diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
index 2cc60f64..e9086775 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
@@ -707,12 +707,13 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
                 duration: currentChapter.getRelativeChapterEndTime(),
                 currentTime: currentChapter.getRelativeChapterCurrentTime(sessionCurrentTime: session.currentTime),
                 rate: rate,
+                defaultRate: tmpRate,
                 chapterName: currentChapter.title,
                 chapterNumber: (session.chapters.firstIndex(of: currentChapter) ?? 0) + 1,
                 chapterCount: session.chapters.count
             )
         } else if let duration = self.getDuration(), let currentTime = self.getCurrentTime() {
-            NowPlayingInfo.shared.update(duration: duration, currentTime: currentTime, rate: rate)
+            NowPlayingInfo.shared.update(duration: duration, currentTime: currentTime, rate: rate, defaultRate: tmpRate)
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/util/NowPlayingInfo.swift b/ios/App/Shared/util/NowPlayingInfo.swift
index 86ca8ad4..69443fbe 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/util/NowPlayingInfo.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/util/NowPlayingInfo.swift
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ class NowPlayingInfo {
             self.setMetadata(artwork: artwork, metadata: metadata)
         }
     }
-    public func update(duration: Double, currentTime: Double, rate: Float, chapterName: String? = nil, chapterNumber: Int? = nil, chapterCount: Int? = nil) {
+    public func update(duration: Double, currentTime: Double, rate: Float, defaultRate: Float, chapterName: String? = nil, chapterNumber: Int? = nil, chapterCount: Int? = nil) {
         // Update on the main to prevent access collisions
         DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
             if let self = self {
                 self.nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration] = duration
                 self.nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyElapsedPlaybackTime] = currentTime
                 self.nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate] = rate
-                self.nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyDefaultPlaybackRate] = 1.0
+                self.nowPlayingInfo[MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyDefaultPlaybackRate] = defaultRate
                     
                 
                 if let chapterName = chapterName, let chapterNumber = chapterNumber, let chapterCount = chapterCount {