diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6d1d9498..b24ed14af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ NewPipe does not use any Google framework libraries, or the YouTube API. It only
 * Open a video in Kodi
 * Show Next/Related videos
 * Search YouTube in a specific language
+* Orbot/Tor support (no streaming yet)
 
 ### Coming Features
 
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9eb3ccef7..5eaf3a6c4 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "org.schabi.newpipe"
         minSdkVersion 15
         targetSdkVersion 23
-        versionCode 10
-        versionName "0.7.1"
+        versionCode 11
+        versionName "0.7.2"
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
index 877000e61..debb1a2a5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ public class App extends Application {
     @Override
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
-        // if Orbot is installed, then default to using Tor, the user can still override
-        if (OrbotHelper.requestStartTor(this)) {
-            SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
-            configureTor(prefs.getBoolean(getString(R.string.useTor), true));
+
+        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
+        if(prefs.getBoolean(getString(R.string.useTorKey), false)) {
+            OrbotHelper.requestStartTor(this);
+            configureTor(true);
+        } else {
+            configureTor(false);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
index 8a296c61e..cbc4c26c2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Downloader.java
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
-import android.app.Notification;
+
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import info.guardianproject.netcipher.NetCipher;
 
 public class Downloader {
     public static final String TAG = "Downloader";
-
     private static final String USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0";
 
     /**Download the text file at the supplied URL as in download(String),
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public class Downloader {
         String ret = "";
         try {
             URL url = new URL(siteUrl);
-            HttpsURLConnection con = NetCipher.getHttpsURLConnection(url);
+            HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
             con.setRequestProperty("Accept-Language", language);
             ret = dl(con);
         }
@@ -68,8 +67,9 @@ public class Downloader {
         }
         return ret;
     }
+
     /**Common functionality between download(String url) and download(String url, String language)*/
-    private static String dl(HttpURLConnection con) throws IOException {
+    private static String dl(HttpsURLConnection con) throws IOException {
         StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
 
         try {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Localization.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Localization.java
index b38c52a90..796b7878d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Localization.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/Localization.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
-import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
@@ -22,7 +21,8 @@ public class Localization {
     public static Locale getPreferredLocale(Context context) {
         SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
 
-        String languageCode = sp.getString(String.valueOf(R.string.searchLanguage), "en");
+        String languageCode = sp.getString(String.valueOf(R.string.searchLanguagePreference),
+                context.getString(R.string.defaultLanguageItem));
 
         if(languageCode.length() == 2) {
             return new Locale(languageCode);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/SettingsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/SettingsActivity.java
index f599ebd8b..3f747c2da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.SharedElementCallback;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.preference.CheckBoxPreference;
+import android.preference.EditTextPreference;
+import android.preference.ListPreference;
 import android.preference.Preference;
 import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
 import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.support.annotation.LayoutRes;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ import info.guardianproject.netcipher.proxy.OrbotHelper;
  * along with NewPipe.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
+public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity  {
 
     private static final int REQUEST_INSTALL_ORBOT = 0x1234;
     private AppCompatDelegate mDelegate = null;
@@ -59,37 +64,90 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 
     }
 
-    public static class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
+    public static class SettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment{
+        SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener prefListener;
+
+        // get keys
+        String DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_PREFERENCE;
+        String DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT_PREFERENCE;
+        String SEARCH_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE;
+        String DOWNLOAD_PATH_PREFERENCE;
+        String USE_TOR_KEY;
+
+        private ListPreference defaultResolutionPreference;
+        private ListPreference defaultAudioFormatPreference;
+        private ListPreference searchLanguagePreference;
+        private EditTextPreference downloadPathPreference;
         private CheckBoxPreference useTorCheckBox;
+        private SharedPreferences defaultPreferences;
+
 
         @Override
         public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
             super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
             addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings_screen);
 
