diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
index 6ecb39393..e9ad75cb4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/BasePlayer.java
@@ -1048,15 +1048,19 @@ public abstract class BasePlayer implements
         initThumbnail(info.getThumbnailUrl());
         registerView();
 
-        if (info.getUrl().startsWith("https://www.youtube.com")
-                && mPrefs.getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.sponsorblock_enable), false)) {
-            try {
-                sponsorTimeInfo = new SponsorBlockApiTask(
-                        mPrefs.getString(context.getString(R.string.sponsorblock_custom_api_url),
-                                "https://sponsor.ajay.app/api/"))
-                        .getYouTubeVideoSponsorTimes(info.getId());
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Log.e("SPONSOR_BLOCK", "Error getting YouTube video sponsor times.", e);
+        if (info.getUrl().startsWith("https://www.youtube.com")) {
+            String apiUrl = mPrefs
+                    .getString(context.getString(R.string.sponsorblock_api_url), null);
+            boolean isSponsorBlockEnabled = mPrefs
+                    .getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.sponsorblock_enable), false);
+
+            if (apiUrl != null && !apiUrl.isEmpty() && isSponsorBlockEnabled) {
+                try {
+                    sponsorTimeInfo = new SponsorBlockApiTask(apiUrl)
+                            .getYouTubeVideoSponsorTimes(info.getId());
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    Log.e("SPONSOR_BLOCK", "Error getting YouTube video sponsor times.", e);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
index 95bc154a4..45cc84d2c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
@@ -140,9 +140,17 @@ public class ContentSettingsFragment extends BasePreferenceFragment {
             return true;
         });
 
-        Preference sponsorblockPrivacyPreference =
+        Preference sponsorBlockWebsitePreference =
+                findPreference(getString(R.string.sponsorblock_home_page));
+        sponsorBlockWebsitePreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener((Preference p) -> {
+            Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://sponsor.ajay.app/"));
+            startActivity(i);
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        Preference sponsorBlockPrivacyPreference =
                 findPreference(getString(R.string.sponsorblock_privacy));
-        sponsorblockPrivacyPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener((Preference p) -> {
+        sponsorBlockPrivacyPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener((Preference p) -> {
             Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                     Uri.parse(
                             "https://gist.github.com/ajayyy/aa9f8ded2b573d4f73a3ffa0ef74f796"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 468b08095..be0123f84 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@
     <string name="downloads_storage_ask" translatable="false">downloads_storage_ask</string>
     <string name="storage_use_saf" translatable="false">storage_use_saf</string>
 
-    <string name="sponsorblock_enable" translatable="false">skip_sponsors</string>
-    <string name="sponsorblock_custom_api_url" translatable="false">sponsorblock_custom_api_url</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_home_page" translatable="false">sponsorblock_home_page</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_enable" translatable="false">sponsorblock_enable</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_api_url" translatable="false">sponsorblock_custom_api_url</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_notifications" translatable="false">sponsorblock_notifications</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_privacy" translatable="false">sponsorblock_privacy</string>
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 1c5320c55..5e722f739 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <string name="settings_category_other_title">Other</string>
     <string name="settings_category_debug_title">Debug</string>
     <string name="settings_category_updates_title">Updates</string>
-    <string name="settings_category_sponsorblock">SponsorBlock Beta (Third party service)</string>
+    <string name="settings_category_sponsorblock">SponsorBlock (beta, third party service)</string>
     <string name="background_player_playing_toast">Playing in background</string>
     <string name="popup_playing_toast">Playing in popup mode</string>
     <string name="background_player_append">Queued on background player</string>
@@ -661,12 +661,14 @@
     <string name="video_detail_by">By %s</string>
     <string name="playlist_page_summary">Playlist page</string>
     <!-- SponsorBlock -->
+    <string name="sponsorblock_home_page_title">View Website</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_home_page_summary">View the official SponsorBlock website.</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_enable_title">Skip Sponsors</string>
-    <string name="sponsorblock_enable_summary">Use the SponsorBlock API to automatically skip sponsors in videos.</string>
-    <string name="sponsorblock_custom_api_url_title">Custom API Url</string>
-    <string name="sponsorblock_custom_api_url_summary">The url to use when querying the SponsorBlock API. Leave empty to use the default.</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_enable_summary">Use the SponsorBlock API to automatically skip sponsors in videos. This currently only works for YouTube videos.</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_api_url_title">API Url</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_api_url_summary">The url to use when querying the SponsorBlock API. This must be set for SponsorBlock to work.</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_notifications_title">Notify when sponsors are skipped</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_notifications_summary">Show a toast notification when a sponsor is automatically skipped.</string>
     <string name="sponsorblock_privacy_title">View Privacy Policy</string>
-    <string name="sponsorblock_privacy_summary">View the privacy policy of the SponsorBlock service.</string>
+    <string name="sponsorblock_privacy_summary">View SponsorBlock\'s privacy policy.</string>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
index e3bddcc24..8efd57274 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
@@ -122,26 +122,10 @@
         android:layout="@layout/settings_category_header_layout"
         android:title="@string/settings_category_sponsorblock">
 
-        <SwitchPreference
-            android:defaultValue="false"
-            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_enable"
-            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_enable_summary"
-            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_enable_title"
-            app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
-
-        <SwitchPreference
-            android:defaultValue="true"
-            android:dependency="@string/sponsorblock_enable"
-            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_notifications"
-            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_notifications_summary"
-            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_notifications_title"
-            app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
-
-        <EditTextPreference
-            android:dependency="@string/sponsorblock_enable"
-            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_custom_api_url"
-            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_custom_api_url_summary"
-            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_custom_api_url_title"
+        <Preference
+            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_home_page"
+            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_home_page_summary"
+            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_home_page_title"
             app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
 
         <Preference
@@ -150,5 +134,27 @@
             android:title="@string/sponsorblock_privacy_title"
             app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
 
+        <EditTextPreference
+            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_api_url"
+            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_api_url_summary"
+            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_api_url_title"
+            app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
+
+        <SwitchPreference
+            android:dependency="@string/sponsorblock_api_url"
+            android:defaultValue="false"
+            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_enable"
+            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_enable_summary"
+            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_enable_title"
+            app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
+
+        <SwitchPreference
+            android:defaultValue="true"
+            android:dependency="@string/sponsorblock_api_url"
+            android:key="@string/sponsorblock_notifications"
+            android:summary="@string/sponsorblock_notifications_summary"
+            android:title="@string/sponsorblock_notifications_title"
+            app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
 </PreferenceScreen>