diff --git a/src/components/nowPlayingBar/nowPlayingBar.js b/src/components/nowPlayingBar/nowPlayingBar.js
index daa2d3bf15..9b2d55c2f9 100644
--- a/src/components/nowPlayingBar/nowPlayingBar.js
+++ b/src/components/nowPlayingBar/nowPlayingBar.js
@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ import { appRouter } from '../appRouter';
     }
 
     function onStateChanged(event, state) {
+        if (event.type === 'init') {
+            // skip non-ready state
+            return;
+        }
+
         console.debug('nowplaying event: ' + event.type);
         const player = this;
 
diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index 5e926f5f40..a03e25f036 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -2385,8 +2385,11 @@ class PlaybackManager {
 
                     streamInfo.fullscreen = playOptions.fullscreen;
 
-                    getPlayerData(player).isChangingStream = false;
-                    getPlayerData(player).maxStreamingBitrate = maxBitrate;
+                    const playerData = getPlayerData(player);
+
+                    playerData.isChangingStream = false;
+                    playerData.maxStreamingBitrate = maxBitrate;
+                    playerData.streamInfo = streamInfo;
 
                     return player.play(streamInfo).then(function () {
                         loading.hide();