-            // if Orbot is installed, then default to using Tor, the user can still override
-            useTorCheckBox = (CheckBoxPreference) findPreference(getString(R.string.useTor));
             final Activity activity = getActivity();
-            final boolean useTor = OrbotHelper.isOrbotInstalled(activity);
-            useTorCheckBox.setDefaultValue(useTor);
-            useTorCheckBox.setChecked(useTor);
-            useTorCheckBox.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
+
+            defaultPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(activity);
+
+            // get keys
+            DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_PREFERENCE =getString(R.string.defaultResolutionPreference);
+            DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT_PREFERENCE =getString(R.string.defaultAudioFormatPreference);
+            SEARCH_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE =getString(R.string.searchLanguagePreference);
+            DOWNLOAD_PATH_PREFERENCE = getString(R.string.downloadPathPreference);
+            USE_TOR_KEY = getString(R.string.useTorKey);
+
+            // get pref objects
+            defaultResolutionPreference =
+                    (ListPreference) findPreference(DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_PREFERENCE);
+            defaultAudioFormatPreference =
+                    (ListPreference) findPreference(DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT_PREFERENCE);
+            searchLanguagePreference =
+                    (ListPreference) findPreference(SEARCH_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE);
+            downloadPathPreference =
+                    (EditTextPreference) findPreference(DOWNLOAD_PATH_PREFERENCE);
+            useTorCheckBox = (CheckBoxPreference) findPreference(USE_TOR_KEY);
+
+            prefListener = new SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener() {
                 @Override
-                public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object o) {
-                    boolean useTor = (Boolean) o;
-                    if (useTor) {
-                        if (OrbotHelper.isOrbotInstalled(activity)) {
+                public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences,
+                                                      String key) {
+                    Activity a = getActivity();
+                    updateSummary();
+
+                    if (defaultPreferences.getBoolean(USE_TOR_KEY, false)) {
+                        if (OrbotHelper.isOrbotInstalled(a)) {
                             App.configureTor(true);
+                            OrbotHelper.requestStartTor(a);
                         } else {
-                            Intent intent = OrbotHelper.getOrbotInstallIntent(activity);
-                            activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_INSTALL_ORBOT);
+                            Intent intent = OrbotHelper.getOrbotInstallIntent(a);
+                            a.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_INSTALL_ORBOT);
                         }
                     } else {
                         App.configureTor(false);
                     }
-                    return true;
                 }
-            });
+            };
+            defaultPreferences.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(prefListener);
+
+            updateSummary();
+        }
+
+        // This is used to show the status of some preference in the description
+        private void updateSummary() {
+            defaultResolutionPreference.setSummary(
+                    defaultPreferences.getString(DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_PREFERENCE,
+                            getString(R.string.defaultResolutionListItem)));
+            defaultAudioFormatPreference.setSummary(
+                    defaultPreferences.getString(DEFAULT_AUDIO_FORMAT_PREFERENCE,
+                            getString(R.string.defaultAudioFormat)));
+            searchLanguagePreference.setSummary(
+                    defaultPreferences.getString(SEARCH_LANGUAGE_PREFERENCE,
+                            getString(R.string.defaultLanguageItem)));
+            downloadPathPreference.setSummary(
+                    defaultPreferences.getString(DOWNLOAD_PATH_PREFERENCE,
+                            getString(R.string.downloadLocationSummary)));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
index 93c6074b2..8c9c61456 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ public class VideoItemListFragment extends ListFragment {
         public void run() {
             try {
                 SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext());
-                String searchLanguageKey = getContext().getString(R.string.searchLanguage);
-                String searchLanguage = sp.getString(searchLanguageKey, "en");
+                String searchLanguageKey = getContext().getString(R.string.searchLanguagePreference);
+                String searchLanguage = sp.getString(searchLanguageKey,
+                        getString(R.string.defaultLanguageItem));
                 SearchEngine.Result result = engine.search(query, page, searchLanguage);
                 Log.i(TAG, "language code passed:\""+searchLanguage+"\"");
                 if(run) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
index 9da25fc92..e9735b32e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/VideoExtractor.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public abstract class VideoExtractor {
     }
 
 
+    //todo: add licence field
     protected abstract int getErrorCode();
     protected abstract String getErrorMessage();
     protected abstract String getVideoUrl(String videoId);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 0ff359a46..a909953ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     </string-array>
     <string name="defaultAudioFormat">m4a</string>
     <string name="showNextVideo">show_next_video</string>
-    <string name="searchLanguage">search_language</string>
+    <string name="searchLanguagePreference">search_language</string>
+    <string name="useTorKey">use_tor</string>
     <!-- TODO: scrape these programmatically, then store in a local cache -->
     <!-- alternatively, load these from some local android data store -->
     <string-array name='languageCodes'>
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@
         <item>ja</item>
         <item>ko</item>
     </string-array>
+    <string name="defaultLanguageItem">en</string>
     <string-array name='languageNames'>
         <item>Afrikaans</item>
         <item>Azərbaycan</item>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_screen.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_screen.xml
index 4d21b457b..46ad3ecb9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_screen.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/settings_screen.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
             android:defaultValue="false" />
 
         <ListPreference
-            android:key="@string/searchLanguage"
+            android:key="@string/searchLanguagePreference"
             android:title="@string/searchLanguageTitle"
             android:entries="@array/languageNames"
             android:entryValues="@array/languageCodes"
-            android:defaultValue="en" />
+            android:defaultValue="@string/defaultLanguageItem" />
 
         <CheckBoxPreference
             android:key="@string/showNextVideo"
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@
             android:defaultValue="false" />
 
         <CheckBoxPreference
-            android:key="@string/useTor"
+            android:key="@string/useTorKey"
             android:title="@string/useTor"
-            android:summary="@string/useTorSummary" />
+            android:summary="@string/useTorSummary"
+            android:defaultValue="false"/>
 
     </PreferenceCategory>
 </PreferenceScreen>