diff --git a/web/src/components/card/HistoryCard.tsx b/web/src/components/card/HistoryCard.tsx
index cc875b654..4c2b9ca9b 100644
--- a/web/src/components/card/HistoryCard.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/card/HistoryCard.tsx
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import {
   getTimelineIcon,
   getTimelineItemDescription,
 } from "@/utils/timelineUtil";
+import { Button } from "../ui/button";
 
 type HistoryCardProps = {
   timeline: Card;
   relevantPreview?: Preview;
-  shouldAutoPlay: boolean;
+  isMobile: boolean;
   onClick?: () => void;
   onDelete?: () => void;
 };
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ type HistoryCardProps = {
 export default function HistoryCard({
   relevantPreview,
   timeline,
-  shouldAutoPlay,
+  isMobile,
   onClick,
   onDelete,
 }: HistoryCardProps) {
@@ -42,11 +43,12 @@ export default function HistoryCard({
         relevantPreview={relevantPreview}
         startTs={Object.values(timeline.entries)[0].timestamp}
         eventId={Object.values(timeline.entries)[0].source_id}
-        shouldAutoPlay={shouldAutoPlay}
+        isMobile={isMobile}
+        onClick={onClick}
       />
-      <div className="p-2">
+      <>
         <div className="text-sm flex justify-between items-center">
-          <div>
+          <div className="pl-1 pt-1">
             <LuClock className="h-5 w-5 mr-2 inline" />
             {formatUnixTimestampToDateTime(timeline.time, {
               strftime_fmt:
@@ -55,35 +57,38 @@ export default function HistoryCard({
               date_style: "medium",
             })}
           </div>
-          <LuTrash
-            className="w-5 h-5 m-1 cursor-pointer"
-            stroke="#f87171"
-            onClick={(e: Event) => {
-              e.stopPropagation();
+          <Button className="px-2 py-2" variant="ghost" size="xs">
+            <LuTrash
+              className="w-5 h-5 stroke-red-500"
+              onClick={(e: Event) => {
+                e.stopPropagation();
 
-              if (onDelete) {
-                onDelete();
-              }
-            }}
-          />
+                if (onDelete) {
+                  onDelete();
+                }
+              }}
+            />
+          </Button>
         </div>
-        <div className="capitalize text-sm flex items-center mt-1">
+        <div className="pl-1 capitalize text-sm flex items-center mt-1">
           <HiOutlineVideoCamera className="h-5 w-5 mr-2 inline" />
           {timeline.camera.replaceAll("_", " ")}
         </div>
-        <div className="my-2 text-sm font-medium">Activity:</div>
-        {Object.entries(timeline.entries).map(([_, entry], idx) => {
-          return (
-            <div
-              key={idx}
-              className="flex text-xs capitalize my-1 items-center"
-            >
-              {getTimelineIcon(entry)}
-              {getTimelineItemDescription(entry)}
-            </div>
-          );
-        })}
-      </div>
+        <div className="pl-1 my-2">
+          <div className="text-sm font-medium">Activity:</div>
+          {Object.entries(timeline.entries).map(([_, entry], idx) => {
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={idx}
+                className="flex text-xs capitalize my-1 items-center"
+              >
+                {getTimelineIcon(entry)}
+                {getTimelineItemDescription(entry)}
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </>
     </Card>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx b/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
index db11d2daa..521d9c0e2 100644
--- a/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/player/PreviewThumbnailPlayer.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { FrigateConfig } from "@/types/frigateConfig";
 import VideoPlayer from "./VideoPlayer";
 import useSWR from "swr";
-import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from "react";
 import { useApiHost } from "@/api";
 import Player from "video.js/dist/types/player";
 import { AspectRatio } from "../ui/aspect-ratio";
@@ -12,7 +18,8 @@ type PreviewPlayerProps = {
   relevantPreview?: Preview;
   startTs: number;
   eventId: string;
-  shouldAutoPlay: boolean;
+  isMobile: boolean;
+  onClick?: () => void;
 };
 
 type Preview = {
@@ -28,11 +35,11 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
   relevantPreview,
   startTs,
   eventId,
-  shouldAutoPlay,
+  isMobile,
+  onClick,
 }: PreviewPlayerProps) {
   const { data: config } = useSWR("config");
   const playerRef = useRef<Player | null>(null);
-  const apiHost = useApiHost();
   const isSafari = useMemo(() => {
     return /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
   }, []);
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
         }
       }
 
