diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8c586d1..10fb2a9 100755
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DATABASE_URL=postgres://goyomi:goyomi@postgres:5432/goyomi?sslmode=disable
 FLARESOLVERR_URL=http://flaresolverr:8191
 FLARESOLVERR_LOG_LEVEL=info
 FLARESOLVERR_PROXY=0
+FLARESOLVERR_SESSION=goyomi
 ADDR=:3300
 
 # Connection pool
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index a695210..cef7fee 100755
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ services:
       - go_build_cache:/root/.cache/go-build
     ports:
       - "${ADDR:-8080}:8080"
+    environment:
+      FLARESOLVERR_SESSION: ${FLARESOLVERR_SESSION:-goyomi}
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       LOG_LEVEL: ${FLARESOLVERR_LOG_LEVEL}
+    ports:
+      - "8191:8191"
     networks:
       - goyomi_dev
 
diff --git a/internal/httpclient/client.go b/internal/httpclient/client.go
index 12ff4d0..2b119f0 100755
--- a/internal/httpclient/client.go
+++ b/internal/httpclient/client.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package httpclient
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/cookiejar"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -15,17 +18,58 @@ import (
 
 const defaultUserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36"
 
-var verboseLog bool
+var (
+	verboseLog   bool
+	defaultOnce  sync.Once
+	defaultClient *Client
+)
 
-func SetVerboseLog(enabled bool) {
-	verboseLog = enabled
+func SetVerboseLog(enabled bool) { verboseLog = enabled }
+
+// DefaultClient returns the shared singleton HTTP client.
+// FlareSolverr is auto-configured if the FLARESOLVERR_URL env var is set.
+// All sources share the same rate limiter (+ cookie jar) through this client.
+func DefaultClient() *Client {
+	defaultOnce.Do(func() {
+		defaultClient = newClient()
+	})
+	return defaultClient
+}
+
+// NewClient creates a standalone client with optional per-source overrides.
+// Only create a new client when the source needs different behaviour
+// (e.g. a custom rate limit); otherwise use DefaultClient.
+func NewClient(opts ...Option) *Client {
+	c := newClient()
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(c)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func newClient() *Client {
+	jar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
+	c := &Client{
+		http:       &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second, Jar: jar},
+		rateLimit:  1,
+		burst:      1,
+		userAgent:  defaultUserAgent,
+		limiters:   map[string]*rate.Limiter{},
+		verboseLog: verboseLog,
+	}
+	fsClient, err := NewFlareSolverrClient()
+	if err == nil {
+		c.fsClient = fsClient
+	}
+	return c
 }
 
 type Client struct {
 	http       *http.Client
+	fsClient   *FlareSolverrClient
 	rateLimit  float64
 	burst      int
-	referer    string
+	userAgent  string
 	verboseLog bool
 
 	mu       sync.Mutex
@@ -45,29 +89,14 @@ func WithTimeout(d time.Duration) Option {
 	return func(c *Client) { c.http.Timeout = d }
 }
 
-func WithReferer(referer string) Option {
-	return func(c *Client) { c.referer = referer }
+func WithUserAgent(ua string) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) { c.userAgent = ua }
 }
 
 func WithVerboseLog(enabled bool) Option {
 	return func(c *Client) { c.verboseLog = enabled }
 }
 
-func NewClient(opts ...Option) *Client {
-	jar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
-	c := &Client{
-		http:       &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second, Jar: jar},
-		rateLimit:  1,
-		burst:      1,
-		limiters:   map[string]*rate.Limiter{},
-		verboseLog: verboseLog,
-	}
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(c)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
 func (c *Client) limiter(host string) *rate.Limiter {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
@@ -79,23 +108,55 @@ func (c *Client) limiter(host string) *rate.Limiter {
 	return l
 }
 
