diff --git a/src/components/media-views.js b/src/components/media-views.js
index 37afb0d8c7bbc8f536c12fbc7bed5a4268716932..e66785f72ec60e9a6e31e23d2fdc1f858f512d8e 100644
--- a/src/components/media-views.js
+++ b/src/components/media-views.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ function createVideoEl(src) {
   const videoEl = document.createElement("video");
   videoEl.setAttribute("playsinline", "");
   videoEl.setAttribute("webkit-playsinline", "");
+  videoEl.preload = "auto";
   videoEl.loop = true;
   videoEl.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
   videoEl.src = src;