diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/GridItem.bs b/components/ItemGrid/GridItem.bs
index 9f7a62ae1..0658304e3 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/GridItem.bs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/GridItem.bs
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ end sub
 
 sub itemContentChanged()
     m.backdrop.blendColor = "#00a4db" ' set default in case global var is invalid
-    localGlobal = m.global
+    myGlobal = m.global
 
-    if isValid(localGlobal) and isValid(localGlobal.constants) and isValid(localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
-        posterBackgrounds = localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
+    if isValid(myGlobal) and isValid(myGlobal.constants) and isValid(myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
+        posterBackgrounds = myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
         m.backdrop.blendColor = posterBackgrounds[rnd(posterBackgrounds.count()) - 1]
     end if
 
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
         m.itemIcon.uri = itemData.iconUrl
         m.itemText.text = itemData.Title
     else if itemData.type = "Series"
-        if isValid(localGlobal) and isValid(localGlobal.session) and isValid(localGlobal.session.user) and isValid(localGlobal.session.user.settings)
-            if localGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"] = false
+        if isValid(myGlobal) and isValid(myGlobal.session) and isValid(myGlobal.session.user) and isValid(myGlobal.session.user.settings)
+            if myGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"] = false
                 if isValid(itemData.json) and isValid(itemData.json.UserData) and isValid(itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount)
                     if itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount > 0
                         m.unplayedCount.visible = true
diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/ItemGrid.bs b/components/ItemGrid/ItemGrid.bs
index 759bacd7e..2b5875d9c 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/ItemGrid.bs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/ItemGrid.bs
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import "pkg:/source/roku_modules/log/LogMixin.brs"
 sub init()
     m.log = log.Logger("ItemGrid")
     m.log.debug("start init()")
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
+
     m.options = m.top.findNode("options")
 
-    m.showItemCount = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
+    m.showItemCount = userSettings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
 
     m.tvGuide = invalid
     m.channelFocused = invalid
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ sub init()
     m.alphaMenu = m.alpha.findNode("alphaMenu")
 
     'Get reset folder setting
-    m.resetGrid = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.reset"]
+    m.resetGrid = userSettings["itemgrid.reset"]
 
-    m.top.gridTitles = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
+    m.top.gridTitles = userSettings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
     m.log.debug("end init()")
 end sub
 
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
     m.log.debug("start loadInitialItems()")
     m.loadItemsTask.control = "stop"
     startLoadingSpinner()
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     if m.top.parentItem.json.Type = "CollectionFolder" 'or m.top.parentItem.json.Type = "Folder"
         m.top.HomeLibraryItem = m.top.parentItem.Id
@@ -96,25 +99,25 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
     ' Read view/sort/filter settings
     if m.top.parentItem.collectionType = "livetv"
         ' Translate between app and server nomenclature
-        viewSetting = m.global.session.user.settings["display.livetv.landing"]
+        viewSetting = userSettings["display.livetv.landing"]
         if viewSetting = "guide"
             m.view = "tvGuide"
         else
             m.view = "livetv"
         end if
-        m.sortField = m.global.session.user.settings["display.livetv.sortField"]
-        sortAscendingStr = m.global.session.user.settings["display.livetv.sortAscending"]
-        m.filter = m.global.session.user.settings["display.livetv.filter"]
+        m.sortField = userSettings["display.livetv.sortField"]
+        sortAscendingStr = userSettings["display.livetv.sortAscending"]
+        m.filter = userSettings["display.livetv.filter"]
     else if m.top.parentItem.collectionType = "music"
-        m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["display.music.view"]
-        m.sortField = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
-        sortAscendingStr = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
-        m.filter = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
+        m.view = userSettings["display.music.view"]
+        m.sortField = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
+        sortAscendingStr = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
+        m.filter = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
     else
-        m.sortField = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
-        sortAscendingStr = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
-        m.filter = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
-        m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
+        m.sortField = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
+        sortAscendingStr = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
+        m.filter = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
+        m.view = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
     end if
 
     if m.sortField = invalid
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
         m.loadItemsTask.itemType = "MusicArtist"
         m.loadItemsTask.itemId = m.top.parentItem.Id
 
-        m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["display.music.view"]
+        m.view = userSettings["display.music.view"]
 
         if m.view = "music-album"
             m.loadItemsTask.itemType = "MusicAlbum"
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
         ' For LiveTV, we want to "Fit" the item images, not zoom
         m.top.imageDisplayMode = "scaleToFit"
 
-        if m.global.session.user.settings["display.livetv.landing"] = "guide" and m.options.view <> "livetv"
+        if userSettings["display.livetv.landing"] = "guide" and m.options.view <> "livetv"
             showTvGuide()
         end if
     else if m.top.parentItem.collectionType = "CollectionFolder" or m.top.parentItem.type = "CollectionFolder" or m.top.parentItem.collectionType = "boxsets" or m.top.parentItem.Type = "Boxset" or m.top.parentItem.Type = "Boxsets" or m.top.parentItem.Type = "Folder" or m.top.parentItem.Type = "Channel"
diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.bs b/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.bs
index a9fb62e7d..69a5cce0c 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.bs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.bs
@@ -18,21 +18,23 @@ sub init()
 end sub
 
 sub loadItems()
+    queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+
     ' Reset intro tracker in case task gets reused
     m.top.isIntro = false
 
     ' Only show preroll once per queue
-    if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("isPrerollActive")
+    if queueManager.callFunc("isPrerollActive")
         ' Prerolls not allowed if we're resuming video
-        if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem").startingPoint = 0
+        if queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem").startingPoint = 0
             preRoll = GetIntroVideos(m.top.itemId)
             if isValid(preRoll) and preRoll.TotalRecordCount > 0 and isValid(preRoll.items[0])
                 ' If an error is thrown in the Intros plugin, instead of passing the error they pass the entire rick roll music video.
                 ' Bypass the music video and treat it as an error message
                 if lcase(preRoll.items[0].name) <> "rick roll'd"
-                    m.global.queueManager.callFunc("push", m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem"))
+                    queueManager.callFunc("push", queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem"))
                     m.top.itemId = preRoll.items[0].id
-                    m.global.queueManager.callFunc("setPrerollStatus", false)
+                    queueManager.callFunc("setPrerollStatus", false)
                     m.top.isIntro = true
                 end if
             end if
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ sub loadItems()
     end if
 
     if m.top.selectedAudioStreamIndex = 0
-        currentItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
+        currentItem = queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
         if isValid(currentItem) and isValid(currentItem.json)
             m.top.selectedAudioStreamIndex = FindPreferredAudioStream(currentItem.json.MediaStreams)
         end if
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ sub LoadItems_AddVideoContent(video as object, mediaSourceId as dynamic, audio_s
         return
     end if
 
