diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/InstancesAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/InstancesAdapter.kt
index cb590342e..49215a247 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/InstancesAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/adapters/InstancesAdapter.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class InstancesAdapter(
     override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: InstancesViewHolder, position: Int) {
         val instance = instances[position]
         holder.binding.apply {
-            radioButton.text = "${instance.name}   ${instance.locations}"
+            val cdnText = if (instance.cdn) "   (\uD83C\uDF10 CDN)" else ""
+            radioButton.text = "${instance.name}   ${instance.locations} $cdnText"
             radioButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null)
             radioButton.isChecked = selectedInstanceIndex == position
             radioButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener { _, isChecked ->
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_welcome.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_welcome.xml
index f6d7ae551..56b1d15ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_welcome.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_welcome.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_gravity="center"
         android:layout_marginHorizontal="20dp"
-        android:text="@string/choose_instance" />
+        android:text="@string/choose_instance_long" />
 
     <FrameLayout
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
         <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
             android:id="@+id/instances_recycler"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:fadeScrollbars="false"
+            android:scrollbars="vertical" />
 
         <ProgressBar
             android:id="@+id/progress"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/instance_row.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/instance_row.xml
index a91e7d8f5..467d4a682 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/instance_row.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/instance_row.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:orientation="vertical"
-    android:paddingHorizontal="10dp">
+    android:paddingHorizontal="12dp">
 
     <com.google.android.material.radiobutton.MaterialRadioButton
         android:id="@+id/radio_button"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:paddingStart="10dp"
+        tools:ignore="RtlSymmetry"
         tools:text="kavin.rocks" />
 
 </LinearLayout>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index e36756da0..1fa2b98e8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@
     <string name="alphabetic">Alphabetic</string>
     <string name="alphabetic_reversed">Alphabetic (reversed)</string>
     <string name="welcome">Welcome to LibreTube</string>
-    <string name="choose_instance">Please choose a Piped instance to use below. The Piped instance will act as a middle man between you and YouTube. You can still change it later in the instance settings.</string>
+    <string name="choose_instance">Please choose an instance first!</string>
+    <string name="choose_instance_long">Please choose a Piped instance to use below. The Piped instance will act as a middle man between you and YouTube. These servers are located at different physical places (indicated with flags). Instances that are close to where you live, are likely faster than others. You can still change it later in the instance settings.</string>
+    <string name="registration_disabled">Registration disabled</string>
 
     <!-- Backup & Restore Settings -->
     <string name="import_subscriptions_from">Import subscriptions from</string>