diff --git a/HTML/EN/plugins/MixCloud/settings/basic.html b/HTML/EN/plugins/MixCloud/settings/basic.html
index 657274b..d06b27a 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/plugins/MixCloud/settings/basic.html
+++ b/HTML/EN/plugins/MixCloud/settings/basic.html
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 	[% END %]	
 
 	[% WRAPPER setting title="PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION" desc="PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_DESC" %]
-		<input type="radio" id="bundled" checked /><label for="bundled">[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_BUNDLED' | getstring %]</label><br/>
-		<input type="radio" id="system" disabled /><label for="system">[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_SYSTEM' | getstring %]</label><br/>
-		<input type="radio" id="custom" disabled /><label for="custom">[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_CUSTOM' | getstring %]</label><br/>
-		<input type="text" id="custom_path" disabled />
+		<input type="radio" class="stdedit" name="pref_helper_application" id="helper_application_bundled" value="bundled"[% IF prefs.helper_application == 'bundled' %] checked="checked"[% END %] /><label for="helper_application_bundled">[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_BUNDLED' | getstring %]</label><br/>
+		<input type="radio" class="stdedit" name="pref_helper_application" id="helper_application_custom" value="custom"[% IF prefs.helper_application == 'custom' %] checked="checked"[% END %] /><label for="helper_application_custom">[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_CUSTOM' | getstring %]</label><br/>
+		[% 'PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_CUSTOM_PATH' | getstring %]: <input type="text" class="stdedit" name="pref_helper_application_custom_path" id="helper_application_custom_path" value="[% prefs.helper_application_custom_path %]" size="40" />
 	[% END %]
 
 [% PROCESS settings/footer.html %]
diff --git a/Plugin.pm b/Plugin.pm
index de445b7..7d9c65b 100644
--- a/Plugin.pm
+++ b/Plugin.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ my $log = Slim::Utils::Log->addLogCategory({
 	'description'  => string('PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD'),
 });
 
-$prefs->init({ apiKey => "", playformat => "mp4", useBuffered => 1 });
+$prefs->init({ apiKey => "", playformat => "mp4", useBuffered => 1, helper_application => 'bundled', helper_application_custom_path => "" });
 
 sub getToken {
 	my ($callback) = shift;
diff --git a/ProtocolHandler.pm b/ProtocolHandler.pm
index 8f6939f..07bc28b 100644
--- a/ProtocolHandler.pm
+++ b/ProtocolHandler.pm
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ my $log   = logger('plugin.mixcloud');
 my $prefs = preferences('plugin.mixcloud');
 my $cache = Slim::Utils::Cache->new;
 
-my $bin_path;
-
 Slim::Player::ProtocolHandlers->registerURLHandler(PAGE_URL_REGEXP, __PACKAGE__);
 
 sub isPlaylistURL { 0 }
@@ -173,19 +171,33 @@ sub getNextTrack {
 }
 
 sub findExec {
-	my %paths = Slim::Utils::Misc::getBinPaths();
+	my $exec = EXEC;
+	if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
+		$exec = "$exec.exe";
+	}
+	if ($prefs->get('helper_application') eq 'custom') {
+		if ($prefs->get('helper_application_custom_path') eq '') {
+			return $exec;
+		}
+		else {
+			return $prefs->get('helper_application_custom_path');
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	else {
+		my %paths = Slim::Utils::Misc::getBinPaths();
 
-	for my $path (%paths) {
-		if (index($path, 'MixCloud') != -1) {
-			$log->debug("Use bin path " . $path);
-			$bin_path = $path;
-			return;
+		for my $path (%paths) {
+			if (index($path, 'MixCloud') != -1) {
+				$log->debug("Use bin path $path/$exec");
+				return "$path/$exec";
+			}
 		}
+		$log->error("Error: Cannot find bin path for yt-dlp");
 	}
-	$log->error("Error: Cannot find bin path for yt-dlp");
 }
 
-# complement track details (url, format, bitrate) using dmixcloud
+# complement track details (url, format, bitrate)
 sub _fetchTrackExtra {
 	my ($url, $cb) = @_;
 	my $id = getId($url);
@@ -203,14 +215,8 @@ sub _fetchTrackExtra {
 	
 	my $mixcloud_url = "https://www.mixcloud.com/$id";
 
-	if ($bin_path eq "") {
-		findExec();
-	}
 	# use yt-dlp to extract stream URL
-	my $exec = $bin_path . '/' . EXEC;
-	if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
-		$exec = "$exec.exe";
-	}
+	my $exec = findExec();
     my $exec_options = EXEC_OPTIONS;
 	my $yt_dlp_cmd = "$exec $exec_options $mixcloud_url 2>&1"; # pipe STDERR to STDOUT
 	$log->info("Executing helper binary: $yt_dlp_cmd");
diff --git a/Settings.pm b/Settings.pm
index 9d6eecf..092c0bb 100644
--- a/Settings.pm
+++ b/Settings.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub page {
 sub prefs {
 	my $class = shift;
 	# playformat not used for now
-	my @prefs = ( preferences('plugin.mixcloud'), qw(apiKey) );
+	my @prefs = ( preferences('plugin.mixcloud'), qw(apiKey), qw(helper_application), qw(helper_application_custom_path) );
 	push @prefs, qw(useBuffered) unless Slim::Player::Protocols::HTTP->can('canEnhanceHTTP');
 	return @prefs;
 }
diff --git a/strings.txt b/strings.txt
index 10627c3..ff5d57c 100644
--- a/strings.txt
+++ b/strings.txt
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION
 	EN	Helper application
 
 PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_DESC
-	EN	This plugin uses a helper application to get a playable stream from Mixcloud. By default a bundled version of <code>yt-dlp</code> is used. Select between the bundled version of yt-dlp, a system installed version (must be available in <code>$PATH</code>), or a custom one.
+	EN	This plugin uses a helper application to get a playable stream from Mixcloud. By default a bundled version of <code>yt-dlp</code> is used. Select between the bundled version of <code>yt-dlp</code>, or a custom one. If <code>yt-dlp</code> is available in <code>$PATH</code> the path field can be left empty, else enter the full path to the help application.
 
 PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_BUNDLED
-	EN	Use bundled version
-
-PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_SYSTEM
-	EN	Use system version (not yet implemented)
+	EN	Use bundled helper application
 
 PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_CUSTOM
-	EN	Use custom version (not yet implemented)
+	EN	Use custom helper application
+
+PLUGIN_MIXCLOUD_HELPER_APPLICATION_CUSTOM_PATH
+	EN	Full path
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