diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/LibreTubeApp.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/LibreTubeApp.kt
index 282d1f6c1..b3b20a46a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/LibreTubeApp.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/LibreTubeApp.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import android.os.StrictMode.VmPolicy
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationChannelCompat
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationManagerCompat
 import androidx.work.ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy
-import com.github.libretube.api.CronetHelper
 import com.github.libretube.api.RetrofitInstance
 import com.github.libretube.constants.BACKGROUND_CHANNEL_ID
 import com.github.libretube.constants.DOWNLOAD_CHANNEL_ID
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import com.github.libretube.util.ExceptionHandler
 class LibreTubeApp : Application() {
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
+        instance = this
 
         /**
          * Initialize the needed notification channels for DownloadService and BackgroundMode
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class LibreTubeApp : Application() {
          * Set the api and the auth api url
          */
         RetrofitInstance.initialize()
-        CronetHelper.initCronet(this)
         ImageHelper.initializeImageLoader(this)
 
         /**
@@ -112,4 +111,8 @@ class LibreTubeApp : Application() {
             )
         )
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        lateinit var instance: LibreTubeApp
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/CronetHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/CronetHelper.kt
index bbeb58c66..0c217bd86 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/CronetHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/CronetHelper.kt
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
 package com.github.libretube.api
 
-import android.content.Context
+import com.github.libretube.LibreTubeApp
 import com.google.net.cronet.okhttptransport.CronetCallFactory
 import org.chromium.net.CronetEngine
 
-class CronetHelper {
-    companion object {
-        private lateinit var engine: CronetEngine
-        lateinit var callFactory: CronetCallFactory
+object CronetHelper {
+    val cronetEngine: CronetEngine = CronetEngine.Builder(LibreTubeApp.instance)
+        .enableHttp2(true)
+        .enableQuic(true)
+        .enableBrotli(true)
+        .enableHttpCache(CronetEngine.Builder.HTTP_CACHE_IN_MEMORY, 1024L * 1024L) // 1MiB
+        .build()
 
-        fun initCronet(context: Context) {
-            engine = CronetEngine.Builder(context)
-                .enableHttp2(true)
-                .enableQuic(true)
-                .enableBrotli(true)
-                .enableHttpCache(CronetEngine.Builder.HTTP_CACHE_IN_MEMORY, 1024L * 1024L) // 1MiB
-                .build()
-
-            callFactory = CronetCallFactory.newBuilder(engine)
-                .build()
-        }
-
-        fun getCronetEngine(): CronetEngine {
-            return engine
-        }
-    }
+    val callFactory: CronetCallFactory = CronetCallFactory.newBuilder(cronetEngine).build()
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/services/DownloadService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/services/DownloadService.kt
index f530da78a..641486a29 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/services/DownloadService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/services/DownloadService.kt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class DownloadService : Service() {
 
         try {
             // Set start range where last downloading was held.
-            val con = CronetHelper.getCronetEngine().openConnection(url) as HttpURLConnection
+            val con = CronetHelper.cronetEngine.openConnection(url) as HttpURLConnection
             con.requestMethod = "GET"
             con.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes=$totalRead-")
             con.connectTimeout = DownloadHelper.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
index e79c92976..445bbb0c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.datetime.LocalDate
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
-import org.chromium.net.CronetEngine
 import retrofit2.HttpException
 
 class PlayerFragment : BaseFragment(), OnlinePlayerOptions {
@@ -1300,14 +1299,11 @@ class PlayerFragment : BaseFragment(), OnlinePlayerOptions {
     }
 
     private fun createExoPlayer() {
-        val cronetEngine: CronetEngine = CronetHelper.getCronetEngine()
-        val cronetDataSourceFactory: CronetDataSource.Factory =
-            CronetDataSource.Factory(cronetEngine, Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
-
-        val dataSourceFactory = DefaultDataSource.Factory(
-            requireContext(),
-            cronetDataSourceFactory
+        val cronetDataSourceFactory = CronetDataSource.Factory(
+            CronetHelper.cronetEngine,
+            Executors.newCachedThreadPool()
         )
+        val dataSourceFactory = DefaultDataSource.Factory(requireContext(), cronetDataSourceFactory)
 
         // control for the track sources like subtitles and audio source
         trackSelector = DefaultTrackSelector(requireContext())