diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
index f7848b4d..5609da98 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<video style="outline:none;width:100%" playsinline poster="<%= thumbnail %>" title="<%= HTML.escape(video.title) %>"
+<video style="outline:none;width:100%;background-color:#000" playsinline poster="<%= thumbnail %>" title="<%= HTML.escape(video.title) %>"
     id="player" class="video-js"
     onmouseenter='this["data-title"]=this["title"];this["title"]=""'
     onmouseleave='this["title"]=this["data-title"];this["data-title"]=""'