diff --git a/src/components/networked-video-player.css b/src/components/networked-video-player.css
index 6c10dd330f8265dff0da39de02ba854b550a9e36..e6859395801b79bddc37c85c53a92e6a1780c8ec 100644
--- a/src/components/networked-video-player.css
+++ b/src/components/networked-video-player.css
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 :local(.video) {
-  position: absolute;
-  bottom: 0;
   height: 100px;
   background: black;
-  display: none;
+  margin: 5px;
+}
+
+:local(.container) {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    visibility: hidden; /* toggle to show debug video elements */
 }
diff --git a/src/components/networked-video-player.js b/src/components/networked-video-player.js
index e2ceecf81cd2580924a0ffeb509cd290fc600680..6e0218a9f0ace62a506be85d56036b17c00bfdb6 100644
--- a/src/components/networked-video-player.js
+++ b/src/components/networked-video-player.js
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ const nafConnected = function() {
 AFRAME.registerComponent("networked-video-player", {
   schema: {},
   async init() {
+    let container = document.getElementById("nvp-debug-container");
+    if (!container) {
+      container = document.createElement("div");
+      container.id = "nvp-debug-container";
+      container.classList.add(styles.container);
+      document.body.appendChild(container);
+    }
+
     await nafConnected();
 
     const networkedEl = NAF.utils.getNetworkedEntity(this.el);
@@ -27,9 +35,10 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("networked-video-player", {
     }
 
     const v = document.createElement("video");
+    v.id = `nvp-video-${ownerId}`;
     v.classList.add(styles.video);
     v.srcObject = new MediaStream(stream.getVideoTracks()); // We only want the video track so make a new MediaStream
-    document.body.appendChild(v);
+    container.appendChild(v);
     v.play();
 
     this.videoEl = v;
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("networked-video-player", {
 
   remove() {
     if (this.videoEl) {
-      this.videoEl.parent.removeChild(this.videoEl);
+      this.videoEl.parentNode.removeChild(this.videoEl);
     }
   }
 });