diff --git a/api/video.js b/api/video.js
index 9d63276..1e78a8e 100644
--- a/api/video.js
+++ b/api/video.js
@@ -37,6 +37,53 @@ function formatOrder(format) {
 	return -total
 }
 
+function sortFormats(video, preference) {
+	const standard = video.formatStreams.slice().sort((a, b) => b.second__height - a.second__height)
+	const adaptive = video.adaptiveFormats.filter(f => f.type.startsWith("video") && f.qualityLabel).sort((a, b) => a.second__order - b.second__order)
+	let formats = standard.concat(adaptive)
+
+	for (const format of formats) {
+		if (!format.second__height && format.resolution) format.second__height = +format.resolution.slice(0, -1)
+		if (!format.second__order) format.second__order = formatOrder(format)
+		format.cloudtube__label = `${format.qualityLabel} ${format.container}`
+	}
+	for (const format of adaptive) {
+		format.cloudtube__label += " *"
+	}
+
+	if (preference === 1) { // best dash
+		formats.sort((a, b) => (b.second__height - a.second__height))
+	} else if (preference === 2) { // best <=1080p
+		formats.sort((a, b) => {
+			if (b.second__height > 1080) {
+				if (a.second__height > 1080) return b.second__height - a.second__height
+				return -1
+			}
+			if (a.second__height > 1080) return 1
+			return b.second__height - a.second__height
+		})
+	} else if (preference === 3) { // best low-fps
+		formats.sort((a, b) => {
+			if (b.fps > 30) {
+				if (a.fps < 30) return b.second__height - a.second__height
+				return -1
+			}
+			if (a.fps > 30) return 1
+			return b.second__height - a.second__height
+		})
+	} else if (preference === 4) { // 360p only
+		formats.sort((a, b) => {
+			if (a.itag == 18) return -1
+			if (b.itag == 18) return 1
+			return 0
+		})
+	} else { // preference === 0, best combined
+		// should already be correct
+	}
+
+	return formats
+}
+
 function rewriteVideoDescription(descriptionHtml, id) {
 	// replace timestamps to clickable links and rewrite youtube links to stay on the instance instead of pointing to YouTube
 	// test cases
@@ -71,23 +118,24 @@ function rewriteVideoDescription(descriptionHtml, id) {
 	return descriptionHtml
 }
 
-async function renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, id, instanceOrigin}, locals = {}) {
+async function renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, settings, id, instanceOrigin}, locals = {}) {
 	try {
 		// resolve video
 		const video = await videoPromise
 		if (!video) throw new Error("The instance returned null.")
 		if (video.error) throw new InstanceError(video.error, video.identifier)
+
 		// process stream list ordering
-		for (const format of video.formatStreams.concat(video.adaptiveFormats)) {
-			if (!format.second__height && format.resolution) format.second__height = +format.resolution.slice(0, -1)
-			if (!format.second__order) format.second__order = formatOrder(format)
-		}
+		const formats = sortFormats(video, settings.quality)
+
 		// process length text and view count
 		for (const rec of video.recommendedVideos) {
 			converters.normaliseVideoInfo(rec)
 		}
+
 		// get subscription data
 		const subscribed = user.isSubscribed(video.authorId)
+
 		// process watched videos
 		user.addWatchedVideoMaybe(video.videoId)
 		const watchedVideos = user.getWatchedVideos()
@@ -96,12 +144,16 @@ async function renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, id, instanceOrigin}, locals = {}
 				rec.watched = watchedVideos.includes(rec.videoId)
 			}
 		}
+
 		// normalise view count
 		if (!video.second__viewCountText && video.viewCount) {
 			video.second__viewCountText = converters.viewCountToText(video.viewCount)
 		}
+
+		// rewrite description
 		video.descriptionHtml = rewriteVideoDescription(video.descriptionHtml, id)
-		return render(200, "pug/video.pug", Object.assign(locals, {video, subscribed, instanceOrigin}))
+
+		return render(200, "pug/video.pug", Object.assign(locals, {video, formats, subscribed, instanceOrigin}))
 	} catch (e) {
 		// show an appropriate error message
 		// these should probably be split out to their own files
@@ -168,7 +220,7 @@ module.exports = [
 					const instanceOrigin = settings.instance
 					const outURL = `${instanceOrigin}/api/v1/videos/${id}`
 					const videoPromise = request(outURL).then(res => res.json())
-					return renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, id, instanceOrigin}, {mediaFragment})
+					return renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, settings, id, instanceOrigin}, {mediaFragment})
 				} else {
 					return render(200, "pug/local-video.pug", {id})
 				}
@@ -176,7 +228,7 @@ module.exports = [
 				const video = JSON.parse(new URLSearchParams(body.toString()).get("video"))
 				const videoPromise = Promise.resolve(video)
 				const instanceOrigin = "http://localhost:3000"
-				return renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, id, instanceOrigin}, {mediaFragment})
+				return renderVideo(videoPromise, {user, settings, id, instanceOrigin}, {mediaFragment})
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/html/static/js/player.js b/html/static/js/player.js
index dc4a3b3..1826053 100644
--- a/html/static/js/player.js
+++ b/html/static/js/player.js
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ const playManagers = {
 class QualitySelect extends ElemJS {
 	constructor() {
 		super(q("#quality-select"))
-		this.on("input", this.onInput.bind(this))
+		this.on("input", this.setFormat.bind(this))
+		this.setFormat()
 	}
 