+    queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+    userSession = m.global.session.user
+    userSettings = userSession.settings
+
     session.video.Update(meta)
 
     if isValid(meta.json.MediaSources[0].RunTimeTicks)
@@ -132,15 +138,14 @@ sub LoadItems_AddVideoContent(video as object, mediaSourceId as dynamic, audio_s
     end if
 
     if LCase(m.top.itemType) = "episode"
-        userSession = m.global.session.user
-        if userSession.settings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "enabled" or userSession.settings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "webclient" and userSession.Configuration.EnableNextEpisodeAutoPlay
+        if userSettings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "enabled" or userSettings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "webclient" and userSession.Configuration.EnableNextEpisodeAutoPlay
             addNextEpisodesToQueue(video.showID)
         end if
     end if
 
     playbackPosition = 0!
 
-    currentItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
+    currentItem = queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
 
     if isValid(currentItem) and isValid(currentItem.startingPoint)
         playbackPosition = currentItem.startingPoint
@@ -220,8 +225,8 @@ sub LoadItems_AddVideoContent(video as object, mediaSourceId as dynamic, audio_s
     ' transcode is that the Encoding Level is not supported, then try to direct play but silently
     ' fall back to the transcode if that fails.
     if m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].MediaStreams.Count() > 0 and meta.live = false
-        tryDirectPlay = m.global.session.user.settings["playback.tryDirect.h264ProfileLevel"] and m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].MediaStreams[0].codec = "h264"
-        tryDirectPlay = tryDirectPlay or (m.global.session.user.settings["playback.tryDirect.hevcProfileLevel"] and m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].MediaStreams[0].codec = "hevc")
+        tryDirectPlay = userSettings["playback.tryDirect.h264ProfileLevel"] and m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].MediaStreams[0].codec = "h264"
+        tryDirectPlay = tryDirectPlay or (userSettings["playback.tryDirect.hevcProfileLevel"] and m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].MediaStreams[0].codec = "hevc")
         if tryDirectPlay and isValid(m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].TranscodingUrl) and forceTranscoding = false
             transcodingReasons = getTranscodeReasons(m.playbackInfo.MediaSources[0].TranscodingUrl)
             if transcodingReasons.Count() = 1 and transcodingReasons[0] = "VideoLevelNotSupported"
@@ -261,7 +266,8 @@ end sub
 ' @param {dynamic} videoID - id of video user is playing
 ' @return {integer} indicating the default track's server-side index. Defaults to {SubtitleSelection.none} is one is not found
 function defaultSubtitleTrackFromVid(videoID) as integer
-    if m.global.session.user.configuration.SubtitleMode = "None"
+    userSession = m.global.session.user
+    if userSession.configuration.SubtitleMode = "None"
         return SubtitleSelection.none ' No subtitles desired: return none
     end if
 
@@ -287,7 +293,7 @@ function defaultSubtitleTrackFromVid(videoID) as integer
         return defaultTextSubs
     end if
 
-    if not m.global.session.user.settings["playback.subs.onlytext"]
+    if not userSession.settings["playback.subs.onlytext"]
         return defaultSubtitleTrack(subtitles["all"], selectedAudioLanguage) ' if no appropriate text subs exist, allow non-text
     end if
 
@@ -491,6 +497,8 @@ end function
 
 ' Add next episodes to the playback queue
 sub addNextEpisodesToQueue(showID)
+    queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+
     ' Don't queue next episodes if we already have a playback queue
     maxQueueCount = 1
 
@@ -498,13 +506,13 @@ sub addNextEpisodesToQueue(showID)
         maxQueueCount = 2
     end if
 
-    if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") > maxQueueCount then return
+    if queueManager.callFunc("getCount") > maxQueueCount then return
 
     videoID = m.top.itemId
 
     ' If first item is an intro video, use the next item in the queue
     if m.top.isIntro
-        currentVideo = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", 1)
+        currentVideo = queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", 1)
 
         if isValid(currentVideo) and isValid(currentVideo.id)
             videoID = currentVideo.id
@@ -526,7 +534,7 @@ sub addNextEpisodesToQueue(showID)
 
     if isValid(data) and data.Items.Count() > 1
         for i = 1 to data.Items.Count() - 1
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("push", data.Items[i])
+            queueManager.callFunc("push", data.Items[i])
         end for
     end if
 end sub
@@ -585,8 +593,9 @@ function sortSubtitles(id as string, MediaStreams)
 end function
 
 function FindPreferredAudioStream(streams as dynamic) as integer
-    preferredLanguage = m.global.session.user.Configuration.AudioLanguagePreference
-    playDefault = m.global.session.user.Configuration.PlayDefaultAudioTrack
+    userConfig = m.global.session.user.configuration
+    preferredLanguage = userConfig.AudioLanguagePreference
+    playDefault = userConfig.PlayDefaultAudioTrack
 
     if playDefault <> invalid and playDefault = true
         return 1
diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/MovieLibraryView.bs b/components/ItemGrid/MovieLibraryView.bs
index 5ff0fae71..1f7294f5f 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/MovieLibraryView.bs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/MovieLibraryView.bs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ end sub
 
 sub init()
     setupNodes()
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     m.overhang.isVisible = false
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ sub init()
     alphaMicText = m.alpha.findNode("alphaMicText")
     alphaMicText.visible = false
 
-    m.showItemCount = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
+    m.showItemCount = userSettings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
 
     m.swapAnimation.observeField("state", "swapDone")
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ sub init()
     m.loadItemsTask.totalRecordCount = 0
 
     'Get reset folder setting
-    m.resetGrid = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.reset"]
+    m.resetGrid = userSettings["itemgrid.reset"]
 end sub
 
 sub OnScreenHidden()
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ end sub
 sub loadInitialItems()
     m.loadItemsTask.control = "stop"
     startLoadingSpinner(false)
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     if m.top.parentItem.json.Type = "CollectionFolder"
         m.top.HomeLibraryItem = m.top.parentItem.Id
@@ -123,15 +125,15 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
         SetBackground("")
     end if
 