+// Do tries a direct HTTP request first. If the server returns 403/503 (a
+// Cloudflare or DDoS challenge) and FlareSolverr is available, it falls back
+// to FlareSolverr raw mode to solve the challenge and return the actual body.
+//
+// When FlareSolverr is used, the Chrome HTML wrapper is stripped from the
+// response so that both JSON and HTML callers receive the real server output.
 func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	if err := c.limiter(req.URL.Host).Wait(req.Context()); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if req.Header.Get("User-Agent") == "" {
+		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", c.userAgent)
+	}
+
+	// Always route through FlareSolverr when configured. Go's TLS fingerprint
+	// doesn't match Chrome's, so Cloudflare clearance cookies from FS are
+	// rejected by Go's net/http — meaning every direct request gets challenged
+	// again. FS Chrome caches the clearance internally, so subsequent calls
+	// for the same domain are near-instant.
+	//
+	// When FS is not configured, fall back to direct HTTP.
+	if c.fsClient != nil {
+		return c.doFS(req, 0)
+	}
+
+	// --- direct-first path (commented out — see TLS fingerprint issue above) ---
+	// resp, err := c.doDirect(req)
+	// var directStatus int
+	// if err == nil {
+	// 	directStatus = resp.StatusCode
+	// 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusForbidden && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+	// 		return resp, nil
+	// 	}
+	// 	resp.Body.Close()
+	// }
+	// if c.fsClient == nil {
+	// 	if err != nil {
+	// 		return nil, err
+	// 	}
+	// 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d (challenge detected but FlareSolverr not configured)", resp.StatusCode)
+	// }
+	// return c.doFS(req, directStatus)
+
 	return c.doDirect(req)
 }
 
 func (c *Client) doDirect(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	if err := c.limiter(req.URL.Host).Wait(req.Context()); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if c.referer != "" && req.Header.Get("Referer") == "" {
-		req.Header.Set("Referer", c.referer)
-	}
-	if req.Header.Get("User-Agent") == "" {
-		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", defaultUserAgent)
-	}
-
 	if c.verboseLog {
-		log.Printf("[httpclient] DIRECT GET %s", req.URL.String())
+		log.Printf("[httpclient] DIRECT %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.String())
 	}
 
