diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index aa3ec707e3..2eae7e6933 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  - [Ryan Hartzell](https://github.com/ryan-hartzell)
  - [Thibault Nocchi](https://github.com/ThibaultNocchi)
  - [MrTimscampi](https://github.com/MrTimscampi)
+ - [Sarab Singh](https://github.com/sarab97)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 
diff --git a/src/components/photoplayer/plugin.js b/src/components/photoplayer/plugin.js
index 4ebdbbd6d2..8b980f3b16 100644
--- a/src/components/photoplayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/components/photoplayer/plugin.js
@@ -21,19 +21,25 @@ define(['browser', 'require', 'events', 'apphost', 'loading', 'dom', 'playbackMa
 
                 var index = options.startIndex || 0;
 
-                var newSlideShow = new slideshow({
-                    showTitle: false,
-                    cover: false,
-                    items: options.items,
-                    startIndex: index,
-                    interval: 11000,
-                    interactive: true
+                var apiClient = connectionManager.currentApiClient();
+                    
+                    apiClient.getCurrentUser().then(function(result){ 
+                        
+                        var newSlideShow = new slideshow({
+                            showTitle: false,
+                            cover: false,
+                            items: options.items,
+                            startIndex: index,
+                            interval: 11000,
+                            interactive: true,
+                            user: result
+                        });
+                        
+                        newSlideShow.show();
+                        
+                        resolve();
+                    });
                 });
-
-                newSlideShow.show();
-
-                resolve();
-            });
         });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/slideshow/slideshow.js b/src/components/slideshow/slideshow.js
index 48ccee21c8..9c5b1f0435 100644
--- a/src/components/slideshow/slideshow.js
+++ b/src/components/slideshow/slideshow.js
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ define(['dialogHelper', 'inputManager', 'connectionManager', 'layoutManager', 'f
 
                 if (!actionButtonsOnTop) {
                     html += '<div class="slideshowBottomBar hide">';
-
+                    
                     html += getIcon('play_arrow', 'btnSlideshowPause slideshowButton', true, true);
-                    if (appHost.supports('filedownload')) {
+                    if (appHost.supports('filedownload') && options.user.Policy.EnableContentDownloading) {
                         html += getIcon('file_download', 'btnDownload slideshowButton', true);
                     }
                     if (appHost.supports('sharing')) {