diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/cfi.coffee b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/cfi.coffee
index 0ccb209cc4..75509be9b8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/cfi.coffee
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/cfi.coffee
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ class CanonicalFragmentIdentifier
         if target.currentTime == undefined
             return
         if target.readyState == 4 or target.readyState == "complete"
-            target.currentTime = val
+            target.currentTime = val + 0
         else
-            fn = -> target.currentTime = val
+            fn = ()-> target.currentTime = val
             target.addEventListener("canplay", fn, false)
     #}}}
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/birds.mp4 b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/birds.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54869c714a
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/birds.mp4 differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/index.html b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/index.html
index e46cf3aa97..962b14e628 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/index.html
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/test-cfi/index.html
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@
             <p>Try clicking at different points along the image. Also try changing the magnification and then hitting reload.</p>
             <img src="marker.png" width="150" height="200" alt="Test Image" style="border: solid 1px black"/>
 
+            <h2>Video</h2>
+            <p>Try clicking on this video while it is playing. The page should
+            reload with the video paused at the point it was at when you
+            clicked.  To play the video you should right click on it and select
+            play (otherwise the click will cause a reload). This is currently
+            broken because of issues in the python server use to serve test
+            content. I lack the patience to track down the bug. </p>
+            <video width="320" height="240" controls="controls" preload="auto" src="birds.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+
         </div>
         <img id="marker" style="position: absolute; display:none; z-index:10" src="marker.png" alt="Marker" />
     </body>
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/serve_coffee.py b/src/calibre/utils/serve_coffee.py
index fb95250c31..bbaf8298dc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/serve_coffee.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/serve_coffee.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class Handler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): # {{{
 
 class HTTPD(SocketServer.TCPServer):
     allow_reuse_address = True
+    protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
 
 # }}}