diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ReCaptchaActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ReCaptchaActivity.java
index 42ef261a15d..51a0ff1e632 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ReCaptchaActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/error/ReCaptchaActivity.java
@@ -185,10 +185,8 @@ private void handleCookiesFromUrl(@Nullable final String url) {
             final int abuseEnd = url.indexOf("+path");
 
             try {
-                String abuseCookie = url.substring(abuseStart + 13, abuseEnd);
-                abuseCookie = Utils.decodeUrlUtf8(abuseCookie);
-                handleCookies(abuseCookie);
-            } catch (IllegalArgumentException | StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                handleCookies(Utils.decodeUrlUtf8(url.substring(abuseStart + 13, abuseEnd)));
+            } catch (final StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                 if (MainActivity.DEBUG) {
                     Log.e(TAG, "handleCookiesFromUrl: invalid google abuse starting at "
                             + abuseStart + " and ending at " + abuseEnd + " for url " + url, e);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/DownloadSettingsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/DownloadSettingsFragment.java
index 76163b30aaa..ff7811af3e6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/DownloadSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/DownloadSettingsFragment.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.settings;
 
-import static org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.utils.Utils.decodeUrlUtf8;
 import static org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization.assureCorrectAppLanguage;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
 
 public class DownloadSettingsFragment extends BasePreferenceFragment {
     public static final boolean IGNORE_RELEASE_ON_OLD_PATH = true;
@@ -107,28 +105,15 @@ private void updatePreferencesSummary() {
 
     private void showPathInSummary(final String prefKey, @StringRes final int defaultString,
                                    final Preference target) {
-        String rawUri = defaultPreferences.getString(prefKey, null);
-        if (rawUri == null || rawUri.isEmpty()) {
+        final Uri uri = Uri.parse(defaultPreferences.getString(prefKey, ""));
+        if (uri.equals(Uri.EMPTY)) {
             target.setSummary(getString(defaultString));
             return;
         }
 
-        if (rawUri.charAt(0) == File.separatorChar) {
-            target.setSummary(rawUri);
-            return;
-        }
-        if (rawUri.startsWith(ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE)) {
-            target.setSummary(new File(URI.create(rawUri)).getPath());
-            return;
-        }
-
-        try {
-            rawUri = decodeUrlUtf8(rawUri);
-        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            // nothing to do
-        }
-
-        target.setSummary(rawUri);
+        final String summary = ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equals(uri.getScheme())
+                ? uri.getPath() : uri.toString();
+        target.setSummary(summary);
     }
 
     private boolean isFileUri(final String path) {