diff --git a/ios/App/AudiobookshelfUnitTests/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtilsTests.swift b/ios/App/AudiobookshelfUnitTests/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtilsTests.swift
index 0ff8702e..91bc8403 100644
--- a/ios/App/AudiobookshelfUnitTests/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtilsTests.swift
+++ b/ios/App/AudiobookshelfUnitTests/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtilsTests.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ final class PlayerTimeUtilsTests: XCTestCase {
         let lastPlayedMs = threeSecondsAgo.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
         XCTAssertEqual(PlayerTimeUtils.calcSeekBackTime(currentTime: currentTime, lastPlayedMs: lastPlayedMs), 998)
     }
+    
+    func testCalcSeekBackTimeWithZeroCurrentTime() {
+        let currentTime: Double = 0
+        let threeHundredSecondsAgo = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: -300)
+        let lastPlayedMs = threeHundredSecondsAgo.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
+        XCTAssertEqual(PlayerTimeUtils.calcSeekBackTime(currentTime: currentTime, lastPlayedMs: lastPlayedMs), 0)
+    }
 
     func testTimeSinceLastPlayed() throws {
         let fiveSecondsAgo = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: -5)
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtils.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtils.swift
index d8514e11..24fc00a1 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtils.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/util/PlayerTimeUtils.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class PlayerTimeUtils {
     static func calcSeekBackTime(currentTime: TimeInterval, lastPlayedMs: Double?) -> TimeInterval {
         let sinceLastPlayed = timeSinceLastPlayed(lastPlayedMs)
         let timeToSeekBack = timeToSeekBackForSinceLastPlayed(sinceLastPlayed)
-        return currentTime.advanced(by: -timeToSeekBack)
+        let currentTimeAfterSeekBack = currentTime.advanced(by: -timeToSeekBack)
+        return max(currentTimeAfterSeekBack, 0)
     }
     
     static internal func timeSinceLastPlayed(_ lastPlayedMs: Double?) -> TimeInterval? {