diff --git a/src/common/interfaces/SettingsInterface.ts b/src/common/interfaces/SettingsInterface.ts
index cf5e4c4..4db1525 100644
--- a/src/common/interfaces/SettingsInterface.ts
+++ b/src/common/interfaces/SettingsInterface.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ export interface SiteSettingsInterface {
   enableKeyboard: ExtensionEnvironmentSettingsInterface;
   enableUI: ExtensionEnvironmentSettingsInterface;  // Lies! enableUI doesn't use 'theater' property (but uses the other two)
 
+  autocreated?: boolean;
   type?: 'official' | 'community' | 'user-defined' | 'testing' | 'officially-disabled' | 'unknown' | 'modified';
   defaultType: 'official' | 'community' | 'user-defined' | 'testing' | 'officially-disabled' | 'unknown' | 'modified';
 
diff --git a/src/csui/src/components/SupportLevelIndicator.vue b/src/csui/src/components/SupportLevelIndicator.vue
index 5b879f0..c9b7fb1 100644
--- a/src/csui/src/components/SupportLevelIndicator.vue
+++ b/src/csui/src/components/SupportLevelIndicator.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       is geoblocked.
     </div>
   </div>
-  <div v-if="siteSupportLevel === 'no-support'" class="site-support no-support">
+  <div v-if="siteSupportLevel === 'no-support' || siteSupportLevel === 'unknown'" class="site-support no-support">
     <mdicon name="help-circle-outline" />
     <div v-if="!small">Unknown</div>
     <div class="tooltip">
diff --git a/src/ext/lib/settings/SiteSettings.ts b/src/ext/lib/settings/SiteSettings.ts
index f596f7d..e76b1f3 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/settings/SiteSettings.ts
+++ b/src/ext/lib/settings/SiteSettings.ts
@@ -307,10 +307,18 @@ export class SiteSettings {
    * @param optionValue new value of option
    * @param reload whether we should trigger a reload in components that require it
    */
-  async set(optionPath: string, optionValue: any, options: {reload?: boolean, noSave?: boolean} = {reload: false}) {
-    // if no settings exist for this site, create an empty object
-    if (!this.settings.active.sites[this.site]) {
-      this.settings.active.sites[this.site] = _cp(this.settings.active.sites['@empty']);
+  async set(optionPath: string, optionValue: any, options: {reload?: boolean, noSave?: boolean, scripted?: boolean} = {reload: false}) {
+    // if no settings exist for this site, create an empty object.
+    // If this function is not being called in response to user actin,
+    // create fake settings object.
+    if (options.scripted && !this.settings.active.sites[this.site]) {
+      this.settings.active.sites[this.site] = _cp(this.settings.active.sites['@global']);
+      this.settings.active.sites[this.site].autocreated = true;
+      this.settings.active.sites[this.site].type = 'unknown';
+    } else {
+      if (!this.settings.active.sites[this.site] || this.settings.active.sites[this.site].autocreated) {
+        this.settings.active.sites[this.site] = _cp(this.settings.active.sites['@empty']);
+      }
     }
 
     const pathParts = optionPath.split('.');
diff --git a/src/ext/lib/video-data/PlayerData.ts b/src/ext/lib/video-data/PlayerData.ts
index 84dbc06..85d63b6 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/video-data/PlayerData.ts
+++ b/src/ext/lib/video-data/PlayerData.ts
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class PlayerData {
     } else {
       bestCandidate.heuristics['autoMatch'] = true;
       if (this.siteSettings.data.playerAutoConfig?.initialIndex !== bestCandidate.index) {
-        this.siteSettings.set('playerAutoConfig.initialIndex', bestCandidate.index, {reload: false});
+        this.siteSettings.set('playerAutoConfig.initialIndex', bestCandidate.index, {reload: false, scripted: true});
       }
     }