diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
index 0d56deb31..4511e0f74 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/views/CustomExoPlayerView.kt
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ open class CustomExoPlayerView(
         val captionStyle = PlayerHelper.getCaptionStyle(context)
         subtitleView?.apply {
             setApplyEmbeddedFontSizes(false)
+            setViewType(SubtitleView.VIEW_TYPE_WEB)
             setFixedTextSize(Cue.TEXT_SIZE_TYPE_ABSOLUTE, PlayerHelper.captionsTextSize)
             if (!PlayerHelper.useSystemCaptionStyle) return
             setApplyEmbeddedStyles(captionStyle == CaptionStyleCompat.DEFAULT)