diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/Episodes.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/Episodes.tsx
index f79e2081..d69b9275 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/Episodes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/Episodes.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ function EpisodesView({
         const newData = setPlayerMeta(loadingState.value.fullData, episodeId);
         if (newData) onChange?.(newData);
       }
-      router.close();
+      // prevent router clear here, otherwise its done double
+      // player already switches route after meta change
+      router.close(true);
     },
     [setPlayerMeta, loadingState, router, onChange]
   );
diff --git a/src/hooks/useOverlayRouter.ts b/src/hooks/useOverlayRouter.ts
index 33c31431..3c46fc6c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useOverlayRouter.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useOverlayRouter.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ export function useInternalOverlayRouter(id: string) {
     return routerActive;
   }
 
-  const close = useCallback(() => {
-    if (route) setRoute(null);
-    setTransition(null);
-  }, [setRoute, route, setTransition]);
+  const close = useCallback(
+    (preventRouteClear?: boolean) => {
+      if (route && !preventRouteClear) setRoute(null);
+      setTransition(null);
+    },
+    [setRoute, route, setTransition]
+  );
 
   const open = useCallback(
     (defaultRoute = "/") => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts b/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
index 8630c8a3..1469aace 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useQueryParams.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function useQueryParam(
         search: parsed.toString(),
       });
     },
-    [param, location, router]
+    [param, location.search, router]
   );
 
   return [currentValue, set];
diff --git a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
index e58f35e1..777e32b4 100644
--- a/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PlayerView.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function PlayerView() {
     sources: Record<string, ScrapingSegment>;
     sourceOrder: ScrapingItems[];
   } | null>(null);
-  const [startAtParam, setStartAtParam] = useQueryParam("t");
+  const [startAtParam] = useQueryParam("t");
   const { status, playMedia, reset, setScrapeNotFound } = usePlayer();
   const { setPlayerMeta, scrapeMedia } = usePlayerMeta();
   const backUrl = useLastNonPlayerLink();
@@ -54,14 +54,13 @@ export function PlayerView() {
   const playAfterScrape = useCallback(
     (out: RunOutput | null) => {
       if (!out) return;
+
       let startAt: number | undefined;
-      if (startAtParam) {
-        setStartAtParam(null);
-        startAt = parseTimestamp(startAtParam) ?? undefined;
-      }
+      if (startAtParam) startAt = parseTimestamp(startAtParam) ?? undefined;
+
       playMedia(convertRunoutputToSource(out), out.sourceId, startAt);
     },
-    [playMedia, setStartAtParam, startAtParam]
+    [playMedia, startAtParam]
   );
 
   return (
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 10746762..bf8e7e60 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
           theme_color: "#120f1d",
           background_color: "#120f1d",
           display: "standalone",
+          orientation: "portrait-primary",
           start_url: "/",
           icons: [
             {