diff --git a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
index 76f1e863..537a4524 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
     @objc func onPlaybackFailed() {
         if (PlayerHandler.getPlayMethod() == PlayMethod.directplay.rawValue) {
             let session = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession()
+            let playWhenReady = PlayerHandler.getPlayWhenReady()
             let libraryItemId = session?.libraryItemId ?? ""
             let episodeId = session?.episodeId ?? nil
             logger.log("Forcing Transcode")
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
                 do {
                     guard let self = self else { return }
                     try session.save()
-                    PlayerHandler.startPlayback(sessionId: session.id, playWhenReady: self.initialPlayWhenReady, playbackRate: PlayerSettings.main().playbackRate)
+                    PlayerHandler.startPlayback(sessionId: session.id, playWhenReady: playWhenReady, playbackRate: PlayerSettings.main().playbackRate)
                     self.sendPlaybackSession(session: try session.asDictionary())
                     self.sendMetadata()
                 } catch(let exception) {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
index da9c7ffc..46fafaaf 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
     private var playerContext = 0
     private var playerItemContext = 0
     
-    private var playWhenReady: Bool
+    internal var playWhenReady: Bool
     private var initialPlaybackRate: Float
     
     internal var audioPlayer: AVQueuePlayer
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
index 723cfc3d..dbcca12a 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         self.player?.getCurrentTime()
     }
     
+    public static func getPlayWhenReady() -> Bool {
+        self.player?.playWhenReady ?? false
+    }
+    
     public static func setPlaybackSpeed(speed: Float) {
         self.player?.setPlaybackRate(speed)
     }
@@ -88,9 +92,8 @@ class PlayerHandler {
     
     public static func getPlaybackSession() -> PlaybackSession? {
         guard let player = player else { return nil }
-        guard player.isInitialized() else { return nil }
-        
-        return Database.shared.getPlaybackSession(id: player.getPlaybackSessionId())
+
+        return player.getPlaybackSession()
     }
     
     public static func seekForward(amount: Double) {