diff --git a/src/renderer/components/distraction-settings/distraction-settings.js b/src/renderer/components/distraction-settings/distraction-settings.js
index a540b94bde48b..cdb0f4f0159b6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/distraction-settings/distraction-settings.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/distraction-settings/distraction-settings.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         if (tag.invalid) continue
 
         // process if no preferred name and is possibly a YouTube ID
-        if (tag.preferredName === '' && checkYoutubeChannelId(tag.name)) {
+        if ((tag.preferredName === '' || !tag.icon) && checkYoutubeChannelId(tag.name)) {
           this.channelHiderDisabled = true
 
           const { preferredName, icon, iconHref, invalidId } = await this.findChannelTagInfo(tag.name)
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/ft-list-video/ft-list-video.js b/src/renderer/components/ft-list-video/ft-list-video.js
index 578e1f4cf9fd7..dcd6795ade1bf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/ft-list-video/ft-list-video.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/ft-list-video/ft-list-video.js
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
       if (this.channelId !== null) {
         const hiddenChannels = JSON.parse(this.$store.getters.getChannelsHidden)
-        const channelShouldBeHidden = hiddenChannels.some(c => c === this.channelId)
+        const channelShouldBeHidden = hiddenChannels.some(c => c.name === this.channelId)
 
         options.push(
           {
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     hideChannel: function(channelName, channelId) {
       const hiddenChannels = JSON.parse(this.$store.getters.getChannelsHidden)
-      hiddenChannels.push(channelId)
+      hiddenChannels.push({ name: channelId, preferredName: channelName })
       this.updateChannelsHidden(JSON.stringify(hiddenChannels))
 
       showToast(this.$t('Channel Hidden', { channel: channelName }))
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     unhideChannel: function(channelName, channelId) {
       const hiddenChannels = JSON.parse(this.$store.getters.getChannelsHidden)
-      this.updateChannelsHidden(JSON.stringify(hiddenChannels.filter(c => c !== channelId)))
+      this.updateChannelsHidden(JSON.stringify(hiddenChannels.filter(c => c.name !== channelId)))
 
       showToast(this.$t('Channel Unhidden', { channel: channelName }))
     },
diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/channels.js b/src/renderer/helpers/channels.js
index e343bdbac24ab..3161e5f8dcec8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/channels.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/channels.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { invidiousGetChannelInfo } from './api/invidious'
-import { getLocalChannel } from './api/local'
+import { getLocalChannel, parseLocalChannelHeader } from './api/local'
 
 /**
  * @param {string} id
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ export async function findChannelTagInfo(id, backendOptions) {
       }
     } else {
       if (channel.alert) return { invalidId: true }
+
+      const { name, thumbnailUrl } = parseLocalChannelHeader(channel)
+
       return {
-        preferredName: channel.header.author.name,
-        icon: channel.header.author.thumbnails.pop().url,
+        preferredName: name,
+        icon: thumbnailUrl,
         iconHref: `/channel/${id}`
       }
     }