diff --git a/src/components/Player.vue b/src/components/Player.vue
index 9d213918..3f96a26f 100644
--- a/src/components/Player.vue
+++ b/src/components/Player.vue
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export default {
                     );
                 });
                 videoEl.volume = this.getPreferenceNumber("volume", 1);
-                videoEl.playbackRate = this.getPreferenceNumber("rate", 1);
+                videoEl.playbackRate = videoEl.defaultPlaybackRate = this.getPreferenceNumber("rate", 1);
             });
         },
         destroy() {