diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PlayVideoActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PlayVideoActivity.java
index 6b90161e9..cf1593903 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PlayVideoActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/PlayVideoActivity.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Display;
+import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
@@ -86,7 +87,30 @@ public class PlayVideoActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
         Intent intent = getIntent();
         if(mediaController == null) {
-            mediaController = new MediaController(this);
+            //prevents back button hiding media controller controls (after showing them)
+            //instead of exiting video
+            //see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6051825
+            //also solves https://github.com/theScrabi/NewPipe/issues/99
+            mediaController = new MediaController(this) {
+                @Override
+                public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
+                    int keyCode = event.getKeyCode();
+                    final boolean uniqueDown = event.getRepeatCount() == 0
+                            && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN;
+                    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
+                        if (uniqueDown)
+                        {
+                            if (isShowing()) {
+                                finish();
+                            } else {
+                                hide();
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                    return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
+                }
+            };
         }
 
         position = intent.getIntExtra(START_POSITION, 0)*1000;//convert from seconds to milliseconds
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeExtractor.java
index 9c47b76cc..c3ebe3a40 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/services/youtube/YoutubeExtractor.java
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ public class YoutubeExtractor extends Extractor {
      * which is a subset of the fields in a full VideoInfo.*/
     private VideoPreviewInfo extractVideoPreviewInfo(Element li) {
         VideoPreviewInfo info = new VideoPreviewInfo();
-        info.webpage_url = li.select("a[class*=\"content-link\"]").first()
+        info.webpage_url = li.select("a.content-link").first()
                 .attr("abs:href");
         try {
             info.id = matchGroup1("v=([0-9a-zA-Z-]*)", info.webpage_url);
@@ -503,12 +503,21 @@ public class YoutubeExtractor extends Extractor {
         }
 
         //todo: check NullPointerException causing
-        info.title = li.select("span[class=\"title\"]").first().text();
-        info.view_count = Long.parseLong(li.select("span[class*=\"view-count\"]")
-                .first().text().replaceAll("[^\\d]", ""));
-        info.uploader = li.select("span[class=\"g-hovercard\"]").first().text();
+        info.title = li.select("span.title").first().text();
+        //this page causes the NullPointerException, after finding it by searching for "tjvg":
+        //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqg0aEhLFAg
+        String views = li.select("span.view-count").first().text();
+        Log.i(TAG, "title:"+info.title);
+        Log.i(TAG, "view count:"+views);
+        try {
+            info.view_count = Long.parseLong(li.select("span.view-count")
+                    .first().text().replaceAll("[^\\d]", ""));
+        } catch (NullPointerException e) {//related videos sometimes have no view count
+            info.view_count = 0;
+        }
+        info.uploader = li.select("span.g-hovercard").first().text();
 
-        info.duration = li.select("span[class=\"video-time\"]").first().text();
+        info.duration = li.select("span.video-time").first().text();
 
         Element img = li.select("img").first();
         info.thumbnail_url = img.attr("abs:src");