-      if (shouldAutoPlay && !autoPlayObserver.current) {
+      if (isMobile && !autoPlayObserver.current) {
         try {
           autoPlayObserver.current = new IntersectionObserver(
             (entries) => {
@@ -103,20 +110,92 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
     [preloadObserver, autoPlayObserver, onPlayback]
   );
 
-  let content;
+  return (
+    <AspectRatio
+      ref={relevantPreview ? inViewRef : null}
+      ratio={16 / 9}
+      className="bg-black flex justify-center items-center"
+      onMouseEnter={() => onPlayback(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={() => onPlayback(false)}
+    >
+      <PreviewContent
+        playerRef={playerRef}
+        relevantPreview={relevantPreview}
+        visible={visible}
+        startTs={startTs}
+        camera={camera}
+        config={config}
+        eventId={eventId}
+        isMobile={isMobile}
+        isSafari={isSafari}
+        onClick={onClick}
+      />
+    </AspectRatio>
+  );
+}
+
+type PreviewContentProps = {
+  playerRef: React.MutableRefObject<Player | null>;
+  config: FrigateConfig;
+  camera: string;
+  relevantPreview: Preview | undefined;
+  eventId: string;
+  visible: boolean;
+  startTs: number;
+  isMobile: boolean;
+  isSafari: boolean;
+  onClick?: () => void;
+};
+function PreviewContent({
+  playerRef,
+  config,
+  camera,
+  relevantPreview,
+  eventId,
+  visible,
+  startTs,
+  isMobile,
+  isSafari,
+  onClick,
+}: PreviewContentProps) {
+  const apiHost = useApiHost();
+
+  // handle touchstart -> touchend as click
+  const [touchStart, setTouchStart] = useState(0);
+  const handleTouchStart = useCallback(() => {
+    setTouchStart(new Date().getTime());
+  }, []);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isMobile || !playerRef.current || !onClick) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    playerRef.current.on("touchend", () => {
+      if (!onClick) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const touchEnd = new Date().getTime();
+
+      // consider tap less than 500 ms
+      if (touchEnd - touchStart < 500) {
+        onClick();
+      }
+    });
+  }, [playerRef, touchStart]);
 
   if (relevantPreview && !visible) {
-    content = <div />;
+    return <div />;
   } else if (!relevantPreview) {
     if (isCurrentHour(startTs)) {
-      content = (
+      return (
         <img
           className={`${getPreviewWidth(camera, config)}`}
           src={`${apiHost}api/preview/${camera}/${startTs}/thumbnail.jpg`}
         />
       );
     } else {
-      content = (
+      return (
         <img
           className="w-[160px]"
           src={`${apiHost}api/events/${eventId}/thumbnail.jpg`}
@@ -124,7 +203,7 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
       );
     }
   } else {
-    content = (
+    return (
       <>
         <div className={`${getPreviewWidth(camera, config)}`}>
           <VideoPlayer
@@ -147,6 +226,9 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
               player.pause(); // autoplay + pause is required for iOS
               player.playbackRate(isSafari ? 2 : 8);
               player.currentTime(startTs - relevantPreview.start);
+              if (isMobile && onClick) {
+                player.on("touchstart", handleTouchStart);
+              }
             }}
             onDispose={() => {
               playerRef.current = null;
@@ -157,18 +239,6 @@ export default function PreviewThumbnailPlayer({
       </>
     );
   }
-
-  return (
-    <AspectRatio
-      ref={relevantPreview ? inViewRef : null}
-      ratio={16 / 9}
-      className="bg-black flex justify-center items-center"
-      onMouseEnter={() => onPlayback(true)}
-      onMouseLeave={() => onPlayback(false)}
-    >
-      {content}
-    </AspectRatio>
-  );
 }
 
 function isCurrentHour(timestamp: number) {
diff --git a/web/src/components/scrubber/ActivityScrubber.tsx b/web/src/components/scrubber/ActivityScrubber.tsx
index 519647319..9f43e98c5 100644
--- a/web/src/components/scrubber/ActivityScrubber.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/scrubber/ActivityScrubber.tsx
@@ -129,11 +129,16 @@ function ActivityScrubber({
       return;
     }
 
