diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/assets/thumbnail/thumbnail.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/assets/thumbnail/thumbnail.svelte
index 775c59bb23..ef59cb1259 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/assets/thumbnail/thumbnail.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/assets/thumbnail/thumbnail.svelte
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
               enablePlayback={mouseOver && $playVideoThumbnailOnHover}
               curve={selected}
               durationInSeconds={timeToSeconds(asset.duration)}
-              playbackOnIconHover
+              playbackOnIconHover={!$playVideoThumbnailOnHover}
             />
           </div>
         {/if}