diff --git a/Handlers/SnapcastHandler.cs b/Handlers/SnapcastHandler.cs
index 4313840..f3e4f47 100644
--- a/Handlers/SnapcastHandler.cs
+++ b/Handlers/SnapcastHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Windows;
 
 namespace unison
 {
@@ -6,20 +8,34 @@ namespace unison
     {
         private readonly Process _snapcast = new();
         public bool Started { get; private set; }
-        private string _snapcastVersion = "snapclient_0.25.0-1_win64";
+        private string _snapcastPath;
 
         public SnapcastHandler()
         {
+            // wip: this will have to be moved after the mpd connection, later on
+            _snapcastPath = Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_path;
+            if (Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_startup)
+                Start();
         }
 
-        public void Start(string host)
+        public void Start()
         {
             if (!Started)
             {
-                _snapcast.StartInfo.FileName = _snapcastVersion + @"\snapclient.exe";
-                _snapcast.StartInfo.Arguments = "--host " + host;
+                _snapcast.StartInfo.FileName = _snapcastPath + @"\snapclient.exe";
+                _snapcast.StartInfo.Arguments = $"--host {Properties.Settings.Default.mpd_host}";
                 _snapcast.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
-                _snapcast.Start();
+                try
+                {
+                    _snapcast.Start();
+                }
+                catch (Exception err)
+                {
+                    MessageBox.Show($"[Snapcast error]\nInvalid path: {err.Message}\n\nCurrent path: {_snapcastPath}\nYou can reset it in the settings if needed.",
+                                    "unison", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
+                    Trace.WriteLine(err.Message);
+                    return;
+                }
                 Started = true;
             }
             else
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index b18ba0b..78e8bdf 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -82,5 +82,17 @@ namespace unison.Properties {
                 this["snapcast_path"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("1704")]
+        public int snapcast_port {
+            get {
+                return ((int)(this["snapcast_port"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["snapcast_port"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Properties/Settings.settings b/Properties/Settings.settings
index a4a83aa..24940ea 100644
--- a/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@
     <Setting Name="snapcast_path" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">snapclient_0.25.0-1_win64</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="snapcast_port" Type="System.Int32" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">1704</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 56907ef..bc28e34 100644
--- a/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace unison
         {
             SnapcastHandler snapcast = (SnapcastHandler)Application.Current.Properties["snapcast"];
             if (!snapcast.Started)
-                snapcast.Start(_mpd.MpdHost);
+                snapcast.Start();
             else
                 snapcast.Stop();
         }
diff --git a/Views/Settings.xaml b/Views/Settings.xaml
index bb35767..5324d3c 100644
--- a/Views/Settings.xaml
+++ b/Views/Settings.xaml
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@
                                         <CheckBox x:Name="SnapcastStartup" Margin="5, 5, 0, 0">
                                             <TextBlock Text="Launch at startup" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                                         </CheckBox>
+                                        <TextBlock Text="Port" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
+                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPort" MaxLength="5" PreviewTextInput="NumberValidationTextBox" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
                                         <TextBlock Text="Executable path" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0"/>
-                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPath" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="350" Margin="10,2,5,0"/>
-                                        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0" TextAlignment="Left" Width="350">
+                                        <TextBox x:Name="SnapcastPath" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="250" Margin="10,2,5,0" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
+                                        <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="5,5,0,0" TextAlignment="Left" Width="250">
                                             You can change to your own locally installed version of the Snapcast client with an <Run FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="DemiBold">absolute</Run> path.
                                         </TextBlock>
                                         <Button Content="Reset" Margin="0,10,0,0" Width="120" Click="SnapcastReset_Clicked"/>
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
                                 <emoji:TextBlock Text="📝 License"/>
                             </GroupBox.Header>
                             <Grid VerticalAlignment="Top">
-                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding GetLicense, Mode = OneWay}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="400" TextAlignment="Justify" />
+                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding GetLicense, Mode = OneWay}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="500" TextAlignment="Justify" />
                             </Grid>
                         </GroupBox>
                     </DockPanel>
diff --git a/Views/Settings.xaml.cs b/Views/Settings.xaml.cs
index 4e9c3b6..5777c29 100644
--- a/Views/Settings.xaml.cs
+++ b/Views/Settings.xaml.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ namespace unison
 {
     public partial class Settings : Window
     {
-        private string defaultSnapcast = "snapclient_0.25.0-1_win64";
+        private string defaultSnapcastPath = "snapclient_0.25.0-1_win64";
+        private string defaultSnapcastPort = "1704";
 
         public static string GetVersion => Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>().InformationalVersion;
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ namespace unison
             MpdPassword.Text = Properties.Settings.Default.mpd_password;
             SnapcastStartup.IsChecked = Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_startup;
             SnapcastPath.Text = Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_path;
+            SnapcastPort.Text = Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_port.ToString();
         }
 
         private void NumberValidationTextBox(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ namespace unison
 
         private void SnapcastReset_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            SnapcastPath.Text = defaultSnapcast;
+            SnapcastPath.Text = defaultSnapcastPath;
+            SnapcastPort.Text = defaultSnapcastPort;
         }
 
         private void Window_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ namespace unison
             Properties.Settings.Default.mpd_password = MpdPassword.Text;
             Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_startup = (bool)SnapcastStartup.IsChecked;
             Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_path = SnapcastPath.Text;
+            Properties.Settings.Default.snapcast_port = int.Parse(SnapcastPort.Text);
             Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
 
             WindowState = WindowState.Minimized;