diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fae3e6f..32fd7d05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 3.8.3
 ========================
 * Fixed Streamate
-* Fixed favorites tab for Cam4; kind of, because only the online tab works. I currently don't see
-  a way to retrieve the offline favorites
+* Fixed favorites tab for Cam4; kind of, because only the online tab works.
+  I currently don't see a way to retrieve the offline favorites
+* Fixed favorites tab for CamSoda
+* Fixed CamSoda recordings
+* Added external login dialog to Stripchat to support the captcha
 
 
 3.8.2
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatElectronLoginDialog.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatElectronLoginDialog.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7eb49cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatElectronLoginDialog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package ctbrec.ui.sites.stripchat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import ctbrec.Config;
+import ctbrec.sites.stripchat.Stripchat;
+import ctbrec.ui.ExternalBrowser;
+import okhttp3.Cookie;
+import okhttp3.Cookie.Builder;
+import okhttp3.CookieJar;
+import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
+
+public class StripchatElectronLoginDialog {
+
+    private static final transient Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StripchatElectronLoginDialog.class);
+    public static final String DOMAIN = "stripchat.com";
+    public static final String URL = Stripchat.BASE_URI;
+    private CookieJar cookieJar;
+    private ExternalBrowser browser;
+
+    public StripchatElectronLoginDialog(CookieJar cookieJar) throws IOException {
+        this.cookieJar = cookieJar;
+        browser = ExternalBrowser.getInstance();
+        try {
+            JSONObject config = new JSONObject();
+            config.put("url", URL);
+            config.put("w", 640);
+            config.put("h", 640);
+            JSONObject msg = new JSONObject();
+            msg.put("config", config);
+            browser.run(msg, msgHandler);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Couldn't wait for login dialog", e);
+        } finally {
+            browser.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Consumer<String> msgHandler = (line) -> {
+        if(!line.startsWith("{")) {
+            System.err.println(line);
+        } else {
+            JSONObject json = new JSONObject(line);
+            if(json.has("url")) {
+                String url = json.getString("url");
+
+                if(url.endsWith(DOMAIN) || url.endsWith(DOMAIN + '/')) {
+                    try {
+                        browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('button[class~=\"btn-visitors-agreement-accept\"]').click();");
+                        browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('div[class~=\"header-dropdown\"] a[class~=\"dropdown-link\"]').click();");
+                        browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('a[class~=\"btn\"][href*=\"login\"]').click();");
+                        String username = Config.getInstance().getSettings().stripchatUsername;
+                        if (username != null && !username.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                            browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('#login_login_or_email').value = '" + username + "';");
+                        }
+                        String password = Config.getInstance().getSettings().stripchatPassword;
+                        if (password != null && !password.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                            browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('#login_password').value = '" + password + "';");
+                        }
+                        browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('#recaptcha-checkbox-border').click();");
+                        browser.executeJavaScript("document.querySelector('*[class~=btn-login]').addEventListener('click', function() {window.setTimeout(function() {location.reload()}, 2000)});");
+                    } catch(Exception e) {
+                        LOG.warn("Couldn't auto fill username and password for Stripchat", e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (json.has("cookies")) {
+                    JSONArray _cookies = json.getJSONArray("cookies");
+                    boolean sessionCookieFound = false;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < _cookies.length(); i++) {
+                        JSONObject cookie = _cookies.getJSONObject(i);
+                        if (cookie.getString("domain").contains(DOMAIN)) {
+                            String domain = cookie.getString("domain");
+                            if (domain.startsWith(".")) {
+                                domain = domain.substring(1);
+                            }
+                            Cookie c = createCookie(domain, cookie);
+                            cookieJar.saveFromResponse(HttpUrl.parse(url), Collections.singletonList(c));
+                            c = createCookie(DOMAIN, cookie);
+                            cookieJar.saveFromResponse(HttpUrl.parse(Stripchat.BASE_URI), Collections.singletonList(c));
+                            if (c.name().equals("stripchat_com_sessionId")) {
+                                sessionCookieFound = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if(sessionCookieFound) {
+                        try {
+                            browser.close();
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            LOG.error("Couldn't send close request to browser", e);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    private Cookie createCookie(String domain, JSONObject cookie) {
+        Builder b = new Cookie.Builder()
+                .path(cookie.getString("path"))
+                .domain(domain)
+                .name(cookie.getString("name"))
+                .value(cookie.getString("value"))
+                .expiresAt(Double.valueOf(cookie.optDouble("expirationDate")).longValue());
+        if(cookie.optBoolean("hostOnly")) {
+            b.hostOnlyDomain(domain);
+        }
+        if(cookie.optBoolean("httpOnly")) {
+            b.httpOnly();
+        }
+        if(cookie.optBoolean("secure")) {
+            b.secure();
+        }
+        return b.build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatFollowedUpdateService.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatFollowedUpdateService.java
index 2dcc28c2..938be470 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatFollowedUpdateService.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatFollowedUpdateService.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class StripchatFollowedUpdateService extends PaginatedScheduledService {
 