-	onInput() {
+	setFormat() {
 		const itag = this.element.value
 		formatLoader.play(itag)
 		video.focus()
diff --git a/pug/settings.pug b/pug/settings.pug
index d70c3e4..208f0bc 100644
--- a/pug/settings.pug
+++ b/pug/settings.pug
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ block content
 
         +input("instance", "Instance", "url", constants.user_settings.instance.default, false, instances)
 
+        +select("quality", "Preferred qualities", false, [
+          {value: "0", text: "Best combined"},
+          {value: "1", text: "Best DASH"},
+          {value: "2", text: "Best <=1080p"},
+          {value: "3", text: "Best low-fps"},
+          {value: "4", text: "360p"}
+        ])
+
         +select("save_history", "Watched videos history", false, [
           {value: "0", text: "Don't store"},
           {value: "1", text: "Store on server"}
diff --git a/pug/video.pug b/pug/video.pug
index 2b09e10..7eb8ed0 100644
--- a/pug/video.pug
+++ b/pug/video.pug
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ block head
 block content
   unless error
     main.video-page
-      - const sortedFormatStreams = video.formatStreams.slice().sort((a, b) => b.second__height - a.second__height)
-      - const sortedVideoAdaptiveFormats = video.adaptiveFormats.filter(f => f.type.startsWith("video") && f.qualityLabel).sort((a, b) => a.second__order - b.second__order)
-
       .main-video-section
         .video-container
-          - const format = sortedFormatStreams[0]
+          - const format = formats[0]
           if format
             video(controls preload="auto" width=format.second__width height=format.second__height data-itag=format.itag)#video.video
               source(src=format.url+mediaFragment type=format.type)
@@ -49,10 +46,8 @@ block content
           +subscribe_button(video.authorId, subscribed, `/watch?v=${video.videoId}`).border-look
           //- button.border-look#theatre Theatre
           select(autocomplete="off").border-look#quality-select
-            each f in sortedFormatStreams
-              option(value=f.itag)= `${f.qualityLabel} ${f.container}`
-            each f in sortedVideoAdaptiveFormats
-              option(value=f.itag)= `${f.qualityLabel} ${f.container} *`
+            each f in formats
+              option(value=f.itag)= f.cloudtube__label
           //-
             a(href="/subscriptions").border-look
               img(src="/static/images/search.svg" width=17 height=17 alt="").button-icon
diff --git a/utils/constants.js b/utils/constants.js
index 9f51604..6d9a92c 100644
--- a/utils/constants.js
+++ b/utils/constants.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ let constants = {
 		local: {
 			type: "boolean",
 			default: false
+		},
+		quality: {
+			type: "integer",
+			default: 0
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -56,7 +60,8 @@ try {
 	const overrides = require("../config/config.js")
 	constants = mixin(constants, overrides)
 } catch (e) {
-	console.log("Note: overrides file `config/config.js` ignored, file not found.")
+	console.error("Missing config file /config/config.js\nDocumentation: https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/tube-docs/tree/main/item/docs")
+	process.exit(1)
 }
 
 module.exports = constants
diff --git a/utils/upgradedb.js b/utils/upgradedb.js
index 40d5e4c..9e71646 100644
--- a/utils/upgradedb.js
+++ b/utils/upgradedb.js
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const deltas = [
 	function() {
 		db.prepare("UPDATE Settings SET instance = REPLACE(REPLACE(instance, '/', ''), ':', '://') WHERE instance LIKE '%/'")
 			.run()
+	},
+	// 5: Settings +quality
+	function() {
+		db.prepare("ALTER TABLE Settings ADD COLUMN quality INTEGER DEFAULT 0")
+			.run()
 	}
 ]