-    m.sortField = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
-    m.filter = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
-    m.filterOptions = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filterOptions"]
-    m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
-    m.sortAscending = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
+    m.sortField = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
+    m.filter = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
+    m.filterOptions = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filterOptions"]
+    m.view = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
+    m.sortAscending = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
 
     ' If user has not set a preferred view for this folder, check if they've set a default view
     if not isValid(m.view)
-        m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.movieDefaultView"]
+        m.view = userSettings["itemgrid.movieDefaultView"]
     end if
 
     if not isValid(m.sortField) then m.sortField = "SortName"
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
         m.itemGrid.numRows = "3"
         m.selectedMovieOverview.visible = false
         m.infoGroup.visible = false
-        m.top.showItemTitles = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
+        m.top.showItemTitles = userSettings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
         if LCase(m.top.showItemTitles) = "hidealways"
             m.itemGrid.itemSize = "[230, 315]"
             m.itemGrid.rowHeights = "[315]"
diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/MusicLibraryView.bs b/components/ItemGrid/MusicLibraryView.bs
index 8ff8c6ce2..efa883fee 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/MusicLibraryView.bs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/MusicLibraryView.bs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ end sub
 
 sub init()
     setupNodes()
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     m.overhang.isVisible = false
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ sub init()
     alphaMicText = m.alpha.findNode("alphaMicText")
     alphaMicText.visible = false
 
-    m.showItemCount = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
+    m.showItemCount = userSettings["itemgrid.showItemCount"]
 
     m.swapAnimation.observeField("state", "swapDone")
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ sub init()
     m.loadItemsTask.totalRecordCount = 0
 
     'Get reset folder setting
-    m.resetGrid = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.reset"]
+    m.resetGrid = userSettings["itemgrid.reset"]
 end sub
 
 sub OnScreenHidden()
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ end sub
 sub loadInitialItems()
     m.loadItemsTask.control = "stop"
     startLoadingSpinner(false)
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     if LCase(m.top.parentItem.json.Type) = "collectionfolder"
         m.top.HomeLibraryItem = m.top.parentItem.Id
@@ -117,17 +119,17 @@ sub loadInitialItems()
         SetBackground("")
     end if
 
-    m.sortField = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
-    m.sortAscending = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
-    m.filter = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
-    m.view = m.global.session.user.settings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
+    m.sortField = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortField"]
+    m.sortAscending = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".sortAscending"]
+    m.filter = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".filter"]
+    m.view = userSettings["display." + m.top.parentItem.Id + ".landing"]
 
     if not isValid(m.sortField) then m.sortField = "SortName"
     if not isValid(m.filter) then m.filter = "All"
     if not isValid(m.view) then m.view = "ArtistsPresentation"
     if not isValid(m.sortAscending) then m.sortAscending = true
 
-    m.top.showItemTitles = m.global.session.user.settings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
+    m.top.showItemTitles = userSettings["itemgrid.gridTitles"]
 
     if LCase(m.top.parentItem.json.type) = "musicgenre"
         m.itemGrid.translation = "[96, 60]"
diff --git a/components/JFVideo.bs b/components/JFVideo.bs
index 5be3d8537..f7c631e0c 100644
--- a/components/JFVideo.bs
+++ b/components/JFVideo.bs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ sub init()
     m.top.transcodeReasons = []
     m.bufferCheckTimer.duration = 30
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.design.hideclock"] = true
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
+    if userSettings["ui.design.hideclock"]
         clockNode = findNodeBySubtype(m.top, "clock")
         if clockNode[0] <> invalid then clockNode[0].parent.removeChild(clockNode[0].node)
     end if
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ sub init()
     m.nextEpisodeButton = m.top.findNode("nextEpisode")
     m.nextEpisodeButton.text = tr("Next Episode")
     m.nextEpisodeButton.setFocus(false)
-    m.nextupbuttonseconds = m.global.session.user.settings["playback.nextupbuttonseconds"].ToInt()
+    m.nextupbuttonseconds = userSettings["playback.nextupbuttonseconds"].ToInt()
 
     m.showNextEpisodeButtonAnimation = m.top.findNode("showNextEpisodeButton")
     m.hideNextEpisodeButtonAnimation = m.top.findNode("hideNextEpisodeButton")
diff --git a/components/ListPoster.bs b/components/ListPoster.bs
index 223105044..59d309cc5 100644
--- a/components/ListPoster.bs
+++ b/components/ListPoster.bs
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ sub init()
 
     ' Randomize the background colors
     backdropColor = "#00a4db" ' set default in case global var is invalid
-    localGlobal = m.global
+    myGlobal = m.global
 
-    if isValid(localGlobal) and isValid(localGlobal.constants) and isValid(localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
-        posterBackgrounds = localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
+    if isValid(myGlobal) and isValid(myGlobal.constants) and isValid(myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
+        posterBackgrounds = myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
         backdropColor = posterBackgrounds[rnd(posterBackgrounds.count()) - 1]
     end if
 
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ sub itemContentChanged() as void
     m.poster = m.top.findNode("poster")
     itemData = m.top.itemContent
     m.title.text = itemData.title
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"] = false
+    if not userSettings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"]
         if isValid(itemData.json.UserData) and isValid(itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount)
             if itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount > 0
                 m.unplayedCount.visible = true
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged() as void
 
     imageUrl = itemData.posterURL
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.blurunwatched"] = true
+    if userSettings["ui.tvshows.blurunwatched"]
         if itemData.json.lookup("Type") = "Episode" and isValid(itemData.json.userdata)
             if not itemData.json.userdata.played
                 imageUrl = imageUrl + "&blur=15"
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ sub focusChanged()
         m.staticTitle.visible = false
         m.title.visible = true
         ' text to speech for accessibility
-        if m.global.device.isAudioGuideEnabled = true
+        if m.global.device.isAudioGuideEnabled
             txt2Speech = CreateObject("roTextToSpeech")
             txt2Speech.Flush()
             txt2Speech.Say(m.title.text)
diff --git a/components/WhatsNewDialog.bs b/components/WhatsNewDialog.bs
index a556de8f8..c528c4d60 100644
--- a/components/WhatsNewDialog.bs
+++ b/components/WhatsNewDialog.bs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 sub init()
     m.content = m.top.findNode("content")
+    appVersion = m.global.app.version
 
     setPalette()
 
     m.top.id = "OKDialog"
     m.top.height = 900
-    m.top.title = tr("Welcome to version") + " " + m.global.app.version
+    m.top.title = tr("Welcome to version") + " " + appVersion
     m.top.buttons = [tr("OK")]
 
     dialogStyles = {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ sub init()
 
     textLine = m.content.CreateChild("StdDlgMultiStyleTextItem")
     textLine.drawingStyles = dialogStyles
-    textLine.text = tr("To view a complete list of changes visit") + " <url>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/v" + m.global.app.version + "</url>"
+    textLine.text = tr("To view a complete list of changes visit") + " <url>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases/tag/v" + appVersion + "</url>"
 end sub
 
 sub setPalette()
diff --git a/components/home/HomeItem.bs b/components/home/HomeItem.bs
index 6727233d3..70a5918e4 100644
--- a/components/home/HomeItem.bs
+++ b/components/home/HomeItem.bs
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ sub init()
 
