diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/SubscriptionHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/SubscriptionHelper.kt
index a49890426..464abdfce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/SubscriptionHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/SubscriptionHelper.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ object SubscriptionHelper {
             else -> PipedNoAccountFeedRepository()
         }
 
-    suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String) = subscriptionsRepository.subscribe(channelId)
+    suspend fun subscribe(
+        channelId: String, name: String, uploaderAvatar: String?, verified: Boolean
+    ) = subscriptionsRepository.subscribe(channelId, name, uploaderAvatar, verified)
+
     suspend fun unsubscribe(channelId: String) = subscriptionsRepository.unsubscribe(channelId)
     suspend fun isSubscribed(channelId: String) = subscriptionsRepository.isSubscribed(channelId)
     suspend fun importSubscriptions(newChannels: List<String>) =
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/AccountSubscriptionsRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/AccountSubscriptionsRepository.kt
index 270de8b19..6743d032f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/AccountSubscriptionsRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/AccountSubscriptionsRepository.kt
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import com.github.libretube.api.obj.Subscription
 import com.github.libretube.extensions.toID
 import com.github.libretube.helpers.PreferenceHelper
 
-class AccountSubscriptionsRepository: SubscriptionsRepository {
+class AccountSubscriptionsRepository : SubscriptionsRepository {
     private val token get() = PreferenceHelper.getToken()
 
-    override suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String) {
+    override suspend fun subscribe(
+        channelId: String, name: String, uploaderAvatar: String?, verified: Boolean
+    ) {
         runCatching {
             RetrofitInstance.authApi.subscribe(token, Subscribe(channelId))
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/LocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/LocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
index d380c7813..880179fb7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/LocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/LocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ import com.github.libretube.extensions.parallelMap
 import com.github.libretube.ui.dialogs.ShareDialog.Companion.YOUTUBE_FRONTEND_URL
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelInfo
 
-class LocalSubscriptionsRepository: SubscriptionsRepository {
-    override suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String) {
-        val channelUrl = "$YOUTUBE_FRONTEND_URL/channel/${channelId}"
-        val channelInfo = ChannelInfo.getInfo(channelUrl)
-
+class LocalSubscriptionsRepository : SubscriptionsRepository {
+    override suspend fun subscribe(
+        channelId: String, name: String, uploaderAvatar: String?, verified: Boolean
+    ) {
         val localSubscription = LocalSubscription(
-            channelId = channelInfo.id,
-            name = channelInfo.name,
-            avatar = channelInfo.avatars.maxByOrNull { it.height }?.url,
-            verified = channelInfo.isVerified
+            channelId = channelId,
+            name = name,
+            avatar = uploaderAvatar,
+            verified = verified
         )
 
         Database.localSubscriptionDao().insert(localSubscription)
@@ -33,7 +32,10 @@ class LocalSubscriptionsRepository: SubscriptionsRepository {
     override suspend fun importSubscriptions(newChannels: List<String>) {
         for (chunk in newChannels.chunked(CHANNEL_CHUNK_SIZE)) {
             chunk.parallelMap { channelId ->
-                runCatching { subscribe(channelId) }
+                val channelUrl = "$YOUTUBE_FRONTEND_URL/channel/${channelId}"
+                val channelInfo = ChannelInfo.getInfo(channelUrl)
+
+                runCatching { subscribe(channelId, channelInfo.name, channelInfo.avatars.maxByOrNull { it.height }?.url, channelInfo.isVerified) }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
index d19645519..d7053e197 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository.kt
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import com.github.libretube.api.obj.Subscription
 import com.github.libretube.db.DatabaseHolder.Database
 import com.github.libretube.db.obj.LocalSubscription
 