             private JSONArray loadFavoriteModelIds() throws IOException {
                 SiteUiFactory.getUi(stripchat).login();
+                stripchat.getHttpClient().login();
                 long userId = ((StripchatHttpClient) stripchat.getHttpClient()).getUserId();
                 String url = stripchat.getBaseUrl() + "/api/front/users/" + userId + "/favorites";
                 Request request = new Request.Builder()
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatSiteUi.java b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatSiteUi.java
index a7462903..af898505 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatSiteUi.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/ctbrec/ui/sites/stripchat/StripchatSiteUi.java
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
 package ctbrec.ui.sites.stripchat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import ctbrec.sites.stripchat.Stripchat;
+import ctbrec.sites.stripchat.StripchatHttpClient;
+import ctbrec.ui.controls.Dialogs;
 import ctbrec.ui.sites.AbstractSiteUi;
 import ctbrec.ui.sites.ConfigUI;
 import ctbrec.ui.tabs.TabProvider;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 
 public class StripchatSiteUi extends AbstractSiteUi {
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StripchatSiteUi.class);
+
     private StripchatTabProvider tabProvider;
     private StripchatConfigUI configUi;
-    private Stripchat stripchat;
+    private Stripchat site;
 
     public StripchatSiteUi(Stripchat stripchat) {
-        this.stripchat = stripchat;
+        this.site = stripchat;
         tabProvider = new StripchatTabProvider(stripchat);
         configUi = new StripchatConfigUI(stripchat);
     }
@@ -31,7 +41,40 @@ public class StripchatSiteUi extends AbstractSiteUi {
 
     @Override
     public synchronized boolean login() throws IOException {
-        boolean automaticLogin = stripchat.login();
-        return automaticLogin;
+        boolean automaticLogin = site.login();
+        if (automaticLogin) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+
+            BlockingQueue<Boolean> queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
+
+            Runnable showDialog = () -> {
+                // login with external browser
+                try {
+                    new StripchatElectronLoginDialog(site.getHttpClient().getCookieJar());
+                } catch (Exception e1) {
+                    LOG.error("Error logging in with external browser", e1);
+                    Dialogs.showError("Login error", "Couldn't login to " + site.getName(), e1);
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    queue.put(true);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error while signaling termination", e);
+                }
+            };
+
+            Platform.runLater(showDialog);
+            try {
+                queue.take();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                LOG.error("Error while waiting for login dialog to close", e);
+                throw new IOException(e);
+            }
+
+            StripchatHttpClient httpClient = (StripchatHttpClient) site.getHttpClient();
+            boolean loggedIn = httpClient.checkLoginSuccess();
+            return loggedIn;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatHttpClient.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatHttpClient.java
index 71561a15..94beb70f 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatHttpClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatHttpClient.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static ctbrec.io.HttpConstants.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class StripchatHttpClient extends HttpClient {
         }
 
         // persisted cookies might let us log in
-        if(checkLoginSuccess()) {
+        if (checkLoginSuccess()) {
             loggedIn = true;
             LOG.debug("Logged in with cookies");
             return true;
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ public class StripchatHttpClient extends HttpClient {
                     return false;
                 }
             } else {
-                throw new HttpException(response.code(), response.message());
+                LOG.info("Auto-Login failed: {} {} {}", response.code(), response.message(), url);
+                return false;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -107,11 +109,48 @@ public class StripchatHttpClient extends HttpClient {
      *  check, if the login worked
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    public boolean checkLoginSuccess() {
-        return userId > 0;
+    public boolean checkLoginSuccess() throws IOException {
+        long userId = getUserId();
+        String url = Stripchat.BASE_URI + "/api/front/users/" + userId + "/favorites";
+        Request request = new Request.Builder()
+                .url(url)
+                .header(ACCEPT, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
+                .header(USER_AGENT, Config.getInstance().getSettings().httpUserAgent)
+                .header(ORIGIN, Stripchat.BASE_URI)
+                .header(REFERER, Stripchat.BASE_URI + "/favorites")
+                .header(CONTENT_TYPE, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
+                .build();
+        try (Response response = execute(request)) {
+            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.info("Login check returned unsuccessful: {}", e.getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
-    public long getUserId() {
+    public long getUserId() throws JSONException, IOException {
+        if (userId == 0) {
+            String url = Stripchat.BASE_URI + "/api/front/users/username/" + Config.getInstance().getSettings().stripchatUsername;
+            Request request = new Request.Builder()
+                    .url(url)
+                    .header(ACCEPT, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
+                    .header(USER_AGENT, Config.getInstance().getSettings().httpUserAgent)
+                    .header(ORIGIN, Stripchat.BASE_URI)
+                    .header(REFERER, Stripchat.BASE_URI)
+                    .header(CONTENT_TYPE, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
+                    .build();
+            try (Response response = execute(request)) {
+                if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+                    JSONObject resp = new JSONObject(response.body().string());
+                    JSONObject user = resp.getJSONObject("user");
+                    userId = user.optLong("id");
+                } else {
+                    throw new HttpException(url, response.code(), response.message());
+                }
+            }
+        }
         return userId;
     }