diff --git a/config/defaults.js b/config/defaults.js
index 2a084737f5..12f6a2486b 100644
--- a/config/defaults.js
+++ b/config/defaults.js
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const defaultConfig = {
 			api_root: "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/",
 			api_key: "04d76faaac8726e60988e14c105d421a", // api key registered by @semvis123
 			secret: "a5d2a36fdf64819290f6982481eaffa2",
-			suffixesToRemove: [' - Topic', 'VEVO'] // removes suffixes of the artist name, for better recognition
 		},
 		discord: {
 			enabled: false,
diff --git a/plugins/downloader/menu.js b/plugins/downloader/menu.js
index fb378606b4..f5b99d7390 100644
--- a/plugins/downloader/menu.js
+++ b/plugins/downloader/menu.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let downloadLabel = defaultMenuDownloadLabel;
 let metadataURL = undefined;
 let callbackIsRegistered = false;
 
-module.exports = (win, options, refreshMenu) => {
+module.exports = (win, options) => {
 	if (!callbackIsRegistered) {
 		const registerCallback = getSongInfo(win);
 		registerCallback((info) => {
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = (win, options, refreshMenu) => {
 					return;
 				}
 
+				console.log("trying to get playlist ID" +playlistID);
 				const playlist = await ytpl(playlistID,
 					{ limit: options.playlistMaxItems || Infinity }
 				);
diff --git a/plugins/downloader/youtube-dl.js b/plugins/downloader/youtube-dl.js
index 1a79f5fa28..814d992499 100644
--- a/plugins/downloader/youtube-dl.js
+++ b/plugins/downloader/youtube-dl.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const ytdl = require("ytdl-core");
 
 const { triggerAction, triggerActionSync } = require("../utils");
 const { ACTIONS, CHANNEL } = require("./actions.js");
-const { defaultMenuDownloadLabel, getFolder } = require("./utils");
+const { getFolder } = require("./utils");
+const { cleanupArtistName } = require("../../providers/song-info");
 
 const { createFFmpeg } = FFmpeg;
 const ffmpeg = createFFmpeg({
@@ -24,13 +25,6 @@ const ffmpeg = createFFmpeg({
 });
 const ffmpegMutex = new Mutex();
 
-function noTopic(channelName) {
-	if (channelName && channelName.endsWith(" - Topic")) {
-		channelName = channelName.slice(0, -8);
-	}
-	return channelName;
-}
-
 const downloadVideoToMP3 = async (
 	videoUrl,
 	sendFeedback,
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ const downloadVideoToMP3 = async (
 		const info = await ytdl.getInfo(videoUrl);
 		const thumbnails = info.videoDetails?.author?.thumbnails;
 		metadata = {
-			artist: info.videoDetails?.media?.artist || noTopic(info.videoDetails?.author?.name) || "",
+			artist: info.videoDetails?.media?.artist || cleanupArtistName(info.videoDetails?.author?.name) || "",
 			title: info.videoDetails?.media?.song || info.videoDetails?.title || "",
 			imageSrc: thumbnails ? thumbnails[thumbnails.length - 1].url : ""
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/last-fm/back.js b/plugins/last-fm/back.js
index a34a0a19f1..efa4f41ee8 100644
--- a/plugins/last-fm/back.js
+++ b/plugins/last-fm/back.js
@@ -5,21 +5,10 @@ const { setOptions } = require('../../config/plugins');
 const getSongInfo = require('../../providers/song-info');
 const defaultConfig = require('../../config/defaults');
 
-const cleanupArtistName = (config, artist) => {
-	// removes the suffixes of the artist name for more recognition by last.fm
-	const { suffixesToRemove } = config;
-	if (suffixesToRemove === undefined) return artist;
-
-	for (suffix of suffixesToRemove) {
-		artist = artist.replace(suffix, '');
-	}
-	return artist;
-}
-
 const createFormData = params => {
 	// creates the body for in the post request
 	const formData = new URLSearchParams();
-	for (key in params) {
+	for (const key in params) {
 		formData.append(key, params[key]);
 	}
 	return formData;
@@ -28,7 +17,7 @@ const createQueryString = (params, api_sig) => {
 	// creates a querystring
 	const queryData = [];
 	params.api_sig = api_sig;
-	for (key in params) {
+	for (const key in params) {
 		queryData.push(`${encodeURIComponent(key)}=${encodeURIComponent(params[key])}`);
 	}
 	return '?'+queryData.join('&');
@@ -37,12 +26,12 @@ const createQueryString = (params, api_sig) => {
 const createApiSig = (params, secret) => { 
 	// this function creates the api signature, see: https://www.last.fm/api/authspec
 	const keys = [];
-	for (key in params) {
+	for (const key in params) {
 		keys.push(key);
 	}
 	keys.sort();
 	let sig = '';
-	for (key of keys) {
+	for (const key of keys) {
 		if (String(key) === 'format')
 			continue
 		sig += `${key}${params[key]}`;
@@ -157,8 +146,6 @@ const lastfm = async (win, config) => {
 	registerCallback( songInfo => {
 		// set remove the old scrobble timer
 		clearTimeout(scrobbleTimer);
-		// make the artist name a bit cleaner
-		songInfo.artist = cleanupArtistName(config, songInfo.artist);
 		if (!songInfo.isPaused) {
 			setNowPlaying(songInfo, config);
 			// scrobble when the song is half way through, or has passed the 4 minute mark
diff --git a/providers/song-info.js b/providers/song-info.js
index 02ba6decde..6833fb8f55 100644
--- a/providers/song-info.js
+++ b/providers/song-info.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const songInfo = {
 const handleData = async (responseText, win) => {
 	let data = JSON.parse(responseText);
 	songInfo.title = data.videoDetails?.media?.song || data?.videoDetails?.title;
-	songInfo.artist = data.videoDetails?.media?.artist || await getArtist(win) || data?.videoDetails?.author;
+	songInfo.artist = data.videoDetails?.media?.artist || await getArtist(win) || cleanupArtistName(data?.videoDetails?.author);
 	songInfo.views = data?.videoDetails?.viewCount;
 	songInfo.imageSrc = data?.videoDetails?.thumbnail?.thumbnails?.pop()?.url;
 	songInfo.songDuration = data?.videoDetails?.lengthSeconds;
@@ -102,5 +102,20 @@ const registerProvider = (win) => {
 	return registerCallback;
 };
 
+const suffixesToRemove = [' - Topic', 'VEVO'];
+function cleanupArtistName(artist) {
+	if (!artist) {
+		return artist;
+	}
+	for (const suffix of suffixesToRemove) {
+		if (artist.endsWith(suffix)) {
+			return artist.slice(0, -suffix.length)
+		}
+	}
+	return artist;
+}
+
 module.exports = registerProvider;
 module.exports.getImage = getImage;
+module.exports.cleanupArtistName = cleanupArtistName;
+