diff --git a/damus/Views/Video/DamusVideoPlayer.swift b/damus/Views/Video/DamusVideoPlayer.swift
index d168a2f7..b0b06664 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Video/DamusVideoPlayer.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Video/DamusVideoPlayer.swift
@@ -45,12 +45,9 @@ struct DamusVideoPlayer: View {
     var body: some View {
         ZStack(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
             VideoPlayer(url: url, model: model)
-                .onAppear{
+                .onAppear {
                     model.start()
                 }
-                .onDisappear {
-                    model.stop()
-                }
             
             if model.has_audio == true {
                 MuteIcon