diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/HDRMaxBrightnessPatch.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/HDRMaxBrightnessPatch.java
index 119af5e6..ab33b750 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/HDRMaxBrightnessPatch.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/HDRMaxBrightnessPatch.java
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
 package app.revanced.integrations.patches;
 
+import android.view.WindowManager;
+
 import app.revanced.integrations.settings.SettingsEnum;
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.views.SwipeControlsHostLayout;
 
+/**
+ * Patch class for 'hdr-max-brightness' patch
+ *
+ * @usedBy app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/hdrbrightness/patch/HDRBrightnessPatch
+ * @smali app/revanced/integrations/patches/HDRMaxBrightnessPatch
+ */
 public class HDRMaxBrightnessPatch {
-
-    //Used by app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/hdrbrightness/patch/HDRBrightnessPatch
+    /**
+     * get brightness override for HDR brightness
+     *
+     * @param original brightness youtube would normally set
+     * @return brightness to set on HRD video
+     * @smali getHDRBrightness(F)F
+     */
     public static float getHDRBrightness(float original) {
-        if (!SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getBoolean()) return original;
-        //return SettingsEnum.ENABLE_SWIPE_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getBoolean() ? BrightnessHelper.getBrightness() : -1.0f;
-        return -1;
-    }
+        // do nothing if disabled
+        if (!SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_AUTO_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getBoolean()) {
+            return original;
+        }
 
+        // override with brightness set by swipe-controls
+        // only when swipe-controls is active and has overridden the brightness
+        final SwipeControlsHostLayout swipeControlsHost = SwipeControlsPatch.CURRENT_HOST.get();
+        if (swipeControlsHost != null
+                && swipeControlsHost.getScreen() != null
+                && swipeControlsHost.getConfig().getEnableBrightnessControl()
+                && !swipeControlsHost.getScreen().isDefaultBrightness()) {
+            return swipeControlsHost.getScreen().getRawScreenBrightness();
+        }
+
+        // otherwise, set the brightness to auto
+        return WindowManager.LayoutParams.BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_NONE;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/SwipeControlsPatch.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/SwipeControlsPatch.java
index 8af3d818..f543b3c5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/SwipeControlsPatch.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/SwipeControlsPatch.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package app.revanced.integrations.patches;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.views.SwipeControlsHostLayout;
 
 /**
@@ -14,6 +17,14 @@ import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.views.SwipeControlsHostLayout;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class SwipeControlsPatch {
+
+    /**
+     * the currently active swipe controls host.
+     * the reference may be null!
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public static WeakReference<SwipeControlsHostLayout> CURRENT_HOST = new WeakReference<>(null);
+
     /**
      * Hook into the main activity lifecycle
      * (using onStart here, but really anything up until onResume should be fine)
@@ -24,7 +35,8 @@ public class SwipeControlsPatch {
     public static void WatchWhileActivity_onStartHookEX(@Nullable Object thisRef) {
         if (thisRef == null) return;
         if (thisRef instanceof Activity) {
-            SwipeControlsHostLayout.attachTo((Activity) thisRef, false);
+            SwipeControlsHostLayout swipeControlsHost = SwipeControlsHostLayout.attachTo((Activity) thisRef, false);
+            CURRENT_HOST = new WeakReference<>(swipeControlsHost);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settings/SettingsEnum.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settings/SettingsEnum.java
index 6895af02..297e777c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settings/SettingsEnum.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settings/SettingsEnum.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public enum SettingsEnum {
     //Misc. Settings
     AUTOREPEAT_BUTTON_SHOWN_BOOLEAN("revanced_pref_auto_repeat_button", false),
     PREFERRED_AUTO_REPEAT_BOOLEAN("revanced_pref_auto_repeat", true),
-    USE_HDR_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN("revanced_pref_hdr_autobrightness", true),
+    USE_HDR_AUTO_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN("revanced_pref_hdr_autobrightness", true),
     TAP_SEEKING_ENABLED_BOOLEAN("revanced_enable_tap_seeking", true),
 
     //Swipe controls
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settingsmenu/ReVancedSettingsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settingsmenu/ReVancedSettingsFragment.java
index 3fab1f4f..8776c772 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settingsmenu/ReVancedSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/settingsmenu/ReVancedSettingsFragment.java
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ public class ReVancedSettingsFragment extends PreferenceFragment {
                 editTextPreference5.setSummary(editTextPreference5.getText());
                 SettingsEnum.MAX_PLAYBACK_BUFFER_AFTER_REBUFFER_INTEGER.setValue(Integer.parseInt(editTextPreference5.getText()));
             }
-        } else if (str.equals(SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getPath())) {
-            SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.setValue(((SwitchPreference) miscsPreferenceScreen.findPreference(str)).isChecked());
+        } else if (str.equals(SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_AUTO_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getPath())) {
+            SettingsEnum.USE_HDR_AUTO_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.setValue(((SwitchPreference) miscsPreferenceScreen.findPreference(str)).isChecked());
         } else if (str.equals(SettingsEnum.ENABLE_SWIPE_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.getPath())) {
             SettingsEnum.ENABLE_SWIPE_BRIGHTNESS_BOOLEAN.setValue(((SwitchPreference) xSwipeControlPreferenceScreen.findPreference(str)).isChecked());
         } else if (str.equals(SettingsEnum.ENABLE_SWIPE_VOLUME_BOOLEAN.getPath())) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/ScreenBrightnessController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/ScreenBrightnessController.kt
index 44769984..238229c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/ScreenBrightnessController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/ScreenBrightnessController.kt
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ class ScreenBrightnessController(
         rawScreenBrightness = WindowManager.LayoutParams.BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_NONE
     }
 
+    /**
+     * is the screen brightness set to device- default?
+     */
+    val isDefaultBrightness
+        get() = (rawScreenBrightness == WindowManager.LayoutParams.BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_NONE)
+
     /**
      * save the current screen brightness, to be brought back using [restore]
      */
     fun save() {
-        if(savedScreenBrightness == null) {
+        if (savedScreenBrightness == null) {
             savedScreenBrightness = rawScreenBrightness
         }
     }
@@ -55,9 +61,9 @@ class ScreenBrightnessController(
     /**
      * wrapper for the raw screen brightness in [WindowManager.LayoutParams.screenBrightness]
      */
-    private var rawScreenBrightness: Float
+    var rawScreenBrightness: Float
         get() = host.window.attributes.screenBrightness
-        set(value) {
+        private set(value) {
             val attr = host.window.attributes
             attr.screenBrightness = value
             host.window.attributes = attr
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index e1c16377..82cb866c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
     <string name="revanced_default_codec_title">Default codec</string>
     <string name="revanced_discord_summary">Tap to join ReVanced on Discord</string>
     <string name="revanced_discord_title">Discord server</string>
-    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_summary_off">Video brightness will follow your device\'s brightness on HDR landscape videos</string>
-    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_summary_on">Video brightness is set to max on HDR landscape videos</string>
-    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_title">HDR max brightness</string>
+    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_summary_on">Video brightness will follow your device\'s brightness on HDR landscape videos</string>
+    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_summary_off">Video brightness is set to max on HDR landscape videos</string>
+    <string name="revanced_hdr_full_brightness_title">Override HDR Video Brightness</string>
     <string name="revanced_info_cards_summary_off">Info cards are hidden</string>
     <string name="revanced_info_cards_summary_on">Info cards are shown</string>
     <string name="revanced_info_cards_title">Info cards</string>