diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.ts
index 785d77a96..f94e1cd32 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
 import { BrowserWindow, screen, shell } from 'electron';
-import Store from 'electron-store';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { format } from 'url';
 import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
 import { rendererAppName, rendererAppPort } from './constants';
-
-const WINDOW_BOUNDS = 'WINDOW_BOUNDS';
-const MPV_PLAYER_PATH = 'MPV_PLAYER_PATH';
-const VLC_PLAYER_PATH = 'VLC_PLAYER_PATH';
-
-type StoreType = {
-    [WINDOW_BOUNDS]: Electron.Rectangle;
-    [MPV_PLAYER_PATH]: string;
-    [VLC_PLAYER_PATH]: string;
-};
-
-Store.initRenderer();
-const store = new Store<StoreType>();
+import { store, WINDOW_BOUNDS } from './services/store.service';
 
 export default class App {
     // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
@@ -24,7 +11,6 @@ export default class App {
     static mainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow;
     static application: Electron.App;
     static BrowserWindow;
-    store = new Store<StoreType>();
 
     public static isDevelopmentMode() {
         const isEnvironmentSet: boolean = 'ELECTRON_IS_DEV' in process.env;
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/epg.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/epg.events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2679226ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/epg.events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+
+export default class EpgEvents {
+    static bootstrapEpgEvents(): Electron.IpcMain {
+        return ipcMain;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
index 71bda0e6b..7a94f6492 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/player.events.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,95 @@
 import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+import {
+    OPEN_MPV_PLAYER,
+    OPEN_VLC_PLAYER,
+    SET_MPV_PLAYER_PATH,
+    SET_VLC_PLAYER_PATH,
+} from 'shared-interfaces';
+import {
+    MPV_PLAYER_PATH,
+    store,
+    VLC_PLAYER_PATH,
+} from '../services/store.service';
+
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import path from 'path';
 
 export default class PlayerEvents {
     static bootstrapPlayerEvents(): Electron.IpcMain {
         return ipcMain;
     }
 }
+
+ipcMain.handle(OPEN_MPV_PLAYER, async (event, { url }) => {
+    /* try {
+        if (this.mpv === null) {
+            this.mpv = this.createMpvInstance();
+        }
+        if (this.mpv.isRunning()) {
+            await this.mpv.load(url);
+        } else {
+            await this.mpv.start();
+            await this.mpv.load(url);
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(error);
+        event.sender.send(ERROR, {
+            message: `Error: ${
+                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+                error?.verbose ??
+                'Something went wrong. Make sure that mpv player is installed on your system.'
+            } `,
+        });
+    } */
+});
+
+ipcMain.handle(SET_MPV_PLAYER_PATH, (_event, mpvPlayerPath) => {
+    console.log('... setting mpv player path', mpvPlayerPath);
+    store.set(MPV_PLAYER_PATH, mpvPlayerPath);
+
+    /* 
+    // recreate mpv player instance with new binary path if it was changed
+    if (store.get(MPV_PLAYER_PATH, mpvPlayerPath) !== mpvPlayerPath)
+        mpv = createMpvInstance(); */
+});
+
+ipcMain.handle(OPEN_VLC_PLAYER, (event, { url }) => {
+    const proc = spawn(getVlcPath(), [`"${url as string}"`], {
+        shell: true,
+    });
+
+    proc.on('exit', (code) => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+        console.log(`VLC exited with code ${code}`);
+    });
+});
+
+ipcMain.handle(SET_VLC_PLAYER_PATH, (_event, vlcPlayerPath) => {
+    console.log('... setting vlc player path', vlcPlayerPath);
+    store.set(VLC_PLAYER_PATH, vlcPlayerPath);
+});
+
+function getVlcPath() {
+    const customVlcPath = store.get(VLC_PLAYER_PATH);
+    if (customVlcPath) {
+        return customVlcPath;
+    } else {
+        return getDefaultVlcPath();
+    }
+}
+
+function getDefaultVlcPath() {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        return path.join(
+            'C:',
+            'Program Files (x86)',
+            'VideoLAN',
+            'VLC',
+            'vlc.exe'
+        ); // TODO: define more default paths like in tauri
+    } else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+        return '/usr/bin/vlc';
+    } else if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+        return '/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/playlist.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/playlist.events.ts
index 25a4da892..91e94d920 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/playlist.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/playlist.events.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { dialog, ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import { parse } from 'iptv-playlist-parser';
 import { createPlaylistObject, getFilenameFromUrl } from 'm3u-utils';
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { AUTO_UPDATE_PLAYLISTS } from 'shared-interfaces';
 
 export default class PlaylistEvents {
     static bootstrapPlaylistEvents(): Electron.IpcMain {
@@ -94,3 +95,10 @@ ipcMain.handle('open-playlist-from-file', async () => {
         throw new Error('Failed to process the selected file.');
     }
 });
+
+ipcMain.handle(AUTO_UPDATE_PLAYLISTS, async (event, playlistUrls) => {
+    // TODO: Implement auto-update logic
+    for (const url of playlistUrls) {
+        console.log(`Auto-updating playlist from ${url}`);
+    }
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/setttings.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/setttings.events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d86e90be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/setttings.events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+import { SETTINGS_UPDATE } from 'shared-interfaces';
+
+export default class SettingsEvents {
+    static bootstrapSettingsEvents(): Electron.IpcMain {
+        return ipcMain;
+    }
+}
+
+ipcMain.handle(SETTINGS_UPDATE, (_event, arg) => {
+    /* TODO: Implement settings update logic */
+    /* this.settings = arg;
+    this.server.updateSettings(); */
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/shared.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/shared.events.ts
index 43ecd6917..faf62e1b4 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/shared.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/shared.events.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default class SharedEvents {
 }
 
 ipcMain.handle('set-user-agent', (event, userAgent, referer) => {
-    setUserAgent(userAgent, referer);
+    setUserAgent(userAgent, referer); // TODO: test if defaults needed
     return true;
 });
 
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/store.service.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/store.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62aa66079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/store.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Store from 'electron-store';
+
+export const WINDOW_BOUNDS = 'WINDOW_BOUNDS';
+export const MPV_PLAYER_PATH = 'MPV_PLAYER_PATH';
+export const VLC_PLAYER_PATH = 'VLC_PLAYER_PATH';
+
+export type StoreType = {
+    [WINDOW_BOUNDS]: Electron.Rectangle;
+    [MPV_PLAYER_PATH]: string;
+    [VLC_PLAYER_PATH]: string;
+};
+
+// Initialize renderer support
+Store.initRenderer();
+
+// Export singleton store instance
+export const store = new Store<StoreType>();