     ' Randomize the background colors
     backdropColor = "#00a4db" ' set default in case global var is invalid
-    localGlobal = m.global
+    myGlobal = m.global
 
-    if isValid(localGlobal) and isValid(localGlobal.constants) and isValid(localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
-        posterBackgrounds = localGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
+    if isValid(myGlobal) and isValid(myGlobal.constants) and isValid(myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet)
+        posterBackgrounds = myGlobal.constants.poster_bg_pallet
         backdropColor = posterBackgrounds[rnd(posterBackgrounds.count()) - 1]
     end if
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
     if isValid(m.unplayedCount) then m.unplayedCount.visible = false
     itemData = m.top.itemContent
     if itemData = invalid then return
-    localGlobal = m.global
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     itemData.Title = itemData.name ' Temporarily required while we move from "HomeItem" to "JFContentItem"
 
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
     m.itemTextExtra.width = itemData.imageWidth
     m.itemTextExtra.visible = true
     m.itemTextExtra.text = ""
-
     m.backdrop.width = itemData.imageWidth
 
+
     if isValid(itemData.iconUrl)
         m.itemIcon.uri = itemData.iconUrl
     end if
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
         m.playedIndicator.visible = false
 
         if LCase(itemData.type) = "series"
-            if isValid(localGlobal) and isValid(localGlobal.session) and isValid(localGlobal.session.user) and isValid(localGlobal.session.user.settings)
-                unwatchedEpisodeCountSetting = localGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"]
+            if isValid(userSettings)
+                unwatchedEpisodeCountSetting = userSettings["ui.tvshows.disableUnwatchedEpisodeCount"]
                 if isValid(unwatchedEpisodeCountSetting) and not unwatchedEpisodeCountSetting
                     if isValid(itemData.json.UserData) and isValid(itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount)
                         if itemData.json.UserData.UnplayedItemCount > 0
@@ -164,16 +164,16 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
             drawProgressBar(itemData)
         end if
 
-        if localGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "webclient"
-            tmpSetting = localGlobal.session.user.Configuration.useEpisodeImagesInNextUpAndResume
+        if userSettings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "webclient"
+            tmpSetting = m.global.session.user.Configuration.useEpisodeImagesInNextUpAndResume
             if isValid(tmpSetting) and tmpSetting
                 m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.thumbnailURL
             else
                 m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.widePosterURL
             end if
-        else if localGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "show"
+        else if userSettings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "show"
             m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.widePosterURL
-        else if localGlobal.session.user.settings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "episode"
+        else if userSettings["ui.general.episodeimagesnextup"] = "episode"
             m.itemPoster.uri = itemData.thumbnailURL
         end if
 
diff --git a/components/home/HomeRows.bs b/components/home/HomeRows.bs
index 598a08961..d691cb154 100644
--- a/components/home/HomeRows.bs
+++ b/components/home/HomeRows.bs
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ sub processUserSections()
     m.processedRowCount = 0
 
     sessionUser = m.global.session.user
+    userSettings = sessionUser.settings
 
     ' calculate expected row count by processing homesections
     for i = 0 to 6
-        userSection = sessionUser.settings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
+        userSection = userSettings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
         sectionName = userSection ?? "none"
         sectionName = LCase(sectionName)
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ sub processUserSections()
     ' Add home sections in order based on user settings
     loadedSections = 0
     for i = 0 to 6
-        userSection = sessionUser.settings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
+        userSection = userSettings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
         sectionName = userSection ?? "none"
         sectionName = LCase(sectionName)
 
@@ -149,10 +150,10 @@ function getOriginalSectionIndex(sectionName as string) as integer
     sectionIndex = 0
     indexLatestMediaSection = 0
 
-    sessionUser = m.global.session.user
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     for i = 0 to 6
-        userSection = sessionUser.settings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
+        userSection = userSettings["homesection" + i.toStr()]
         settingSectionName = userSection ?? "none"
         settingSectionName = LCase(settingSectionName)
 
diff --git a/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs b/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
index f947d1250..b918a8df7 100644
--- a/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
+++ b/components/home/LoadItemsTask.bs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ sub loadItems()
 
         ' Load Next Up
     else if m.top.itemsToLoad = "nextUp"
+        userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
         url = "Shows/NextUp"
         params = {}
@@ -68,12 +69,12 @@ sub loadItems()
         params["SortOrder"] = "Descending"
         params["ImageTypeLimit"] = 1
         params["UserId"] = m.global.session.user.id
-        params["EnableRewatching"] = m.global.session.user.settings["ui.details.enablerewatchingnextup"]
+        params["EnableRewatching"] = userSettings["ui.details.enablerewatchingnextup"]
         params["DisableFirstEpisode"] = false
         params["limit"] = 24
         params["EnableTotalRecordCount"] = false
 
-        maxDaysInNextUp = m.global.session.user.settings["ui.details.maxdaysnextup"].ToInt()
+        maxDaysInNextUp = userSettings["ui.details.maxdaysnextup"].ToInt()
         if isValid(maxDaysInNextUp)
             if maxDaysInNextUp > 0
                 dateToday = CreateObject("roDateTime")
diff --git a/components/manager/ViewCreator.bs b/components/manager/ViewCreator.bs
index c2efcd07c..58bd92a86 100644
--- a/components/manager/ViewCreator.bs
+++ b/components/manager/ViewCreator.bs
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ sub onSelectAudioPressed()
 
         audioData.data.push(audioStreamItem)
     end for
-
-    m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("radioDialog", tr("Select Audio"), audioData)
-    m.global.sceneManager.observeField("returnData", "onSelectionMade")
+    sceneManager = m.global.sceneManager
+    sceneManager.callFunc("radioDialog", tr("Select Audio"), audioData)
+    sceneManager.observeField("returnData", "onSelectionMade")
 end sub
 