 	const maxRetries = 3
@@ -124,6 +185,156 @@ func (c *Client) doDirect(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
+func (c *Client) doFS(req *http.Request, directStatus int) (*http.Response, error) {
+	if c.verboseLog {
+		log.Printf("[httpclient] FS FALLBACK %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.String())
+	}
+
+	rawURL := req.URL.String()
+	rawBody, statusCode, fsHeaders, cookies, fsRespURL, err := c.fsClient.GetRaw(req.Context(), rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Use the actual response URL from FlareSolverr (follows redirects
+	// through Chrome) so cookies are associated with the right domain.
+	respURL := rawURL
+	if fsRespURL != "" {
+		respURL = fsRespURL
+	}
+
+	// Feed FlareSolverr cookies into the shared jar so subsequent direct
+	// requests to the same host skip the challenge.
+	if len(cookies) > 0 {
+		if u, uErr := url.Parse(respURL); uErr == nil {
+			c.http.Jar.SetCookies(u, cookies)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// When FlareSolverr returns status 200, Chrome rendered the page.
+	// Check if the body actually contains Cloudflare challenge indicators
+	// rather than relying on structural heuristics (<pre> wrapper).
+	if statusCode == 200 {
+		if isCloudflareChallenge([]byte(rawBody)) {
+			statusCode = directStatus
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Build response headers from the actual FS response headers,
+	// falling back to the request headers for keys not present in the
+	// FS response (e.g. Content-Type on an empty GET body).
+	hdr := make(http.Header)
+	if len(fsHeaders) > 0 {
+		for k, v := range fsHeaders {
+			switch val := v.(type) {
+			case string:
+				hdr.Set(k, val)
+			case []any:
+				for _, sv := range val {
+					hdr.Add(k, fmt.Sprint(sv))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Ensure Set-Cookie headers from FS cookies are present even if FS
+	// omitted them from the headers map.
+	if len(cookies) > 0 {
+		for _, ck := range cookies {
+			hdr.Add("Set-Cookie", ck.String())
+		}
+	}
+	// Copy any request headers not present in the FS response (e.g. Host).
+	for k, v := range req.Header {
+		if hdr.Get(k) == "" {
+			hdr[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	body := stripFSWrapper([]byte(rawBody))
+
+	return &http.Response{
+		StatusCode: statusCode,
+		Header:     hdr,
+		Body:       io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)),
+		Request:    req,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// HTTPClient returns the underlying *http.Client (for passing to graphql etc.).
+func (c *Client) HTTPClient() *http.Client { return c.http }
+
+// Cookie returns the value of a named cookie stored in the jar for the given
+// host (e.g. "mangahub.io"). Returns empty string when the cookie is not found.
+func (c *Client) Cookie(name, host string) string {
+	u := &url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: host}
+	for _, ck := range c.http.Jar.Cookies(u) {
+		if ck.Name == name {
+			return ck.Value
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Get is a convenience wrapper around Do. To add custom headers, build the
+// request manually and call Do.
+func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, urlStr string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, urlStr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c.Do(req)
+}
+
+// Post is a convenience wrapper around Do.
+func (c *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, urlStr string, bodyType string, body io.Reader) (*http.Response, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, urlStr, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", bodyType)
+	return c.Do(req)
+}
+
+// isCloudflareChallenge detects whether the response body is a Cloudflare
+// challenge page (i.e. FS failed to solve it and Chrome rendered the challenge).
+func isCloudflareChallenge(body []byte) bool {
+	indicators := []string{
+		"Just a moment...",
+		"cf_chl_opt",
+		"challenges.cloudflare.com",
+		"/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform",
+		"Enable JavaScript and cookies",
+	}
+	for _, ind := range indicators {
+		if bytes.Contains(body, []byte(ind)) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// stripFSWrapper removes FlareSolverr's Chrome HTML wrapper.
+// FlareSolverr wraps all responses in:
+//
+//	<html><head>...<meta charset...>...</head><body><pre>actual_body</pre></body></html>
+//
+// If a <pre> tag is found inside the wrapper, its content is returned.
+// Otherwise the body is returned unchanged (HTML pages rendered by Chrome).
+func stripFSWrapper(body []byte) []byte {
+	if !bytes.HasPrefix(bytes.TrimSpace(body), []byte("<html")) {
+		return body
+	}
+	preStart := bytes.Index(body, []byte("<pre>"))
+	if preStart < 0 {
+		return body
+	}
+	preEnd := bytes.LastIndex(body, []byte("</pre>"))
+	if preEnd <= preStart {
+		return body
+	}
+	return body[preStart+5 : preEnd]
+}
+
 func retryAfter(resp *http.Response) time.Duration {
 	ra := resp.Header.Get("Retry-After")
 	if ra == "" {
@@ -140,29 +351,3 @@ func retryAfter(resp *http.Response) time.Duration {
 	}
 	return 5 * time.Second
 }
-
-func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, url string, headers map[string]string) (*http.Response, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	for k, v := range headers {
-		req.Header.Set(k, v)
-	}
-	return c.Do(req)
-}
-
-func (c *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, url string, body io.Reader, contentType string, headers map[string]string) (*http.Response, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
-	for k, v := range headers {
-		req.Header.Set(k, v)
-	}
-	return c.Do(req)
-}
-
-// HTTPClient returns the underlying *http.Client (for passing to graphql helper etc.)
-func (c *Client) HTTPClient() *http.Client { return c.http }
diff --git a/internal/httpclient/flare/flare.go b/internal/httpclient/flare/flare.go
index fc4196b..3f9b819 100644
--- a/internal/httpclient/flare/flare.go
+++ b/internal/httpclient/flare/flare.go
@@ -1,184 +1,31 @@
+// Package flare provides backward-compatible HTTP client helpers.
+//
+// All client logic now lives in the parent httpclient package.
+// This package re-exports httpclient.Client for sources that already import
+// "goyomi/internal/httpclient/flare" and is kept to avoid breaking existing code.
 package flare
 
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/cookiejar"
-	"net/url"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
+import "goyomi/internal/httpclient"
 
-	"goyomi/internal/httpclient"
-	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
-)
+// Client is an alias for httpclient.Client.
+//
+// Sources that need the shared singleton should call httpclient.DefaultClient().
+// Sources that need custom configuration (e.g., different rate limit) should
+// call httpclient.NewClient() directly.
+type Client = httpclient.Client
 
