diff --git a/mps_youtube/config.py b/mps_youtube/config.py
index 0c963c9b..22c8ab51 100644
--- a/mps_youtube/config.py
+++ b/mps_youtube/config.py
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ class _Config:
             ConfigItem("show_qrcode", False),
             ConfigItem("history", True), 
             ConfigItem("input_history", True),
-            ConfigItem("vlc_dummy_interface", False)
+            ConfigItem("vlc_dummy_interface", False),
+            ConfigItem("show_subtitles", True),
             ]
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
diff --git a/mps_youtube/pafy.py b/mps_youtube/pafy.py
index 8d543889..ac56458f 100644
--- a/mps_youtube/pafy.py
+++ b/mps_youtube/pafy.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import json
-import os
+import os, glob
 import random
 import re
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 import requests
 import yt_dlp
-from youtubesearchpython import *
+from youtubesearchpython import VideosSearch, ChannelsSearch, PlaylistsSearch, Suggestions, Playlist, playlist_from_channel_id, Comments, Video, Channel, ChannelSearch
 
 
 class MyLogger:
+
+    def __init__(self, print_info=False):
+        self.print_info = print_info
+
     def debug(self, msg):
         # For compatibility with youtube-dl, both debug and info are passed into debug
         # You can distinguish them by the prefix '[debug] '
@@ -19,7 +23,8 @@ def debug(self, msg):
             self.info(msg)
 
     def info(self, msg):
-        pass
+        if self.print_info:
+            print(msg)
 
     def warning(self, msg):
         pass
@@ -184,4 +189,48 @@ def all_playlists_from_channel(channel_id):
     while channel.has_more_playlists():
          channel.next()
          playlists.extend(channel.result["playlists"])
-    return playlists
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+    return playlists
+
+def get_subtitles(ytid, output_dir):
+    '''
+    Downloads and saves the .vtt subtitle of give youtube video id under path {output_dir}/subtitles
+    Subtitles are selected as follows:
+    1. Select first user provided subtitle. If none then
+    2. Select auto generated 'en' subtitles
+    '''
+
+    if output_dir.endswith('/'):
+        output_dir = output_dir[:-1]
+    outtmpl = f'{output_dir}/subtitles/{ytid}'
+    # check if subtitles already exist
+    existing_subtitles = glob.glob(os.path.join(outtmpl+'*.vtt'))
+    if existing_subtitles:
+        return existing_subtitles[0]
+
+    url = f'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={ytid}'
+    ydl_opts = {
+        'skip_download': True,
+        'writesubtitles': True,
+        'writeautomaticsub': True,
+        'subtitlesformat': 'vtt',
+        'outtmpl': outtmpl,
+        'logger': MyLogger(print_info=False),
+    }
+    # Create a YoutubeDL instance with the options
+    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+        info_dict = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
+        subtitles = info_dict.get('subtitles', {})
+        available_formats = list(subtitles.keys())
+        if available_formats:
+            lang = available_formats[0] # pick first subtitle from user-uploaded subtitles
+        else:
+            lang = 'en' # otherwise use english auto-generated subtitles
+        ydl.params['subtitleslangs'] = [lang]
+        # Add the new options to the existing ydl_opts dictionary
+        ydl.add_default_info_extractors()
+        # Create a new yt-dlp object with the updated ydl_opts dictionary
+        ydl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts)
+        # Download the subtitle
+        ydl.download([url])
+        path = f'{outtmpl}.{lang}.vtt'
+        return path if os.path.isfile(path) else None
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mps_youtube/player.py b/mps_youtube/player.py
index e00b3dd8..f2e27482 100644
--- a/mps_youtube/player.py
+++ b/mps_youtube/player.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from . import c, config, content, g, history, screen, streams, util
 from .commands import lastfm
 from .util import not_utf8_environment
+from . import pafy
 
 mswin = os.name == "nt"
 
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ def play(self, songlist, shuffle=False, repeat=False, override=False):
                 lastfm.set_now_playing(g.artist, g.scrobble_queue[self.song_no])
 
             try:
+                if config.SHOW_VIDEO and config.SHOW_SUBTITLES:
+                    self.subtitle_path = pafy.get_subtitles(self.song.ytid, config.DDIR.get)
                 self.video, self.stream, self.override = stream_details(
                                                             self.song,
                                                             override=self.override,
diff --git a/mps_youtube/players/vlc.py b/mps_youtube/players/vlc.py
index 48cdb4f4..20e97d42 100644
--- a/mps_youtube/players/vlc.py
+++ b/mps_youtube/players/vlc.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def _generate_real_playerargs(self):
         if not config.SHOW_VIDEO.get:
             args.extend(("--no-video",))
 
+        if self.subtitle_path:
+            args.extend(('--sub-file', self.subtitle_path))
+
         util.list_update("--play-and-exit", args)
 
         return [self.player] + args + [self.stream['url']]