 ' User requested subtitle selection popup
@@ -110,23 +110,25 @@ sub onSelectSubtitlePressed()
         "Type": "subtitleselection"
     })
 
-    m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("radioDialog", tr("Select Subtitles"), subtitleData)
-    m.global.sceneManager.observeField("returnData", "onSelectionMade")
+    sceneManager = m.global.sceneManager
+    sceneManager.callFunc("radioDialog", tr("Select Subtitles"), subtitleData)
+    sceneManager.observeField("returnData", "onSelectionMade")
 end sub
 
 ' User has selected something from the radioDialog popup
 sub onSelectionMade()
-    m.global.sceneManager.unobserveField("returnData")
+    sceneManager = m.global.sceneManager
+    sceneManager.unobserveField("returnData")
 
-    if not isValid(m.global.sceneManager.returnData) then return
-    if not isValid(m.global.sceneManager.returnData.type) then return
+    if not isValid(sceneManager.returnData) then return
+    if not isValid(sceneManager.returnData.type) then return
 
-    if LCase(m.global.sceneManager.returnData.type) = "subtitleselection"
+    if LCase(sceneManager.returnData.type) = "subtitleselection"
         processSubtitleSelection()
         return
     end if
 
-    if LCase(m.global.sceneManager.returnData.type) = "audioselection"
+    if LCase(sceneManager.returnData.type) = "audioselection"
         processAudioSelection()
         return
     end if
@@ -216,21 +218,24 @@ end sub
 ' Playback state change event handlers
 sub onStateChange()
     if LCase(m.view.state) = "finished"
+        sceneManager = m.global.sceneManager
+        queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+
         ' Close any open dialogs
-        if m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("isDialogOpen")
-            m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("dismissDialog")
+        if sceneManager.callFunc("isDialogOpen")
+            sceneManager.callFunc("dismissDialog")
         end if
 
         ' If there is something next in the queue, play it
-        if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
-            m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+        if queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
+            sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
+            queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
+            queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
             return
         end if
 
         ' Playback completed, return user to previous screen
-        m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("popScene")
+        sceneManager.callFunc("popScene")
         m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
     end if
 end sub
diff --git a/components/movies/MovieDetails.bs b/components/movies/MovieDetails.bs
index e7aa3d3ad..5812f4c47 100644
--- a/components/movies/MovieDetails.bs
+++ b/components/movies/MovieDetails.bs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
     ' Updates video metadata
     item = m.top.itemContent
     if isValid(item) and isValid(item.json)
+        userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
         itemData = item.json
         m.top.id = itemData.id
         m.top.findNode("moviePoster").uri = m.top.itemContent.posterURL
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
             m.infoGroup.removeChild(m.top.findNode("officialRating"))
         end if
 
-        if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.movies.showRatings"]
+        if userSettings["ui.movies.showRatings"]
             if isValid(itemData.communityRating)
                 setFieldText("communityRating", int(itemData.communityRating * 10) / 10)
             else
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
 
         if type(itemData.RunTimeTicks) = "LongInteger"
             setFieldText("runtime", stri(getRuntime()) + " mins")
-            if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.design.hideclock"] <> true
+            if userSettings["ui.design.hideclock"] <> true
                 setFieldText("ends-at", tr("Ends at %1").Replace("%1", getEndTime()))
             end if
         end if
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
             m.top.findNode("details").removeChild(m.top.findNode("director"))
         end if
 
-        if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.details.hidetagline"] = false
+        if userSettings["ui.details.hidetagline"] = false
             if itemData.taglines.count() > 0
                 setFieldText("tagline", itemData.taglines[0])
             end if
diff --git a/components/music/AudioPlayerView.bs b/components/music/AudioPlayerView.bs
index 12786a6bb..6270b0cae 100644
--- a/components/music/AudioPlayerView.bs
+++ b/components/music/AudioPlayerView.bs
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ sub init()
     m.lastRecordedPositionTimestamp = 0
     m.scrubTimestamp = -1
 
-    m.playlistTypeCount = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getQueueUniqueTypes").count()
+    m.queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+    m.playlistTypeCount = m.queueManager.callFunc("getQueueUniqueTypes").count()
+
+    m.audioPlayer = m.global.audioPlayer
+    m.audioPlayer.observeField("state", "audioStateChanged")
+    m.audioPlayer.observeField("position", "audioPositionChanged")
+    m.audioPlayer.observeField("bufferingStatus", "bufferPositionChanged")
 
-    setupAudioNode()
     setupAnimationTasks()
     setupButtons()
     setupInfoNodes()
@@ -91,13 +96,6 @@ sub setupDataTasks()
     m.LoadScreenSaverTimeoutTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "LoadScreenSaverTimeoutTask")
 end sub
 
-' Creates audio node used to play song(s)
-sub setupAudioNode()
-    m.global.audioPlayer.observeField("state", "audioStateChanged")
-    m.global.audioPlayer.observeField("position", "audioPositionChanged")
-    m.global.audioPlayer.observeField("bufferingStatus", "bufferPositionChanged")
-end sub
-
 ' Setup playback buttons, default to Play button selected
 sub setupButtons()
     m.buttons = m.top.findNode("buttons")
@@ -149,10 +147,10 @@ end sub
 sub bufferPositionChanged()
     if m.inScrubMode then return
 
-    if not isValid(m.global.audioPlayer.bufferingStatus)
+    if not isValid(m.audioPlayer.bufferingStatus)
         bufferPositionBarWidth = m.seekBar.width
     else
-        bufferPositionBarWidth = m.seekBar.width * m.global.audioPlayer.bufferingStatus.percentage
+        bufferPositionBarWidth = m.seekBar.width * m.audioPlayer.bufferingStatus.percentage
     end if
 
     ' Ensure position bar is never wider than the seek bar
@@ -168,16 +166,16 @@ end sub
 sub audioPositionChanged()
     stopLoadingSpinner()
 
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.position = 0
+    if m.audioPlayer.position = 0
         m.playPosition.width = 0
     end if
 
-    if not isValid(m.global.audioPlayer.position)
+    if not isValid(m.audioPlayer.position)
         playPositionBarWidth = 0
     else if not isValid(m.songDuration)
         playPositionBarWidth = 0
     else
-        songPercentComplete = m.global.audioPlayer.position / m.songDuration
+        songPercentComplete = m.audioPlayer.position / m.songDuration
         playPositionBarWidth = m.seekBar.width * songPercentComplete
     end if
 
