diff --git a/Model/Accounts/AccountsBridge.swift b/Model/Accounts/AccountsBridge.swift
index 70fe94e3..8997dade 100644
--- a/Model/Accounts/AccountsBridge.swift
+++ b/Model/Accounts/AccountsBridge.swift
@@ -10,11 +10,28 @@ struct AccountsBridge: Defaults.Bridge {
             return nil
         }
 
+        // Parse the urlString to check for embedded username and password
+        var sanitizedUrlString = value.urlString
+        if var urlComponents = URLComponents(string: value.urlString) {
+            if let user = urlComponents.user, let password = urlComponents.password {
+                // Sanitize the embedded username and password
+                let sanitizedUser = user.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlUserAllowed) ?? user
+                let sanitizedPassword = password.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlPasswordAllowed) ?? password
+
+                // Update the URL components with sanitized credentials
+                urlComponents.user = sanitizedUser
+                urlComponents.password = sanitizedPassword
+
+                // Reconstruct the sanitized URL
+                sanitizedUrlString = urlComponents.string ?? value.urlString
+            }
+        }
+
         return [
             "id": value.id,
             "instanceID": value.instanceID ?? "",
             "name": value.name,
-            "apiURL": value.urlString,
+            "apiURL": sanitizedUrlString,
             "username": value.username,
             "password": value.password ?? ""
         ]
diff --git a/Model/Applications/InvidiousAPI.swift b/Model/Applications/InvidiousAPI.swift
index c3c1084e..edb854a9 100644
--- a/Model/Applications/InvidiousAPI.swift
+++ b/Model/Applications/InvidiousAPI.swift
@@ -247,27 +247,27 @@ final class InvidiousAPI: Service, ObservableObject, VideosAPI {
     }
 
     func feed(_ page: Int?) -> Resource? {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: "\(Self.basePath)/auth/feed")
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: "\(Self.basePath)/auth/feed")
             .withParam("page", String(page ?? 1))
     }
 
     var feed: Resource? {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/feed"))
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/feed"))
     }
 
     var subscriptions: Resource? {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
     }
 
     func subscribe(_ channelID: String, onCompletion: @escaping () -> Void = {}) {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
             .child(channelID)
             .request(.post)
             .onCompletion { _ in onCompletion() }
     }
 
     func unsubscribe(_ channelID: String, onCompletion: @escaping () -> Void) {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/subscriptions"))
             .child(channelID)
             .request(.delete)
             .onCompletion { _ in onCompletion() }
@@ -308,11 +308,11 @@ final class InvidiousAPI: Service, ObservableObject, VideosAPI {
             return nil
         }
 
-        return resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/playlists"))
+        return resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/playlists"))
     }
 
     func playlist(_ id: String) -> Resource? {
-        resource(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/playlists/\(id)"))
+        resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: account.url, path: basePathAppending("auth/playlists/\(id)"))
     }
 
     func playlistVideos(_ id: String) -> Resource? {
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ final class InvidiousAPI: Service, ObservableObject, VideosAPI {
 
         urlComponents.scheme = instanceURLComponents.scheme
         urlComponents.host = instanceURLComponents.host
+        urlComponents.user = instanceURLComponents.user
+        urlComponents.password = instanceURLComponents.password
+        urlComponents.port = instanceURLComponents.port
 
         guard let url = urlComponents.url else {
             return nil
@@ -553,6 +556,30 @@ final class InvidiousAPI: Service, ObservableObject, VideosAPI {
         )
     }
 
+    // Determines if the request requires Basic Auth credentials to be removed
+    private func needsBasicAuthRemoval(for path: String) -> Bool {
+        return path.hasPrefix("\(Self.basePath)/auth/")
+    }
+
+    // Creates a resource URL with consideration for removing Basic Auth credentials
+    private func createResourceURL(baseURL: URL, path: String) -> URL {
+        var resourceURL = baseURL
+
+        // Remove Basic Auth credentials if required
+        if needsBasicAuthRemoval(for: path), var urlComponents = URLComponents(url: baseURL, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false) {
+            urlComponents.user = nil
+            urlComponents.password = nil
+            resourceURL = urlComponents.url ?? baseURL
+        }
+
+        return resourceURL.appendingPathComponent(path)
+    }
+
+    func resourceWithAuthCheck(baseURL: URL, path: String) -> Resource {
+        let sanitizedURL = createResourceURL(baseURL: baseURL, path: path)
+        return super.resource(absoluteURL: sanitizedURL)
+    }
+
     private func extractThumbnails(from details: JSON) -> [Thumbnail] {
         details["videoThumbnails"].arrayValue.compactMap { json in
             guard let url = json["url"].url,
@@ -563,13 +590,20 @@ final class InvidiousAPI: Service, ObservableObject, VideosAPI {
                 return nil
             }
 
-            // some of instances are not configured properly and return thumbnails links
-            // with incorrect scheme
+            // Some instances are not configured properly and return thumbnail links
+            // with an incorrect scheme or a missing port.
             components.scheme = accountUrlComponents.scheme
+            components.port = accountUrlComponents.port
+
+            // If basic HTTP authentication is used,
+            // the username and password need to be prepended to the URL.
+            components.user = accountUrlComponents.user
+            components.password = accountUrlComponents.password
 
             guard let thumbnailUrl = components.url else {
                 return nil
             }
+            print("Final thumbnail URL: \(thumbnailUrl)")
 
             return Thumbnail(url: thumbnailUrl, quality: .init(rawValue: quality)!)
         }
diff --git a/Shared/Settings/InstanceForm.swift b/Shared/Settings/InstanceForm.swift
index c78e1056..c74bb052 100644
--- a/Shared/Settings/InstanceForm.swift
+++ b/Shared/Settings/InstanceForm.swift
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct InstanceForm: View {
                 .autocapitalization(.none)
                 .keyboardType(.URL)
             #endif
+                .disableAutocorrection(true)
 
             #if os(tvOS)
                 VStack {
diff --git a/Yattee.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Yattee (iOS).xcscheme b/Yattee.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Yattee (iOS).xcscheme
index dccf93ab..f526290d 100644
--- a/Yattee.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Yattee (iOS).xcscheme	
+++ b/Yattee.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Yattee (iOS).xcscheme	
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
             value = "Yes"
             isEnabled = "YES">
          </EnvironmentVariable>
+         <EnvironmentVariable
+            key = "IDELogRedirectionPolicy"
+            value = "oslogToStdio"
+            isEnabled = "YES">
+         </EnvironmentVariable>
       </EnvironmentVariables>
    </LaunchAction>
    <ProfileAction