diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_api_archiver.py b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_api_archiver.py
index 5f68f59..d8acfd2 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_api_archiver.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_api_archiver.py
@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ class InstagramAPIArchiver(Archiver):
     def download_stories(self, result: Metadata, username: str) -> Metadata:
         now = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M")
         stories = self._download_stories_reusable(result, username)
+        if stories == []: return result.success("insta no story")
         result.set_title(f"stories {username} at {now}").set("#stories", len(stories))
         return result.success(f"insta stories {now}")
     
     def _download_stories_reusable(self, result: Metadata, username: str) -> list[dict]:
         stories = self.call_api(f"v1/user/stories/by/username", {"username": username})
-        assert stories, f"Stories for {username} not found"
+        if not stories or not len(stories): return []
         stories = stories[::-1] # newest to oldest
 
         for s in tqdm(stories, desc="downloading stories", unit="story"):
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_tbot_archiver.py b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_tbot_archiver.py
index 580b8ac..4fcdc9b 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_tbot_archiver.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/instagram_tbot_archiver.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class InstagramTbotArchiver(Archiver):
         # make a copy of the session that is used exclusively with this archiver instance
         new_session_file = os.path.join("secrets/", f"instabot-{time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}{random_str(8)}.session")
         shutil.copy(self.session_file + ".session", new_session_file)
-        self.session_file = new_session_file
+        self.session_file = new_session_file.replace(".session", "")
 
         try:
             self.client = TelegramClient(self.session_file, self.api_id, self.api_hash)
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/telethon_archiver.py b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/telethon_archiver.py
index 9144c61..6e803e7 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/telethon_archiver.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/telethon_archiver.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TelethonArchiver(Archiver):
         # make a copy of the session that is used exclusively with this archiver instance
         new_session_file = os.path.join("secrets/", f"telethon-{time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}{random_str(8)}.session")
         shutil.copy(self.session_file + ".session", new_session_file)
-        self.session_file = new_session_file
+        self.session_file = new_session_file.replace(".session", "")
 
         # initiate the client
         self.client = TelegramClient(self.session_file, self.api_id, self.api_hash)
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/youtubedl_archiver.py b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/youtubedl_archiver.py
index ab65bcc..3b2f17f 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/archivers/youtubedl_archiver.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/archivers/youtubedl_archiver.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ class YoutubeDLArchiver(Archiver):
             return False
 
         # this time download
-        ydl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL({**ydl_options, "getcomments": self.comments}) 
+        ydl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL({**ydl_options, "getcomments": self.comments})
+        #TODO: for playlist or long lists of videos, how to download one at a time so they can be stored before the next one is downloaded?
         info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=True)
 
         if "entries" in info:
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/version.py b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
index 8daf032..5a5a1c9 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/version.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _MAJOR = "0"
 _MINOR = "10"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "0"
+_PATCH = "1"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""