diff --git a/integrations/playback/allanime/client.go b/integrations/playback/allanime/client.go
index 4337fcb..41772c7 100644
--- a/integrations/playback/allanime/client.go
+++ b/integrations/playback/allanime/client.go
@@ -136,17 +136,35 @@ func (c *AllAnimeProvider) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, mode string
 
 func (c *AllAnimeProvider) GetStreams(ctx context.Context, animeID int, titleCandidates []string, episode string, mode string) (*domain.StreamResult, error) {
 	// 1. Search for the show to get its AllAnime ID
-	// Try each title candidate until we find a match, matching main's approach
+	// Try each title candidate, preferring results with matching malId
+	targetMalIDStr := strconv.Itoa(animeID)
 	var showID string
+	var firstAvailableShowID string
+
 	for _, title := range titleCandidates {
 		searchResults, err := c.Search(ctx, title, mode)
 		if err != nil || len(searchResults) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		showID = searchResults[0].ID
+
+		for _, res := range searchResults {
+			if res.MalID == targetMalIDStr {
+				showID = res.ID
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
 		if showID != "" {
 			break
 		}
+
+		if firstAvailableShowID == "" {
+			firstAvailableShowID = searchResults[0].ID
+		}
+	}
+
+	if showID == "" {
+		showID = firstAvailableShowID
 	}
 
 	if showID == "" {
diff --git a/internal/playback/service/service.go b/internal/playback/service/service.go
index baaef02..a2af8e3 100644
--- a/internal/playback/service/service.go
+++ b/internal/playback/service/service.go
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ func (s *playbackService) BuildWatchData(ctx context.Context, animeID int, title
 	if anime.TitleJapanese != "" {
 		searchTitles = append(searchTitles, anime.TitleJapanese)
 	}
+	for _, syn := range anime.TitleSynonyms {
+		if syn != "" && syn != anime.Title && syn != anime.TitleEnglish && syn != anime.TitleJapanese {
+			searchTitles = append(searchTitles, syn)
+		}
+	}
 
 	var result *domain.StreamResult
 	for _, p := range s.providers {
@@ -299,29 +304,29 @@ func (s *playbackService) SaveProgress(ctx context.Context, userID string, anime
 
 func (s *playbackService) fetchSkipSegments(ctx context.Context, malID int, episode string) []SkipSegment {
 	if malID <= 0 || strings.TrimSpace(episode) == "" {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.aniskip.com/v1/skip-times/%s/%s?types=op&types=ed", url.PathEscape(strconv.Itoa(malID)), url.PathEscape(episode))
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, endpoint, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0")
 
 	resp, err := s.httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 512*1024))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 
 	type resultItem struct {
@@ -338,11 +343,11 @@ func (s *playbackService) fetchSkipSegments(ctx context.Context, malID int, epis
 
 	var parsed apiResponse
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &parsed); err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 
 	if !parsed.Found || len(parsed.Result) == 0 {
-		return nil
+		return []SkipSegment{}
 	}
 
 	segments := make([]SkipSegment, 0, len(parsed.Result))