diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 11bbbbe..d0f45a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ pycairo==1.26.0
 Pygments==2.18.0
 PyGObject==3.48.2
 pyradios==2.1.0
-python-mpv==1.0.6
 python-vlc==3.0.20123
 setuptools==70.0.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 streamscrobbler3==0.0.4
 tinydb==4.8.0
 wcwidth==0.2.13
+mpv==1.0.7
diff --git a/xradios/core/player.py b/xradios/core/player.py
index ac3da61..43b8122 100644
--- a/xradios/core/player.py
+++ b/xradios/core/player.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 
 class PlayerBase(ABC):
-
     state = False
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -35,9 +34,24 @@ def playing(self):
         return self.state
 
 
-class MPVPlayer(PlayerBase):
+def log_handler(level, prefix, message):
+    func = getattr(log, level.lower(), log.info)  # getattr default -> log.info
+    func(f"{prefix}: {message}")
 
-    player = MPV()
+
+class MPVPlayer(PlayerBase):
+    extra_mpv_opts = {
+        "cache": True,
+        "cache_secs": 10,
+    }
+
+    player = MPV(
+        log_handler=log_handler,
+        loglevel=logging.getLevelName(log.root.level).lower(),
+        **extra_mpv_opts,
+    )
+    log.debug(f"mpv --cache ---> {player['cache']}")
+    log.debug(f"mpv --cache-secs ---> {player.cache_secs}")
 
     def play(self, stationuuid):
         url = self._click_counter(stationuuid)