diff --git a/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/app/index.ts b/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/app/index.ts
index 7a5f20773..87f5a2888 100644
--- a/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/app/index.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 
 import { boot } from '@shared/extension/app';
 import { bo } from '@shared/extension/utils/browser.utils';
-import { youtubeDomainRegExp } from '@yttrex/shared/parsers/selectors';
 import { getParser } from '@yttrex/shared/parsers/parser/html';
+import { youtubeDomainRegExp } from '@yttrex/shared/parsers/selectors';
+import * as E from 'fp-ts/lib/Either';
 import * as hubHandlers from '../handlers/events';
 import ytHub from '../handlers/hub';
+import { ContributionEvent, NEW_VIDEO_EVENT } from '../models/HubEvent';
 import { onLocationChange, watchedPaths, ytLogger, ytTrexActions } from './app';
 
 bo.runtime.sendMessage({ type: 'chromeConfig' }, (config) => {
@@ -38,7 +40,37 @@ bo.runtime.sendMessage({ type: 'chromeConfig' }, (config) => {
       },
       onAuthenticated: ytTrexActions,
       ui: {
-        getParser,
+        metadataLogger: {
+          getParser: (db) => {
+            return getParser(
+              db,
+              { contribution: 'contributions', metadata: 'metadata' },
+              (contribution) => ({
+                ...contribution,
+                jsdom: new DOMParser().parseFromString(
+                  contribution.html.html,
+                  'text/html'
+                ),
+              })
+            );
+          },
+          mapEvent: (e: any) => {
+            if (e.type === NEW_VIDEO_EVENT.value) {
+              return {
+                ...e,
+              };
+            }
+            return e;
+          },
+          decode: (e: any) => {
+            // return E.right(null) for events that don't need parsing
+            if (['APIEvent', 'SyncResponse', 'WindowUnload'].includes(e.type)) {
+              return E.right(null);
+            }
+
+            return ContributionEvent.decode(e);
+          },
+        },
       },
     });
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/models/HubEvent.ts b/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/models/HubEvent.ts
index c9d0d4d1d..a53785166 100644
--- a/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/models/HubEvent.ts
+++ b/platforms/yttrex/extension/src/models/HubEvent.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,68 @@
-import { HubEvent, HubEventBase } from '@shared/extension/models/HubEvent';
+import { HubEvent } from '@shared/extension/models/HubEvent';
+import * as t from 'io-ts';
 
-export interface NewVideoEvent extends HubEventBase {
-  type: 'NewVideo';
-  payload: {
-    type: number | undefined;
-    element: string;
-    size: number;
-    href: string;
-    randomUUID: string;
-  };
-}
+export const NEW_VIDEO_EVENT = t.literal('NewVideo');
+export type NEW_VIDEO_EVENT = t.TypeOf<typeof NEW_VIDEO_EVENT>;
+export const NewVideoEvent = t.type(
+  {
+    type: NEW_VIDEO_EVENT,
+    payload: t.type(
+      {
+        type: t.string,
+        element: t.string,
+        size: t.number,
+        href: t.string,
+        html: t.string,
+        randomUUID: t.string,
+        feedCounter: t.number,
+        videoCounter: t.number,
+        rect: t.type(
+          {
+            height: t.number,
+            width: t.number,
+            x: t.number,
+            y: t.number,
+            bottom: t.union([t.number, t.undefined]),
+            left: t.union([t.number, t.undefined]),
+            right: t.union([t.number, t.undefined]),
+            top: t.union([t.number, t.undefined]),
+          },
+          'DOMRect'
+        ),
+      },
+      'NewVideoPayload'
+    ),
+  },
+  'NewVideoEvent'
+);
+export type NewVideoEvent = t.TypeOf<typeof NewVideoEvent>;
 
-export interface NewLeafEvent extends HubEventBase {
-  type: 'leaf';
-  payload: {};
-}
+export const LEAF_EVENT = t.literal('leaf');
+export type LEAF_EVENT = t.TypeOf<typeof LEAF_EVENT>;
+export const NewLeafEvent = t.type(
+  {
+    type: LEAF_EVENT,
+    payload: t.type(
+      {
+        type: t.string,
+        element: t.string,
+        size: t.number,
+        href: t.string,
+        html: t.string,
+        randomUUID: t.string,
+        feedCounter: t.number,
+        videoCounter: t.number,
+      },
+      'NewVideoPayload'
+    ),
+  },
+  'NewLeafEvent'
+);
+export type NewLeafEvent = t.TypeOf<typeof NewLeafEvent>;
+
+export const ContributionEvent = t.union(
+  [NewVideoEvent, NewLeafEvent],
+  'ContributionEvent'
+);
 
 export type YTHubEvent = HubEvent | NewVideoEvent | NewLeafEvent;