diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
index 02928d24..040485cb 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVBackend.swift
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
                         startPlaying()
                     }
 
-                    self.client.loadFile(url, sub: captions?.url, time: time) { [weak self] _ in
+                    self.client.loadFile(url, sub: captions?.url, time: time, forceSeekable: stream.kind == .hls) { [weak self] _ in
                         self?.isLoadingVideo = true
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
                     let fileToLoad = self.model.musicMode ? stream.audioAsset.url : stream.videoAsset.url
                     let audioTrack = self.model.musicMode ? nil : stream.audioAsset.url
 
-                    self.client?.loadFile(fileToLoad, audio: audioTrack, sub: captions?.url, time: time) { [weak self] _ in
+                    self.client?.loadFile(fileToLoad, audio: audioTrack, sub: captions?.url, time: time, forceSeekable: stream.kind == .hls) { [weak self] _ in
                         self?.isLoadingVideo = true
                         self?.pause()
                     }
diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
index 1c75fd98..b26d7a6f 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
@@ -123,7 +123,14 @@ final class MPVClient: ObservableObject {
         }
     }
 
-    func loadFile(_ url: URL, audio: URL? = nil, sub: URL? = nil, time: CMTime? = nil, completionHandler: ((Int32) -> Void)? = nil) {
+    func loadFile(
+        _ url: URL,
+        audio: URL? = nil,
+        sub: URL? = nil,
+        time: CMTime? = nil,
+        forceSeekable: Bool = false,
+        completionHandler: ((Int32) -> Void)? = nil
+    ) {
         var args = [url.absoluteString]
         var options = [String]()
 
@@ -140,7 +147,9 @@ final class MPVClient: ObservableObject {
             options.append("sub-files-append=\"\(subURL)\"")
         }
 
-        options.append("force-seekable=yes")
+        if forceSeekable {
+            options.append("force-seekable=yes")
+        }
 
         if !options.isEmpty {
             args.append(options.joined(separator: ","))