-const defaultUserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36"
-
-type Client struct {
-	fsClient   *httpclient.FlareSolverrClient
-	rateLimit  float64
-	burst      int
-	referer    string
-
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	limiters map[string]*rate.Limiter
+// NewClient creates a new httpclient.Client.
+//
+// Deprecated: prefer httpclient.DefaultClient() for the shared singleton or
+// httpclient.NewClient(...) for sources with custom configuration.
+func NewClient(opts ...httpclient.Option) *Client {
+	return httpclient.NewClient(opts...)
 }
 
-type Response struct {
-	*http.Response
-	Body io.ReadCloser
-}
-
-func (r *Response) Close() error {
-	return r.Body.Close()
-}
-
-type Option func(*Client)
+// Option aliases httpclient.Option.
+type Option = httpclient.Option
 
+// WithRateLimit aliases httpclient.WithRateLimit.
 func WithRateLimit(rps float64, burst int) Option {
-	return func(c *Client) {
-		c.rateLimit = rps
-		c.burst = burst
-	}
+	return httpclient.WithRateLimit(rps, burst)
 }
-
-func WithReferer(referer string) Option {
-	return func(c *Client) { c.referer = referer }
-}
-
-func WithTimeout(d time.Duration) Option {
-	return func(c *Client) {}
-}
-
-func NewClient(opts ...Option) *Client {
-	c := &Client{
-		limiters: make(map[string]*rate.Limiter),
-	}
-	for _, opt := range opts {
-		opt(c)
-	}
-	if c.rateLimit == 0 {
-		c.rateLimit = 1
-	}
-	if c.burst == 0 {
-		c.burst = 1
-	}
-	fsClient, err := httpclient.NewFlareSolverrClient()
-	if err == nil {
-		c.fsClient = fsClient
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
-func (c *Client) SetFlareSolverrClient(fs *httpclient.FlareSolverrClient) {
-	c.fsClient = fs
-}
-
-func (c *Client) doRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, rawURL string, body string) (*Response, error) {
-	if c.fsClient == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("FlareSolverr client not configured")
-	}
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	limiter, ok := c.limiters[rawURL]
-	if !ok {
-		limiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(c.rateLimit), c.burst)
-		c.limiters[rawURL] = limiter
-	}
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-	if err := limiter.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var html string
-	var cookies []*http.Cookie
-	var err error
-
-	if method == http.MethodGet {
-		html, cookies, err = c.fsClient.Get(ctx, rawURL)
-	} else {
-		html, cookies, err = c.fsClient.Post(ctx, rawURL, body)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	jar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
-	if len(cookies) > 0 {
-		httpURL, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, rawURL, nil)
-		jar.SetCookies(httpURL.URL, cookies)
-	}
-
-	fakeResp := &http.Response{
-		StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
-		Header:     http.Header{},
-		Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(html)),
-		Request:    &http.Request{URL: &url.URL{Path: rawURL}},
-	}
-	return &Response{Response: fakeResp, Body: fakeResp.Body}, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, rawURL string) (*Response, error) {
-	return c.doRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, rawURL, "")
-}
-
-func (c *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, bodyType string, body io.Reader) (*Response, error) {
-	bodyStr, _ := io.ReadAll(body)
-	return c.doRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, rawURL, string(bodyStr))
-}
-
-func (c *Client) GetHTML(ctx context.Context, url string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	resp, err := c.Get(ctx, url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		resp.Body.Close()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d for %s", resp.StatusCode, url)
-	}
-	return resp.Body, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Client) PostHTML(ctx context.Context, url string, body string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	resp, err := c.Post(ctx, url, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", strings.NewReader(body))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		resp.Body.Close()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d for %s", resp.StatusCode, url)
-	}
-	return resp.Body, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Client) GetBytes(ctx context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error) {
-	resp, err := c.Get(ctx, url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d for %s", resp.StatusCode, url)
-	}
-	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-}
-
-func (c *Client) SetProxy(proxyURL string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	url := req.URL.String()
-	var body string
-	if req.Body != nil {
-		b, _ := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
-		body = string(b)
-	}
-	resp, err := c.doRequest(req.Context(), req.Method, url, body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return resp.Response, nil
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/httpclient/flaresolverr.go b/internal/httpclient/flaresolverr.go
index bbc286b..29a222e 100755
--- a/internal/httpclient/flaresolverr.go
+++ b/internal/httpclient/flaresolverr.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type FlareSolverrClient struct {
-	endpoint string
-	client   *http.Client
+	endpoint  string
+	client    *http.Client
+	sessionID string
 }
 
