diff --git a/src/video/components/actions/CaptionRendererAction.tsx b/src/video/components/actions/CaptionRendererAction.tsx
index 8858ee28..343bdbaf 100644
--- a/src/video/components/actions/CaptionRendererAction.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/actions/CaptionRendererAction.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ContentCaption } from "subsrt-ts/dist/types/handler";
 import { parseSubtitles, sanitize } from "@/backend/helpers/captions";
 import { Transition } from "@/components/Transition";
 import { useSettings } from "@/state/settings";
+import { getPlayerState } from "@/video/state/cache";
 
 import { useVideoPlayerDescriptor } from "../../state/hooks";
 import { useProgress } from "../../state/logic/progress";
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function CaptionRendererAction({
   const videoTime = useProgress(descriptor).time;
   const { captionSettings, setCaptionDelay } = useSettings();
   const captions = useRef<ContentCaption[]>([]);
+  const casting = getPlayerState(descriptor).casting.isCasting;
 
   const captionSetRef = useRef<(delay: number) => void>(setCaptionDelay);
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ export function CaptionRendererAction({
     },
     []
   );
+  if (casting) return null;
   if (!captions.current.length) return null;
   const visibileCaptions = captions.current.filter(({ start, end }) =>
     isVisible(start, end, captionSettings.delay, videoTime)
diff --git a/src/video/components/actions/ProgressAction.tsx b/src/video/components/actions/ProgressAction.tsx
index 17e081e6..5d8f4682 100644
--- a/src/video/components/actions/ProgressAction.tsx
+++ b/src/video/components/actions/ProgressAction.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function ProgressAction() {
   const controlRef = useRef<typeof controls>(controls);
   const [hoverPosition, setHoverPosition] = useState<number>(0);
   const [isThumbnailVisible, setIsThumbnailVisible] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const casting = getPlayerState(descriptor).casting;
   const onMouseOver = useCallback((e: MouseActivity) => {
     setHoverPosition(e.clientX);
     setIsThumbnailVisible(true);
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ export function ProgressAction() {
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-      {isThumbnailVisible ? (
+      {isThumbnailVisible && !casting ? (
         <ThumbnailAction
           parentRef={ref}
           videoTime={videoTime}
diff --git a/src/video/state/providers/castingStateProvider.ts b/src/video/state/providers/castingStateProvider.ts
index b4e8c6b2..72f6639a 100644
--- a/src/video/state/providers/castingStateProvider.ts
+++ b/src/video/state/providers/castingStateProvider.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { updateSource } from "@/video/state/logic/source";
 import { resetStateForSource } from "@/video/state/providers/helpers";
 
 import { VideoPlayerStateProvider } from "./providerTypes";
+import { SettingsStore } from "../../../state/settings/store";
 import { getPlayerState } from "../cache";
 import { updateMediaPlaying } from "../logic/mediaplaying";
 import { updateProgress } from "../logic/progress";
@@ -140,18 +141,53 @@ export function createCastingStateProvider(
       mediaInfo.streamType = chrome.cast.media.StreamType.BUFFERED;
       mediaInfo.metadata = movieMeta;
 
-      const request = new chrome.cast.media.LoadRequest(mediaInfo);
-      request.autoplay = true;
+      const loadRequest = new chrome.cast.media.LoadRequest(mediaInfo);
+      loadRequest.autoplay = true;
+      // start where video left off before cast
+      loadRequest.currentTime = state.progress.time;
+
+      let captions = null;
+
+      if (state.source?.caption?.url) {
+        const subtitles = new chrome.cast.media.Track(
+          1,
+          chrome.cast.media.TrackType.TEXT
+        );
+        subtitles.trackContentId =
+          "https://cc.2cdns.com/a8/d8/a8d8c98288d4db1d6404e54c644091f5/eng-9.vtt";
+        subtitles.trackContentType = "text/vtt";
+        subtitles.subtype = chrome.cast.media.TextTrackType.SUBTITLES;
+        subtitles.name = "Subtitles";
+        subtitles.language = "en";
+
+        const tracks = [subtitles];
+
+        mediaInfo.tracks = tracks;
+        mediaInfo.textTrackStyle = new chrome.cast.media.TextTrackStyle();
+        mediaInfo.textTrackStyle.backgroundColor =
+          SettingsStore.get().captionSettings.style.backgroundColor;
+        mediaInfo.textTrackStyle.foregroundColor =
+          SettingsStore.get().captionSettings.style.color.concat("ff"); // needs to be in RGBA format
+        mediaInfo.textTrackStyle.fontScale =
+          SettingsStore.get().captionSettings.style.fontSize / 40; // scale factor way smaller than fortSize
+
+        loadRequest.activeTrackIds = [1];
+
+        captions = {
+          url: state.source.caption.url,
+          id: state.source.caption.id,
+        };
+      }
 
       const session = ins?.getCurrentSession();
-      session?.loadMedia(request);
+      session?.loadMedia(loadRequest);
 
       // update state
       state.source = {
         quality: source.quality,
         type: source.type,
         url: source.source,
-        caption: null,
+        caption: captions,
         embedId: source.embedId,
         providerId: source.providerId,
         thumbnails: [],
@@ -166,6 +202,16 @@ export function createCastingStateProvider(
           id,
           url,
         };
+
+        // media has to be loaded again to use the new captions
+        this.setSource({
+          quality: state.source.quality,
+          source: state.source.url,
+          type: state.source.type,
+          embedId: state.source.embedId,
+          providerId: state.source.providerId,
+        });
+
         updateSource(descriptor, state);
       }
     },
@@ -173,6 +219,17 @@ export function createCastingStateProvider(
       if (state.source) {
         revokeCaptionBlob(state.source.caption?.url);
         state.source.caption = null;
+
+        const tracksInfoRequest = new chrome.cast.media.EditTracksInfoRequest(
+          []
+        );
+        const session = ins?.getCurrentSession();
+        session?.getMediaSession()?.editTracksInfo(
+          tracksInfoRequest,
+          () => console.log("Captions cleared"),
+          (error) => console.log(error)
+        );
+
         updateSource(descriptor, state);
       }
     },