ✅                                                 |
 | Scalable                           | ❌               | ❌                      | ❌                     | ❌                     | ✅                                                 |
 | Not Resource Hungry                | ❓ Moderate      | ❌ Very resource hungry | ❌ Moderate 200-400mb~ | ❌ Moderate 200-400mb~ | ✅ about 15-20MiB at idle, 17-22MiB when searching |
 | Dynamic Page Loading               | ❓ Not specified | ❌                      | ❌                     | ❌                     | ✅                                                 |
diff --git a/images-bing.go b/images-bing.go
index a9f8717..d6e37c5 100644
--- a/images-bing.go
+++ b/images-bing.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -36,45 +37,52 @@ func PerformBingImageSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]ImageSearchRe
 
 	// Extract data using goquery
 	var results []ImageSearchResult
-	doc.Find(".imgpt").Each(func(i int, s *goquery.Selection) {
+	doc.Find(".iusc").Each(func(i int, s *goquery.Selection) {
+		// Extract image source
 		imgTag := s.Find("img")
 		imgSrc, exists := imgTag.Attr("src")
 		if !exists {
-			return
+			imgSrc, exists = imgTag.Attr("data-src")
+			if !exists {
+				return
+			}
 		}
 
-		title, _ := imgTag.Attr("alt")
+		// Extract the image title from `alt` attribute
+		title := imgTag.AttrOr("alt", "")
 
 		// Extract width and height if available
 		width, _ := strconv.Atoi(imgTag.AttrOr("width", "0"))
 		height, _ := strconv.Atoi(imgTag.AttrOr("height", "0"))
 
-		// Extract the original image URL from the `mediaurl` parameter in the link
-		pageLink, exists := s.Find("a.iusc").Attr("href")
-		mediaURL := ""
-		if exists {
-			if u, err := url.Parse(pageLink); err == nil {
-				if mediaURLParam := u.Query().Get("mediaurl"); mediaURLParam != "" {
-					mediaURL, _ = url.QueryUnescape(mediaURLParam)
-				}
-			}
+		// Extract the m parameter (JSON-encoded image metadata)
+		metadata, exists := s.Attr("m")
+		if !exists {
+			return
 		}
 
-		results = append(results, ImageSearchResult{
-			Thumbnail:  imgSrc,
-			Title:      strings.TrimSpace(title),
-			Media:      imgSrc,
-			Width:      width,
-			Height:     height,
-			Source:     mediaURL, // Original image URL
-			ThumbProxy: imgSrc,
-		})
+		// Parse the metadata to get the media URL (the original image source)
+		var data map[string]interface{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(metadata), &data); err == nil {
+			mediaURL, ok := data["murl"].(string)
+			if ok {
+				results = append(results, ImageSearchResult{
+					Thumbnail:  imgSrc,
+					Title:      strings.TrimSpace(title),
+					Media:      mediaURL,
+					Width:      width,
+					Height:     height,
+					Source:     mediaURL,
+					ThumbProxy: imgSrc,
+				})
+			}
+		}
 	})
 
 	duration := time.Since(startTime)
 
 	// Check if the number of results is one or less
-	if len(results) <= 1 {
+	if len(results) == 0 {
 		return nil, duration, fmt.Errorf("no images found")
 	}
 
diff --git a/user-settings.go b/user-settings.go
index 9b7b5ee..83fee6c 100755
--- a/user-settings.go
+++ b/user-settings.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type UserSettings struct {
@@ -39,26 +40,31 @@ func loadUserSettings(r *http.Request) UserSettings {
 }
 
 func saveUserSettings(w http.ResponseWriter, settings UserSettings) {
+	expiration := time.Now().Add(90 * 24 * time.Hour) // 90 days from now
+
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     "theme",
 		Value:    settings.Theme,
 		Path:     "/",
-		Secure:   true,                  // Ensure cookie is sent over HTTPS only
-		SameSite: http.SameSiteNoneMode, // Set SameSite to None
+		Expires:  expiration, // Expiration time needs to be set otherwise it will expire immediately
+		Secure:   true,       // Ensure cookie is sent over HTTPS only
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
 	})
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     "language",
 		Value:    settings.Language,
 		Path:     "/",
-		Secure:   true,                  // Ensure cookie is sent over HTTPS only
-		SameSite: http.SameSiteNoneMode, // Set SameSite to None
+		Expires:  expiration,
+		Secure:   true,
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
 	})
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     "safe",
 		Value:    settings.SafeSearch,
 		Path:     "/",
-		Secure:   true,                  // Ensure cookie is sent over HTTPS only
-		SameSite: http.SameSiteNoneMode, // Set SameSite to None
+		Expires:  expiration,
+		Secure:   true,
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
 	})
 
 	printDebug("settings saved: %v", settings)
diff --git a/video.go b/video.go
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 1633853..ccda543
--- a/video.go
+++ b/video.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func fetchVideoResults(query, safe, lang string, page int) []VideoResult {
 			Views:     formatViews(item.Views),
 			Creator:   item.UploaderName,
 			Publisher: "Piped",
-			Image:     fmt.Sprintf("/img_proxy?url=%s", url.QueryEscape(item.Thumbnail)),
+			Image:     item.Thumbnail, //fmt.Sprintf("/img_proxy?url=%s", url.QueryEscape(item.Thumbnail)), // Using image proxy is not working, but its not needed here as piped is proxy anyway
 			Duration:  formatDuration(item.Duration),
 		})
 	}