 func NewFlareSolverrClient() (*FlareSolverrClient, error) {
@@ -19,9 +20,14 @@ func NewFlareSolverrClient() (*FlareSolverrClient, error) {
 	if ep == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("FLARESOLVERR_URL not set")
 	}
+	sessionID := os.Getenv("FLARESOLVERR_SESSION")
+	if sessionID == "" {
+		sessionID = "goyomi"
+	}
 	return &FlareSolverrClient{
-		endpoint: ep,
-		client:   &http.Client{},
+		endpoint:  ep,
+		client:    &http.Client{},
+		sessionID: sessionID,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +64,66 @@ func (f *FlareSolverrClient) Get(ctx context.Context, url string) (html string,
 	return f.request(ctx, "request.get", url, "", nil)
 }
 
+// GetRaw fetches a Cloudflare-protected URL via FlareSolverr with raw mode.
+// Returns the raw response body, actual HTTP status code, response headers, cookies,
+// and the final response URL (after redirects). Unlike Get, this does NOT render the
+// page through Chrome — it returns the raw server response, making it suitable for
+// JSON API endpoints behind Cloudflare.
+func (f *FlareSolverrClient) GetRaw(ctx context.Context, url string) (body string, statusCode int, respHeaders map[string]any, cookies []*http.Cookie, respURL string, err error) {
+	type fsRequest struct {
+		Cmd        string            `json:"cmd"`
+		URL        string            `json:"url"`
+		PostData   string            `json:"postData,omitempty"`
+		Headers    map[string]string `json:"headers,omitempty"`
+		MaxTimeout int               `json:"maxTimeout"`
+		Raw        bool              `json:"raw,omitempty"`
+		Session    string            `json:"session,omitempty"`
+	}
+
+	reqData := fsRequest{
+		Cmd:        "request.get",
+		URL:        url,
+		MaxTimeout: 60000,
+		Raw:        true,
+		Session:    f.sessionID,
+	}
+
+	payload, _ := json.Marshal(reqData)
+
+	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, f.endpoint+"/v1", bytes.NewReader(payload))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, nil, nil, "", err
+	}
+	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	resp, err := f.client.Do(httpReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, nil, nil, "", err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	var fsResp FlareSolverrResponse
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&fsResp); err != nil {
+		return "", 0, nil, nil, "", err
+	}
+	if fsResp.Status != "ok" {
+		return "", 0, nil, nil, "", fmt.Errorf("flaresolverr: status %q", fsResp.Status)
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range fsResp.Solution.Cookies {
+		cookies = append(cookies, &http.Cookie{
+			Name:     c.Name,
+			Value:    c.Value,
+			Domain:   c.Domain,
+			Path:     c.Path,
+			HttpOnly: c.HTTPOnly,
+			Secure:   c.Secure,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return fsResp.Solution.Response, fsResp.Solution.Status, fsResp.Solution.Headers, cookies, fsResp.Solution.URL, nil
+}
+
 func (f *FlareSolverrClient) Post(ctx context.Context, url string, body string) (html string, cookies []*http.Cookie, err error) {
 	return f.request(ctx, "request.post", url, body, map[string]string{"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"})
 }
@@ -69,12 +135,14 @@ func (f *FlareSolverrClient) request(ctx context.Context, cmd, url, body string,
 		PostData   string            `json:"postData,omitempty"`
 		Headers    map[string]string `json:"headers,omitempty"`
 		MaxTimeout int               `json:"maxTimeout"`
+		Session    string            `json:"session,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	req := fsRequest{
 		Cmd:        cmd,
 		URL:        url,
 		MaxTimeout: 60000,
+		Session:    f.sessionID,
 	}
 	if body != "" {
 		req.PostData = body
diff --git a/internal/sourcetest/sourcetest.go b/internal/sourcetest/sourcetest.go
index 23e2887..93c577c 100644
--- a/internal/sourcetest/sourcetest.go
+++ b/internal/sourcetest/sourcetest.go
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, s source.CatalogueSource, wantName, wantLang string) {
 		if len(page.Mangas) == 0 {
 			t.Fatal("GetPopularManga returned 0 results")
 		}
+		if testing.Verbose() {
+			t.Logf("--- GetPopularManga (%d results) ---", len(page.Mangas))
+			for i, m := range page.Mangas {
+				t.Logf("  [%d] %-60s %s", i, m.Title, m.URL)
+			}
+		}
 		for i, m := range page.Mangas {
 			if m.Title == "" {
 				t.Errorf("manga[%d].Title is empty", i)
@@ -61,6 +67,12 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, s source.CatalogueSource, wantName, wantLang string) {
 		if len(page.Mangas) == 0 {
 			t.Fatal("GetLatestUpdates returned 0 results")
 		}
+		if testing.Verbose() {
+			t.Logf("--- GetLatestUpdates (%d results) ---", len(page.Mangas))
+			for i, m := range page.Mangas {
+				t.Logf("  [%d] %-60s %s", i, m.Title, m.URL)
+			}
+		}
 		for i, m := range page.Mangas {
 			if m.Title == "" {
 				t.Errorf("manga[%d].Title is empty", i)
diff --git a/scripts/test-sources.sh b/scripts/test-sources.sh
index d158d64..d4deb85 100755
--- a/scripts/test-sources.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-sources.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 # test-sources.sh — run source integration tests inside the compose network.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh                  # run all source packages
-#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh ./sources/en/... # run specific packages
-#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh -short           # metadata-only, no network calls
+#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh                        # run all source packages
+#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh ./sources/en/...       # run specific packages
+#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh -short                 # metadata-only, no network calls
+#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh -v                     # verbose (print manga lists)
+#   ./scripts/test-sources.sh -v ./sources/en/aquamanga/...  # verbose for one source
 #
 # Environment:
 #   PARALLELISM   number of packages to test in parallel (default: 4)
@@ -229,12 +231,18 @@ ok "Network $NETWORK exists"
 # --- resolve packages to test ------------------------------------------------
 