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ sub audioPositionChanged()
     if not m.inScrubMode
         moveSeekbarThumb(playPositionBarWidth)
         ' Change the seek position timestamp
-        m.seekTimestamp.text = secondsToHuman(m.global.audioPlayer.position, false)
+        m.seekTimestamp.text = secondsToHuman(m.audioPlayer.position, false)
     end if
 
     ' Use animation to make the display smooth
@@ -197,9 +195,9 @@ sub audioPositionChanged()
     m.playPositionAnimation.control = "start"
 
     ' Update displayed position timestamp
-    if isValid(m.global.audioPlayer.position)
-        m.lastRecordedPositionTimestamp = m.global.audioPlayer.position
-        m.positionTimestamp.text = secondsToHuman(m.global.audioPlayer.position, false)
+    if isValid(m.audioPlayer.position)
+        m.lastRecordedPositionTimestamp = m.audioPlayer.position
+        m.positionTimestamp.text = secondsToHuman(m.audioPlayer.position, false)
     else
         m.lastRecordedPositionTimestamp = 0
         m.positionTimestamp.text = "0:00"
@@ -247,25 +245,24 @@ sub endScreenSaver()
 end sub
 
 sub audioStateChanged()
-
     ' Song Finished, attempt to move to next song
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "finished"
+    if m.audioPlayer.state = "finished"
         ' User has enabled single song loop, play current song again
-        if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
+        if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
             m.scrubTimestamp = -1
             playAction()
             exitScrubMode()
             return
         end if
 
-        if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
+        if m.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
             m.top.state = "finished"
         else
             ' We are at the end of the song queue
 
             ' User has enabled loop for entire song queue, move back to first song
-            if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
-                m.global.queueManager.callFunc("setPosition", -1)
+            if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
+                m.queueManager.callFunc("setPosition", -1)
                 LoadNextSong()
                 return
             end if
@@ -277,18 +274,19 @@ sub audioStateChanged()
 end sub
 
 function playAction() as boolean
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "pause"
+
+    if m.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "pause"
         ' Allow screen to go to real screensaver
         WriteAsciiFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "nowplaying-paused")
         MoveFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "tmp:/scene")
-    else if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "paused"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "resume"
+    else if m.audioPlayer.state = "paused"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "resume"
         ' Write screen tracker for screensaver
         WriteAsciiFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "nowplaying")
         MoveFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "tmp:/scene")
-    else if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "finished"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "play"
+    else if m.audioPlayer.state = "finished"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "play"
         ' Write screen tracker for screensaver
         WriteAsciiFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "nowplaying")
         MoveFile("tmp:/scene.temp", "tmp:/scene")
@@ -298,20 +296,19 @@ function playAction() as boolean
 end function
 
 function previousClicked() as boolean
-    currentQueuePosition = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition")
-
+    currentQueuePosition = m.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition")
     if currentQueuePosition = 0 then return false
 
     if m.playlistTypeCount > 1
-        previousItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", currentQueuePosition - 1)
-        previousItemType = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getItemType", previousItem)
+        previousItem = m.queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", currentQueuePosition - 1)
+        previousItemType = m.queueManager.callFunc("getItemType", previousItem)
 
         if previousItemType <> "audio"
-            m.global.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
+            m.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
 
             m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+            m.queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
+            m.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
             return true
         end if
     end if
@@ -321,34 +318,33 @@ function previousClicked() as boolean
     m.lastRecordedPositionTimestamp = 0
     m.positionTimestamp.text = "0:00"
 
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
+    if m.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
     end if
 
     ' Reset loop mode due to manual user interaction
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
+    if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
         resetLoopModeToDefault()
     end if
 
-    m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
+    m.queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
     pageContentChanged()
 
     return true
 end function
 
 sub resetLoopModeToDefault()
-    m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
+    m.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
     setLoopButtonImage()
 end sub
 
 function loopClicked() as boolean
-
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
-        m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
-    else if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
+    if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
+        m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
+    else if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
+        m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
     else
-        m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
+        m.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
     end if
 
     setLoopButtonImage()
@@ -357,10 +353,10 @@ function loopClicked() as boolean
 end function
 
 sub setLoopButtonImage()
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
+    if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "all"
         m.loopIndicator.opacity = "1"
         m.loopIndicator.uri = m.loopIndicator.uri.Replace("-off", "-on")
-    else if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
+    else if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
         m.loopIndicator.uri = m.loopIndicator.uri.Replace("-on", "1-on")
     else
         m.loopIndicator.uri = m.loopIndicator.uri.Replace("1-on", "-off")
@@ -368,19 +364,20 @@ sub setLoopButtonImage()
 end sub
 
 function nextClicked() as boolean
+
     if m.playlistTypeCount > 1
-        currentQueuePosition = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition")
-        if currentQueuePosition < m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
+        currentQueuePosition = m.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition")
+        if currentQueuePosition < m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
 
-            nextItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", currentQueuePosition + 1)
-            nextItemType = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getItemType", nextItem)
+            nextItem = m.queueManager.callFunc("getItemByIndex", currentQueuePosition + 1)
+            nextItemType = m.queueManager.callFunc("getItemType", nextItem)
 
             if nextItemType <> "audio"
-                m.global.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
+                m.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
 
                 m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
-                m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
-                m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+                m.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
+                m.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
                 return true
             end if
         end if
@@ -392,11 +389,11 @@ function nextClicked() as boolean
     m.positionTimestamp.text = "0:00"
 
     ' Reset loop mode due to manual user interaction
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
+    if m.audioPlayer.loopMode = "one"
         resetLoopModeToDefault()
     end if
 
-    if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
+    if m.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
         LoadNextSong()
     end if
 
@@ -404,14 +401,14 @@ function nextClicked() as boolean
 end function
 
 sub toggleShuffleEnabled()
-    m.global.queueManager.callFunc("toggleShuffle")
+    m.queueManager.callFunc("toggleShuffle")
 end sub
 
 function findCurrentSongIndex(songList) as integer
     if not isValidAndNotEmpty(songList) then return 0
 
     for i = 0 to songList.count() - 1
-        if songList[i].id = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem").id
+        if songList[i].id = m.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem").id
             return i
         end if
     end for
@@ -420,15 +417,14 @@ function findCurrentSongIndex(songList) as integer
 end function
 
 function shuffleClicked() as boolean
-
-    currentSongIndex = findCurrentSongIndex(m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getUnshuffledQueue"))
+    currentSongIndex = findCurrentSongIndex(m.queueManager.callFunc("getUnshuffledQueue"))
 
     toggleShuffleEnabled()
 
