diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index e65d7b1..8bd1ab3 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, Response, request
-from main import get_auto_transcript, get_video_id, create_and_stream, log, output_stream, awaiter 
+from main import get_auto_transcript, get_video_id, create_and_stream, log, output_stream, awaiter
 from asyncio import sleep
 from datetime import datetime
 import threading, pytz
 
-
-  
 app = Flask(__name__, static_folder="website/static", template_folder="website")
 
 @app.route('/')
@@ -14,49 +12,51 @@ def home():
 
 @app.route('/process_url', methods=['POST'])
 def process_url():
-    global thread
-    log(f"\n\n\n## New Entry at {datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/New_York')).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}\n\n")
-    url = request.form['url']
+    url = request.form.get('url', '').strip()
+    if not url:
+        log("No URL provided.\n")
+        return "No URL provided.", 400
+
+    log(f"\n\n\n## New Entry at {datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/New_York')).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}\n")
     log(f"URL: {url}\n")
+
     # Extract the video ID from the URL
-    video_id = get_video_id(url)  # Modify this function to accept the URL
+    video_id = get_video_id(url)
     if not video_id:
-        log(f"Could not parse video id from URL: {url}")
-        return "Couldn't parse video ID from URL. (Are you sure you entered a valid YouTube.com or YouTu.be URL?)"
-    log(f"Video ID: {video_id}\n\n")
-    
+        log(f"Could not parse video id from URL: {url}\n")
+        return "Couldn't parse video ID from URL. (Ensure it's a valid YouTube.com or YouTu.be URL.)", 400
+    log(f"Video ID: {video_id}\n")
+
     # Get the transcript for that video ID
     transcript = get_auto_transcript(video_id)
-    if (not transcript):
-        log("## Error: could not retrieve transcript, Assistant won't be called.")
-        return "Successfully parsed video ID from URL, however the ID was either invalid, the transcript was disabled by the video owner, or some other error was raised because of YouTube."
-    
-    thread = threading.Thread(name="create_stream", target=create_and_stream, args=(transcript,)) # The comma here is very intentional, it's so that it iterates it as a tuple rather than iterateing the string.
-    log("Stream preperation complete, sending reply...\n\n")
-    return Response("Processing started. Check /stream_output for updates.", content_type='text/plain', status=200)  # Add more detailed output if needed
+    if not transcript:
+        log("## Error: Could not retrieve transcript. Assistant won't be called.\n")
+        return "Parsed video ID, but transcript retrieval failed (might be disabled by the video owner).", 400
+
+    # Start the stream thread
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=create_and_stream, args=(transcript,))
+    thread.start()
+    log("Stream preparation complete, sending reply...\n")
+    return Response("Processing started. Check /stream_output for updates.", content_type='text/plain', status=200)
 
 @app.route('/stream_output')
-def stream_output():
-    def yoink():
+def stream_output_route():
+    def generate():
         log("<details>\n<summary>Starting stream thread...</summary>\n\n")
-        thread.start()
+        
         # Start streaming output from output_stream
-        log("Starting to stream output.")
+        log("Starting to stream output.\n")
         while not output_stream.done:
-            if output_stream.buffer != []:
+            if output_stream.buffer:
                 delta = output_stream.buffer.pop(0)
-                yield bytes(delta, encoding="utf-8")
+                yield delta.encode("utf-8")
             else:
                 awaiter(sleep(0.05))
-        log(f"\nStream successfully completely.\n\n</details>\n\n---\n\n### Completed Assistant Response:\n{output_stream.response}\n\n---\n\n")
+        log(f"\nStream completed.\n</details>\n\n---\n\n### Completed Assistant Response:\n{output_stream.response}\n\n---\n\n")
         output_stream.reset()
-        thread.join()
-        log("\n### Task completed sucessfully without errors!")
-        return 
-    return Response(yoink(), content_type='text/plain', status=200)
+        log("\n### Task completed successfully without errors!\n")
+    
+    return Response(generate(), content_type='text/plain', status=200)
 
-
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__': 
-    app.run(debug=True)
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+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0', port=1986)