diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/activities/MainActivity.kt
index d54f59104..95066ffa8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ class MainActivity : BaseActivity() {
     private fun unsetFullscreen() {
         window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS)
 
+        showSystemBars()
+
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
             window.attributes.layoutInDisplayCutoutMode =
                 WindowManager.LayoutParams.LAYOUT_IN_DISPLAY_CUTOUT_MODE_DEFAULT
@@ -512,6 +514,36 @@ class MainActivity : BaseActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * hide the status bar
+     */
+    fun hideSystemBars() {
+        if (resources.configuration.orientation != Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) return
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+            window.insetsController?.hide(WindowInsets.Type.statusBars())
+        } else {
+            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+            window.setFlags(
+                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
+                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * show the status bar
+     */
+    fun showSystemBars() {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+            window.insetsController?.show(WindowInsets.Type.statusBars())
+        } else {
+            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+            window.clearFlags(
+                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun onUserLeaveHint() {
         super.onUserLeaveHint()
         supportFragmentManager.fragments.forEach { fragment ->
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
index c5f6a1fa9..1b70e4d21 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.view.MotionEvent
+import com.github.libretube.activities.MainActivity
 import com.github.libretube.databinding.ExoStyledPlayerControlViewBinding
 import com.github.libretube.interfaces.DoubleTapInterface
 import com.github.libretube.util.DoubleTapListener
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ internal class CustomExoPlayerView(
         if (isControllerFullyVisible) hideController() else showController()
     }
 
-    val doubleTouchListener = object : DoubleTapListener() {
+    private val doubleTouchListener = object : DoubleTapListener() {
         override fun onDoubleClick() {
             doubleTapListener?.onEvent(xPos)
         }
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ internal class CustomExoPlayerView(
         setOnClickListener(doubleTouchListener)
     }
 
+    override fun hideController() {
+        (context as? MainActivity)?.hideSystemBars()
+        super.hideController()
+    }
+
     override fun onTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
         // save the x position of the touch event
         xPos = event.x