-    if not m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getIsShuffled")
+    if not m.queueManager.callFunc("getIsShuffled")
         m.shuffleIndicator.opacity = ".4"
         m.shuffleIndicator.uri = m.shuffleIndicator.uri.Replace("-on", "-off")
-        m.global.queueManager.callFunc("setPosition", currentSongIndex)
+        m.queueManager.callFunc("setPosition", currentSongIndex)
         setTrackNumberDisplay()
         return true
     end if
@@ -441,26 +437,26 @@ function shuffleClicked() as boolean
 end function
 
 sub setShuffleIconState()
-    if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getIsShuffled")
+    if m.queueManager.callFunc("getIsShuffled")
         m.shuffleIndicator.opacity = "1"
         m.shuffleIndicator.uri = m.shuffleIndicator.uri.Replace("-off", "-on")
     end if
 end sub
 
 sub setTrackNumberDisplay()
-    setFieldTextValue("numberofsongs", "Track " + stri(m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") + 1) + "/" + stri(m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount")))
+    setFieldTextValue("numberofsongs", "Track " + stri(m.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") + 1) + "/" + stri(m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount")))
 end sub
 
 sub LoadNextSong()
-    if m.global.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
+    if m.audioPlayer.state = "playing"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
     end if
 
     exitScrubMode()
 
     ' Reset playPosition bar without animation
     m.playPosition.width = 0
-    m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
+    m.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
     pageContentChanged()
 end sub
 
@@ -469,7 +465,7 @@ sub pageContentChanged()
 
     m.LoadAudioStreamTask.control = "STOP"
 
-    currentItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
+    currentItem = m.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
 
     m.LoadAudioStreamTask.itemId = currentItem.id
     m.LoadAudioStreamTask.observeField("content", "onAudioStreamLoaded")
@@ -478,7 +474,7 @@ end sub
 
 ' If we have more and 1 song to play, fade in the next and previous controls
 sub loadButtons()
-    if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") > 1
+    if m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") > 1
         m.shuffleIndicator.opacity = ".4"
         m.loopIndicator.opacity = ".4"
         m.displayButtonsAnimation.control = "start"
@@ -495,7 +491,7 @@ sub onAudioStreamLoaded()
         m.bufferPosition.width = 0
 
         useMetaTask = false
-        currentItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
+        currentItem = m.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
 
         if not isValid(currentItem.RunTimeTicks)
             useMetaTask = true
@@ -531,9 +527,9 @@ sub onAudioStreamLoaded()
             m.totalLengthTimestamp.text = ticksToHuman(currentItem.RunTimeTicks)
         end if
 
-        m.global.audioPlayer.content = data
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "none"
-        m.global.audioPlayer.control = "play"
+        m.audioPlayer.content = data
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "none"
+        m.audioPlayer.control = "play"
     end if
 end sub
 
@@ -739,7 +735,7 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
                 if m.inScrubMode
                     startLoadingSpinner()
                     m.inScrubMode = false
-                    m.global.audioPlayer.seek = m.scrubTimestamp
+                    m.audioPlayer.seek = m.scrubTimestamp
                     return true
                 end if
 
@@ -773,15 +769,15 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
         end if
 
         if key = "back"
-            m.global.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
-            m.global.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
+            m.audioPlayer.control = "stop"
+            m.audioPlayer.loopMode = ""
         else if key = "rewind"
             return previousClicked()
         else if key = "fastforward"
             return nextClicked()
         else if key = "left"
             if m.buttons.hasFocus()
-                if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") = 1 then return false
+                if m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") = 1 then return false
 
                 if m.top.selectedButtonIndex > 0
                     m.previouslySelectedButtonIndex = m.top.selectedButtonIndex
@@ -791,7 +787,7 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
             end if
         else if key = "right"
             if m.buttons.hasFocus()
-                if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") = 1 then return false
+                if m.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") = 1 then return false
 
                 m.previouslySelectedButtonIndex = m.top.selectedButtonIndex
                 if m.top.selectedButtonIndex < m.buttonCount - 1 then m.top.selectedButtonIndex = m.top.selectedButtonIndex + 1
diff --git a/components/photos/PhotoDetails.bs b/components/photos/PhotoDetails.bs
index 07d16f67a..7e3571b27 100644
--- a/components/photos/PhotoDetails.bs
+++ b/components/photos/PhotoDetails.bs
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ sub init()
     m.textBackground = m.top.findNode("background")
     m.statusTimer = m.top.findNode("statusTimer")
     m.statusTimer.observeField("fire", "statusUpdate")
-    m.slideshow = m.global.session.user.settings["photos.slideshow"]
-    m.random = m.global.session.user.settings["photos.random"]
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
+    m.slideshow = userSettings["photos.slideshow"]
+    m.random = userSettings["photos.random"]
 
     m.showStatusAnimation = m.top.findNode("showStatusAnimation")
     m.hideStatusAnimation = m.top.findNode("hideStatusAnimation")
diff --git a/components/settings/settings.bs b/components/settings/settings.bs
index dec4b043c..55239d77d 100644
--- a/components/settings/settings.bs
+++ b/components/settings/settings.bs
@@ -91,26 +91,28 @@ sub settingFocused()
     m.integerSetting.visible = false
     m.radioSetting.visible = false
 
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
+
     if selectedSetting.type = invalid
         return
     else if selectedSetting.type = "bool"
 
         m.boolSetting.visible = true
 
-        if m.global.session.user.settings[selectedSetting.settingName] = true
+        if userSettings[selectedSetting.settingName] = true
             m.boolSetting.checkedItem = 1
         else
             m.boolSetting.checkedItem = 0
         end if
     else if selectedSetting.type = "integer"
-        integerValue = m.global.session.user.settings[selectedSetting.settingName].ToStr()
+        integerValue = userSettings[selectedSetting.settingName].ToStr()
         if isValid(integerValue)
             m.integerSetting.text = integerValue
         end if
         m.integerSetting.visible = true
     else if LCase(selectedSetting.type) = "radio"
 
