diff --git a/fastanime/cli/config.py b/fastanime/cli/config.py
index 5d37ed5..f074d03 100644
--- a/fastanime/cli/config.py
+++ b/fastanime/cli/config.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class Config(object):
         "notification_duration": "120",
         "max_cache_lifetime": "03:00:00",
         "mpv_args": "",
+        "mpv_pre_args": "",
         "per_page": "15",
         "player": "mpv",
         "preferred_history": "local",
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ class Config(object):
             + max_cache_lifetime[2] * 60
         )
         self.mpv_args = self.configparser.get("general", "mpv_args")
+        self.mpv_pre_args = self.configparser.get("general", "mpv_pre_args")
         self.per_page = self.configparser.get("anilist", "per_page")
         self.player = self.configparser.get("stream", "player")
         self.preferred_history = self.configparser.get("stream", "preferred_history")
@@ -469,6 +471,10 @@ discord = {self.discord}
 # example: --vo=kitty,--fullscreen,--volume=50
 mpv_args = {self.mpv_args}
 
+# command line options passed before the mpv command
+# example: kitty
+# useful incase of wanting to run sth like: kitty mpv --vo=kitty <url>
+mpv_pre_args = {self.mpv_pre_args}
 
 [stream]
 # the quality of the stream [1080,720,480,360]
diff --git a/fastanime/cli/utils/mpv.py b/fastanime/cli/utils/mpv.py
index 0fd2014..7da4b41 100644
--- a/fastanime/cli/utils/mpv.py
+++ b/fastanime/cli/utils/mpv.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 mpv_av_time_pattern = re.compile(r"AV: ([0-9:]*) / ([0-9:]*) \(([0-9]*)%\)")
 
 
-def stream_video(MPV, url, mpv_args, custom_args):
+def stream_video(MPV, url, mpv_args, custom_args, pre_args=[]):
     last_time = "0"
     total_time = "0"
     if os.environ.get("FASTANIME_DISABLE_MPV_POPEN", "False") == "False":
         process = subprocess.Popen(
-            [
+            pre_args
+            + [
                 MPV,
                 url,
                 *mpv_args,
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def stream_video(MPV, url, mpv_args, custom_args):
             process.wait()
     else:
         proc = subprocess.run(
-            [MPV, url, *mpv_args, *custom_args],
+            pre_args + [MPV, url, *mpv_args, *custom_args],
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             encoding="utf-8",
@@ -212,5 +213,10 @@ def run_mpv(
             if user_args := os.environ.get("FASTANIME_MPV_ARGS"):
                 mpv_args.extend(user_args.split(","))
 
-            stop_time, total_time = stream_video(MPV, link, mpv_args, custom_args)
+            pre_args = []
+            if user_args := os.environ.get("FASTANIME_MPV_PRE_ARGS"):
+                pre_args = user_args.split(",")
+            stop_time, total_time = stream_video(
+                MPV, link, mpv_args, custom_args, pre_args
+            )
             return stop_time, total_time