diff --git a/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift b/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
index 17e1e721..1b0267dc 100644
--- a/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/PlayerQueue.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ extension PlayerModel {
         savedTime = currentItem.playbackTime
 
         loadAvailableStreams(currentVideo!) { streams in
-            guard let stream = streams.first else {
+            guard let stream = self.preferredStream(streams) else {
                 return
             }
 
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ extension PlayerModel {
         }
     }
 
+    private func preferredStream(_ streams: [Stream]) -> Stream? {
+        if let id = Defaults[.playerInstanceID] {
+            return streams.first { $0.instance.id == id }
+        } else {
+            return streams.first
+        }
+    }
+
     func advanceToNextItem() {
         addCurrentItemToHistory()
 
diff --git a/Shared/Defaults.swift b/Shared/Defaults.swift
index 72c4e175..a18e7ca2 100644
--- a/Shared/Defaults.swift
+++ b/Shared/Defaults.swift
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extension Defaults.Keys {
 
     static let quality = Key<Stream.ResolutionSetting>("quality", default: .hd720pFirstThenBest)
     static let playerSidebar = Key<PlayerSidebarSetting>("playerSidebar", default: PlayerSidebarSetting.defaultValue)
+    static let playerInstanceID = Key<Instance.ID?>("playerInstance")
     static let showKeywords = Key<Bool>("showKeywords", default: false)
 
     static let recentlyOpened = Key<[RecentItem]>("recentlyOpened", default: [])
diff --git a/Shared/Settings/PlaybackSettings.swift b/Shared/Settings/PlaybackSettings.swift
index ff241925..3fd74714 100644
--- a/Shared/Settings/PlaybackSettings.swift
+++ b/Shared/Settings/PlaybackSettings.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import Defaults
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct PlaybackSettings: View {
+    @Default(.instances) private var instances
+    @Default(.playerInstanceID) private var playerInstanceID
     @Default(.quality) private var quality
     @Default(.playerSidebar) private var playerSidebar
     @Default(.showKeywords) private var showKeywords
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ struct PlaybackSettings: View {
     #endif
 
     var body: some View {
+        playerInstanceSection
+
         qualitySection
 
         #if !os(tvOS)
@@ -24,6 +28,24 @@ struct PlaybackSettings: View {
         #endif
     }
 
+    private var playerInstanceSection: some View {
+        Section(header: Text("Preferred playback source")) {
+            Picker("Source", selection: $playerInstanceID) {
+                Text("Best available stream").tag(String?.none)
+
+                ForEach(instances) { instance in
+                    Text(instance.longDescription).tag(Optional(instance.id))
+                }
+            }
+            .labelsHidden()
+            #if os(iOS)
+                .pickerStyle(.automatic)
+            #elseif os(tvOS)
+                .pickerStyle(.inline)
+            #endif
+        }
+    }
+
     private var qualitySection: some View {
         Section(header: Text("Quality")) {
             Picker("Quality", selection: $quality) {