-        selectedValue = m.global.session.user.settings[selectedSetting.settingName]
+        selectedValue = userSettings[selectedSetting.settingName]
 
         radioContent = CreateObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
 
@@ -173,7 +175,6 @@ sub boolSettingChanged()
             set_setting(selectedSetting.settingName, "true")
             ' setting specific triggers
             if selectedSetting.settingName = "global.rememberme"
-                print "m.global.session.user.id=", m.global.session.user.id
                 set_setting("active_user", m.global.session.user.id)
             end if
         else
diff --git a/components/tvshows/TVListDetails.bs b/components/tvshows/TVListDetails.bs
index 67a5e5a1a..38e27702f 100644
--- a/components/tvshows/TVListDetails.bs
+++ b/components/tvshows/TVListDetails.bs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ end sub
 sub itemContentChanged()
     item = m.top.itemContent
     itemData = item.json
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
 
     ' Set default video source if user hasn't selected one yet
     if item.selectedVideoStreamId = "" and isValid(itemData.MediaSources)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
 
     imageUrl = item.posterURL
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.blurunwatched"] = true
+    if userSettings["ui.tvshows.blurunwatched"] = true
         if itemData.lookup("Type") = "Episode"
             if not itemData.userdata.played
                 imageUrl = imageUrl + "&blur=15"
@@ -66,12 +67,12 @@ sub itemContentChanged()
             m.top.findNode("runtime").text = stri(runTime).trim() + " mins"
         end if
 
-        if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.design.hideclock"] <> true
+        if userSettings["ui.design.hideclock"] <> true
             m.top.findNode("endtime").text = tr("Ends at %1").Replace("%1", getEndTime())
         end if
     end if
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.tvshows.disableCommunityRating"] = false
+    if userSettings["ui.tvshows.disableCommunityRating"] = false
         if isValid(itemData.communityRating)
             m.top.findNode("star").visible = true
             m.top.findNode("communityRating").text = str(int(itemData.communityRating * 10) / 10)
diff --git a/components/tvshows/TVShowDetails.bs b/components/tvshows/TVShowDetails.bs
index f7bd9ad3c..2caf66116 100644
--- a/components/tvshows/TVShowDetails.bs
+++ b/components/tvshows/TVShowDetails.bs
@@ -181,9 +181,11 @@ end function
 
 sub onShuffleEpisodeDataLoaded()
     m.getShuffleEpisodesTask.unobserveField("data")
+
     if isValid(m.getShuffleEpisodesTask.data)
-        m.global.queueManager.callFunc("set", m.getShuffleEpisodesTask.data.items)
-        m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+        queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+        queueManager.callFunc("set", m.getShuffleEpisodesTask.data.items)
+        queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
     end if
 end sub
 
diff --git a/components/video/OSD.bs b/components/video/OSD.bs
index 4f687c7a4..95928db45 100644
--- a/components/video/OSD.bs
+++ b/components/video/OSD.bs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ sub init()
     m.optionControls.buttonFocused = m.optionControls.getChildCount() - 1
 
     m.videoControls.getChild(m.defaultButtonIndex).focus = true
-    m.deviceInfo = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo")
 end sub
 
 ' onProgressPercentageChanged: Handler for changes to m.top.progressPercentage param
@@ -211,7 +210,8 @@ sub inactiveCheck()
         return
     end if
 
-    if m.deviceInfo.timeSinceLastKeypress() >= m.top.inactiveTimeout
+    deviceInfo = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo")
+    if deviceInfo.timeSinceLastKeypress() >= m.top.inactiveTimeout
         m.top.action = "hide"
     end if
 end sub
diff --git a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
index 0182e1048..215f06821 100644
--- a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
+++ b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ sub init()
     m.log = log.Logger("VideoPlayerView")
     ' Hide the overhang on init to prevent showing 2 clocks
     m.top.getScene().findNode("overhang").visible = false
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
     m.currentItem = m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCurrentItem")
 
     m.top.id = m.currentItem.id
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ sub init()
     m.top.transcodeReasons = []
     m.bufferCheckTimer.duration = 30
 
-    if m.global.session.user.settings["ui.design.hideclock"] = true
+    if userSettings["ui.design.hideclock"] = true
         clockNode = findNodeBySubtype(m.top, "clock")
         if clockNode[0] <> invalid then clockNode[0].parent.removeChild(clockNode[0].node)
     end if
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ sub init()
     m.nextEpisodeButton = m.top.findNode("nextEpisode")
     m.nextEpisodeButton.text = tr("Next Episode")
     m.nextEpisodeButton.setFocus(false)
-    m.nextupbuttonseconds = m.global.session.user.settings["playback.nextupbuttonseconds"].ToInt()
+    m.nextupbuttonseconds = userSettings["playback.nextupbuttonseconds"].ToInt()
 
     m.showNextEpisodeButtonAnimation = m.top.findNode("showNextEpisodeButton")
     m.hideNextEpisodeButtonAnimation = m.top.findNode("hideNextEpisodeButton")
@@ -100,26 +101,30 @@ end sub
 ' @param {string} action - skip action to take
 sub handleItemSkipAction(action as string)
     if action = "itemnext"
+        queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+
         ' If there is something next in the queue, play it
-        if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
+        if queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") < queueManager.callFunc("getCount") - 1
             m.top.control = "stop"
             session.video.Delete()
             m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+            queueManager.callFunc("moveForward")
+            queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
         end if
 
         return
     end if
 
     if action = "itemback"
+        queueManager = m.global.queueManager
+
         ' If there is something previous in the queue, play it
-        if m.global.queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") > 0
+        if queueManager.callFunc("getPosition") > 0
             m.top.control = "stop"
             session.video.Delete()
             m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("clearPreviousScene")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
-            m.global.queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
+            queueManager.callFunc("moveBack")
+            queueManager.callFunc("playQueue")
         end if
 
         return
@@ -523,9 +528,9 @@ sub showNextEpisodeButton()
     if m.top.content.contenttype <> 4 then return ' only display when content is type "Episode"
     if m.nextupbuttonseconds = 0 then return ' is the button disabled?
     if m.nextEpisodeButton.opacity <> 0 then return
-    userSession = m.global.session.user
-    if userSession.settings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "disabled" then return
-    if userSession.settings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "webclient" and not userSession.Configuration.EnableNextEpisodeAutoPlay then return
+    userSettings = m.global.session.user.settings
+    if userSettings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "disabled" then return
+    if userSettings["playback.playnextepisode"] = "webclient" and not m.global.session.user.Configuration.EnableNextEpisodeAutoPlay then return
 
     m.nextEpisodeButton.visible = true
     m.showNextEpisodeButtonAnimation.control = "start"