diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/activities/OfflinePlayerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/activities/OfflinePlayerActivity.kt
index 253e6a662..cc0693234 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/activities/OfflinePlayerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/activities/OfflinePlayerActivity.kt
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ class OfflinePlayerActivity : BaseActivity() {
             finish()
         }
 
-        PlayerHelper.applyCaptionsStyle(this, playerView.subtitleView)
-
         binding.player.initialize(
             null,
             binding.doubleTapOverlay.binding,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
index 894f0b111..d18cb97ab 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/PlayerFragment.kt
@@ -826,8 +826,6 @@ class PlayerFragment : BaseFragment(), OnlinePlayerOptions {
         }
 
         playerBinding.exoProgress.setPlayer(exoPlayer)
-
-        PlayerHelper.applyCaptionsStyle(requireContext(), exoPlayerView.subtitleView)
     }
 
     private fun localizedDate(date: String?): String? {
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 0ab60b343..4f2fe027e 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
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ import com.github.libretube.util.PreferenceHelper
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.PlaybackParameters
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Player
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.Cue
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelector
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.AspectRatioFrameLayout
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.CaptionStyleCompat
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.StyledPlayerView
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SubtitleView
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.RepeatModeUtil
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ internal class CustomExoPlayerView(
         initializeGestureProgress()
 
         initRewindAndForward()
-
+        applyCaptionsStyle()
         initializeAdvancedOptions(context)
 
         if (!playbackPrefSet) {
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ internal class CustomExoPlayerView(
                 1.0f
             )
             PreferenceHelper.getBoolean(PreferenceKeys.SKIP_SILENCE, false).let {
-                (player as ExoPlayer).skipSilenceEnabled = true
+                (player as ExoPlayer).skipSilenceEnabled = it
             }
             playbackPrefSet = true
         }
@@ -569,6 +571,20 @@ internal class CustomExoPlayerView(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Load the captions style according to the users preferences
+     */
+    fun applyCaptionsStyle() {
+        val captionStyle = PlayerHelper.getCaptionStyle(context)
+        subtitleView?.apply {
+            setApplyEmbeddedFontSizes(false)
+            setFixedTextSize(Cue.TEXT_SIZE_TYPE_ABSOLUTE, PlayerHelper.captionsTextSize)
+            if (!PlayerHelper.useSystemCaptionStyle) return
+            setApplyEmbeddedStyles(captionStyle == CaptionStyleCompat.DEFAULT)
+            setStyle(captionStyle)
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun onSingleTap() {
         toggleController()
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/PlayerHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/PlayerHelper.kt
index f30dbf5f8..5f3315946 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/PlayerHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/PlayerHelper.kt
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import com.github.libretube.api.obj.PipedStream
 import com.github.libretube.constants.PreferenceKeys
 import com.github.libretube.enums.AudioQuality
 import com.github.libretube.enums.PlayerEvent
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.Cue
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.CaptionStyleCompat
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SubtitleView
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.VideoSize
 import kotlin.math.roundToInt
 
@@ -431,18 +429,4 @@ object PlayerHelper {
             arrayListOf(rewindAction, playPauseAction, forwardAction)
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Load the captions style according to the users preferences
-     */
-    fun applyCaptionsStyle(context: Context, subtitleView: SubtitleView?) {
-        val captionStyle = getCaptionStyle(context)
-        subtitleView?.apply {
-            setApplyEmbeddedFontSizes(false)
-            setFixedTextSize(Cue.TEXT_SIZE_TYPE_ABSOLUTE, captionsTextSize)
-            if (!useSystemCaptionStyle) return
-            setApplyEmbeddedStyles(captionStyle == CaptionStyleCompat.DEFAULT)
-            setStyle(captionStyle)
-        }
-    }
 }