diff --git a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
index 26e8aaf20..c6e7da2d1 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
   public camera = "";
   private playerController: HTMLVideoElement;
   private previewController: PreviewController;
-  private isScrubbing: boolean;
   private setFocusedItem: (timeline: Timeline) => void;
   private playerMode: PlayerMode = "playback";
 
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     previewController: PreviewController,
     annotationOffset: number,
     defaultMode: PlayerMode,
-    isScrubbing: boolean,
     setFocusedItem: (timeline: Timeline) => void,
   ) {
     this.camera = camera;
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
     this.previewController = previewController;
     this.annotationOffset = annotationOffset;
     this.playerMode = defaultMode;
-    this.isScrubbing = isScrubbing;
     this.setFocusedItem = setFocusedItem;
   }
 
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
       this.previewController.setNewPreviewStartTime(time);
     }
 
-    if (scrubResult && this.playerMode != "scrubbing" && !this.isScrubbing) {
+    if (scrubResult && this.playerMode != "scrubbing") {
       this.playerMode = "scrubbing";
       this.playerController.pause();
     }
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
index 8550eafac..805aeddcc 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
       playerRef.current,
       previewController,
       (config.cameras[camera]?.detect?.annotation_offset || 0) / 1000,
-      "playback",
-      isScrubbing,
+      isScrubbing ? "scrubbing" : "playback",
       setFocusedItem,
     );
     // we only want to fire once when players are ready