-class PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository: SubscriptionsRepository {
-    override suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String) {
+class PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository : SubscriptionsRepository {
+    override suspend fun subscribe(
+        channelId: String, name: String, uploaderAvatar: String?, verified: Boolean
+    ) {
         // further meta info is not needed when using Piped local subscriptions
         Database.localSubscriptionDao().insert(LocalSubscription(channelId))
     }
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ class PipedLocalSubscriptionsRepository: SubscriptionsRepository {
         val channelIds = getSubscriptionChannelIds()
 
         return when {
-            channelIds.size > GET_SUBSCRIPTIONS_LIMIT ->
-                RetrofitInstance.authApi
-                    .unauthenticatedSubscriptions(channelIds)
+            channelIds.size > GET_SUBSCRIPTIONS_LIMIT -> RetrofitInstance.authApi.unauthenticatedSubscriptions(
+                    channelIds
+                )
 
             else -> RetrofitInstance.authApi.unauthenticatedSubscriptions(
                 channelIds.joinToString(",")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/SubscriptionsRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/SubscriptionsRepository.kt
index e97b0e919..f6c68a91f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/SubscriptionsRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/repo/SubscriptionsRepository.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.github.libretube.repo
 import com.github.libretube.api.obj.Subscription
 
 interface SubscriptionsRepository {
-    suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String)
+    suspend fun subscribe(channelId: String, name: String, uploaderAvatar: String?, verified: Boolean)
     suspend fun unsubscribe(channelId: String)
     suspend fun isSubscribed(channelId: String): Boolean?
     suspend fun importSubscriptions(newChannels: List<String>)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SearchResultsAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SearchResultsAdapter.kt
index 55ef3b965..21c015716 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SearchResultsAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SearchResultsAdapter.kt
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ class SearchResultsAdapter(
             }
 
             var subscribed = false
-            binding.searchSubButton.setupSubscriptionButton(item.url.toID(), item.name?.toID()) {
+            binding.searchSubButton.setupSubscriptionButton(
+                item.url.toID(),
+                item.name.orEmpty(),
+                item.uploaderAvatar,
+                item.uploaderVerified ?: false
+            ) {
                 subscribed = it
             }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SubscriptionChannelAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SubscriptionChannelAdapter.kt
index d026670e8..6186c4e3b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SubscriptionChannelAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/SubscriptionChannelAdapter.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class SubscriptionChannelAdapter :
             subscriptionSubscribe.setupSubscriptionButton(
                 subscription.url.toID(),
                 subscription.name,
+                subscription.avatar,
+                subscription.verified,
                 notificationBell,
                 true
             )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/extensions/SetupSubscriptionButton.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/extensions/SetupSubscriptionButton.kt
index d3a1f3b82..6d40e3aa7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/extensions/SetupSubscriptionButton.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/extensions/SetupSubscriptionButton.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 fun TextView.setupSubscriptionButton(
     channelId: String?,
-    channelName: String?,
+    channelName: String,
+    channelAvatar: String?,
+    channelVerified: Boolean,
     notificationBell: MaterialButton? = null,
     isSubscribed: Boolean? = null,
     onIsSubscribedChange: (Boolean) -> Unit = {}
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ fun TextView.setupSubscriptionButton(
         } else {
             CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {
                 withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-                    SubscriptionHelper.subscribe(channelId)
+                    SubscriptionHelper.subscribe(channelId, channelName, channelAvatar, channelVerified)
                 }
 
                 text = context.getString(R.string.unsubscribe)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/ChannelFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/ChannelFragment.kt
index 483aec078..7660f7816 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/ChannelFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/ChannelFragment.kt
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ class ChannelFragment : DynamicLayoutManagerFragment(R.layout.fragment_channel)
 
         binding.channelSubscribe.setupSubscriptionButton(
             channelId,
-            channelName,
+            response.name.orEmpty(),
+            response.avatarUrl,
+            response.verified,
             binding.notificationBell
         ) { isSubscribed ->
             _binding?.addToGroup?.isVisible = isSubscribed
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 9ab8cfbc4..0c3e1b016 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
@@ -1147,8 +1147,10 @@ class PlayerFragment : Fragment(R.layout.fragment_player), OnlinePlayerOptions {
 
         // update the subscribed state
         binding.playerSubscribe.setupSubscriptionButton(
-            this.streams.uploaderUrl.toID(),
-            this.streams.uploader
+            streams.uploaderUrl.toID(),
+            streams.uploader,
+            streams.uploaderAvatar,
+            streams.uploaderVerified
         )
 
         // seekbar preview setup