 SHORT_FLAG=""
+VERBOSE_FLAG=""
+FLAGS=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -short) SHORT_FLAG="-short"; FLAGS="$FLAGS -short"; shift ;;
+    -v)     VERBOSE_FLAG="-v";   FLAGS="$FLAGS -v";     shift ;;
+    *)      break ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   PACKAGES="./sources/en/... ./sources/all/..."
-elif [ "$1" = "-short" ]; then
-  PACKAGES="./sources/en/... ./sources/all/..."
-  SHORT_FLAG="-short"
-  shift
 else
   PACKAGES="$*"
 fi
@@ -243,6 +251,7 @@ info "Packages : $PACKAGES"
 info "Parallel : $PARALLELISM"
 info "Timeout  : $PKG_TIMEOUT"
 [ -n "$SHORT_FLAG" ] && info "Mode     : short (metadata only)" || info "Mode     : full (live network)"
+[ -n "$VERBOSE_FLAG" ] && info "Verbose  : on"
 
 # --- run tests ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -258,7 +267,7 @@ docker run --rm \
   -v goyomi_go_build_cache:/root/.cache/go-build \
   -w /workspace \
   "$GO_IMAGE" \
-  go test -json -count=1 -p "$PARALLELISM" -timeout "$PKG_TIMEOUT" $SHORT_FLAG $PACKAGES \
+  go test -json -count=1 -p "$PARALLELISM" -timeout "$PKG_TIMEOUT" $FLAGS $PACKAGES \
   | python3 -u "$PRINTER_PY" "$JSON_LOG"
 EXIT_CODE=$?
 set -e