diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
index 86a34758..98cbb7a8 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { useInitializePlayer } from "@/components/player/hooks/useInitializePlayer";
-import { PlayerMeta, playerStatus } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
+import {
+  PlayerMeta,
+  PlayerStatus,
+  playerStatus,
+} from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { SourceSliceSource } from "@/stores/player/utils/qualities";
 import { ProgressMediaItem, useProgressStore } from "@/stores/progress";
@@ -37,10 +41,11 @@ export function usePlayer() {
   const progressStore = useProgressStore();
 
   return {
+    meta,
     reset,
     status,
-    setMeta(m: PlayerMeta) {
-      setMeta(m);
+    setMeta(m: PlayerMeta, newStatus?: PlayerStatus) {
+      setMeta(m, newStatus);
     },
     playMedia(source: SourceSliceSource, sourceId: string | null) {
       setSource(source, getProgress(progressStore.items, meta));
diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta.ts
index 5be2057c..c843bc9c 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 
 import { DetailedMeta } from "@/backend/metadata/getmeta";
 import { MWMediaType } from "@/backend/metadata/types/mw";
 import { usePlayer } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayer";
-import { PlayerMeta, metaToScrapeMedia } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
+import {
+  PlayerMeta,
+  metaToScrapeMedia,
+  playerStatus,
+} from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 
 export function usePlayerMeta() {
-  const { setMeta, setScrapeStatus } = usePlayer();
-  const [meta, _setPlayerMeta] = useState<PlayerMeta | null>(null);
+  const { meta, setMeta } = usePlayer();
   const scrapeMedia = useMemo(
     () => (meta ? metaToScrapeMedia(meta) : null),
     [meta]
@@ -15,11 +18,9 @@ export function usePlayerMeta() {
 
   const setDirectMeta = useCallback(
     (m: PlayerMeta) => {
-      _setPlayerMeta(m);
-      setScrapeStatus();
-      setMeta(m);
+      setMeta(m, playerStatus.SCRAPING);
     },
-    [_setPlayerMeta, setMeta, setScrapeStatus]
+    [setMeta]
   );
 
   const setPlayerMeta = useCallback(
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
index 59522ae4..40ad3800 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export interface SourceSlice {
   setStatus(status: PlayerStatus): void;
   setSource(stream: SourceSliceSource, startAt: number): void;
   switchQuality(quality: SourceQuality): void;
-  setMeta(meta: PlayerMeta): void;
+  setMeta(meta: PlayerMeta, status?: PlayerStatus): void;
   setCaption(caption: Caption | null): void;
   setSourceId(id: string | null): void;
   enableAutomaticQuality(): void;
@@ -111,10 +111,11 @@ export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
       s.status = status;
     });
   },
-  setMeta(meta) {
+  setMeta(meta, newStatus) {
     set((s) => {
       s.meta = meta;
       s.interface.hideNextEpisodeBtn = false;
+      if (newStatus) s.status = newStatus;
     });
   },
   setCaption(caption) {