+    const timelineOptions: TimelineOptions = {
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      ...options,
+    };
+
     const timelineInstance = new VisTimeline(
       divElement,
       items as DataItem[],
       groups as DataGroup[],
-      options
+      timelineOptions
     );
 
     if (timeBars) {
@@ -151,41 +156,11 @@ function ActivityScrubber({
 
     timelineRef.current.timeline = timelineInstance;
 
-    const timelineOptions: TimelineOptions = {
-      ...defaultOptions,
-      ...options,
-    };
-
-    timelineInstance.setOptions(timelineOptions);
-
     return () => {
       timelineInstance.destroy();
     };
   }, [containerRef]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!timelineRef.current.timeline) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // If the currentTime updates, adjust the scrubber's end date and max
-    // May not be applicable to all scrubbers, might want to just pass this in
-    // for any scrubbers that we want to dynamically move based on time
-    // const updatedTimeOptions: TimelineOptions = {
-    //   end: currentTime,
-    //   max: currentTime,
-    // };
-
-    const timelineOptions: TimelineOptions = {
-      ...defaultOptions,
-      // ...updatedTimeOptions,
-      ...options,
-    };
-
-    timelineRef.current.timeline.setOptions(timelineOptions);
-    if (items) timelineRef.current.timeline.setItems(items);
-  }, [items, groups, options, currentTime, eventHandlers]);
-
   return (
     <div className={className || ""}>
       <div ref={containerRef} />
diff --git a/web/src/utils/timelineUtil.tsx b/web/src/utils/timelineUtil.tsx
index 2c17e0768..1820df5f5 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/timelineUtil.tsx
+++ b/web/src/utils/timelineUtil.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 import {
+  LuCamera,
+  LuCar,
+  LuCat,
   LuCircle,
   LuCircleDot,
   LuDog,
   LuEar,
-  LuFocus,
   LuPackage,
   LuPersonStanding,
   LuPlay,
   LuPlayCircle,
   LuTruck,
 } from "react-icons/lu";
+import { GiDeer } from "react-icons/gi";
 import { IoMdExit } from "react-icons/io";
 import {
   MdFaceUnlock,
   MdOutlineLocationOn,
   MdOutlinePictureInPictureAlt,
 } from "react-icons/md";
+import { FaBicycle } from "react-icons/fa";
 
 export function getTimelineIcon(timelineItem: Timeline) {
   switch (timelineItem.class_type) {
@@ -61,14 +65,22 @@ export function getTimelineIcon(timelineItem: Timeline) {
  */
 export function getTimelineDetectionIcon(timelineItem: Timeline) {
   switch (timelineItem.data.label) {
-    case "person":
-      return <LuPersonStanding className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+    case "bicycle":
+      return <FaBicycle className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+    case "car":
+      return <LuCar className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+    case "cat":
+      return <LuCat className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+    case "deer":
+      return <GiDeer className="w-4 mr-1" />;
     case "dog":
       return <LuDog className="w-4 mr-1" />;
     case "package":
       return <LuPackage className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+    case "person":
+      return <LuPersonStanding className="w-4 mr-1" />;
     default:
-      return <LuFocus className="w-4 mr-1" />;
+      return <LuCamera className="w-4 mr-1" />;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/views/history/HistoryCardView.tsx b/web/src/views/history/HistoryCardView.tsx
index b500e3598..eb28ca238 100644
--- a/web/src/views/history/HistoryCardView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/history/HistoryCardView.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default function HistoryCardView({
                               <HistoryCard
                                 key={key}
                                 timeline={timeline}
-                                shouldAutoPlay={isMobile}
+                                isMobile={isMobile}
                                 relevantPreview={relevantPreview}
                                 onClick={() => {
                                   onItemSelected({
diff --git a/web/src/views/history/HistoryTimelineView.tsx b/web/src/views/history/HistoryTimelineView.tsx
index 98a4baca1..a892f8e9d 100644
--- a/web/src/views/history/HistoryTimelineView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/history/HistoryTimelineView.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ export default function HistoryTimelineView({
         playerRef.current?.pause();
 
         let seekSeconds = 0;
-        console.log("recordings are " + recordings?.length);
         (recordings || []).every((segment) => {
           // if the next segment is past the desired time, stop calculating
           if (segment.start_time > selected) {