diff --git a/scripts/play.php b/scripts/play.php
index 70cc162..fc973b9 100644
--- a/scripts/play.php
+++ b/scripts/play.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if(!isset($_POST['species'])){
     $filename = "/By_Date/".$date."/".$comname."/".$results['File_Name'];
     echo "<th>$species</th>
       <td style=\"vertical-align:middle;\"><a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/$sci_name\" target=\"top\"><i>$sciname</i></a></td>
-      <td class=\"spectrogram\">Best Recording<br>$date $time<br>$maxconf<br><video controls poster=\"$filename.png\"><source src=\"$filename\"></video></td>
+      <td class=\"spectrogram\">Best Recording<br>$date $time<br>$maxconf<br><video controls poster=\"$filename.png\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"$filename\"></video></td>
       </tr></table>";
     }}
      echo "</form>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if(!isset($_POST['species'])){
         $confidence = $results['Confidence'];
         echo "<tr>
           <td>$date $time<br>$confidence<br>
-          <video controls poster=\"$filename.png\"><source src=\"$filename\"></video></td>
+          <video controls poster=\"$filename.png\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"$filename\"></video></td>
           </tr>";
 
       }echo "</table>";}?>
diff --git a/scripts/viewdb.php b/scripts/viewdb.php
index c4055b3..f73054b 100644
--- a/scripts/viewdb.php
+++ b/scripts/viewdb.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ $sciname = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $todaytable['Sci_Name']);
       <b><a class="a2" href="https://allaboutbirds.org/guide/<?php echo $comname;?>" target="top"><?php echo $todaytable['Com_Name'];?></a></b><br>
       <a class="a2" href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/<?php echo $sciname;?>" target="top"><i><?php echo $todaytable['Sci_Name'];?></i></a><br>
       <b>Confidence:</b> <?php echo $todaytable['Confidence'];?><br>
-      <video controls poster="<?php echo $filename.".png";?>"><source src="<?php echo $filename;?>"></video></td>
+      <video controls poster="<?php echo $filename.".png";?>" preload="none"><source src="<?php echo $filename;?>"></video></td>
 <?php }?>
       </tr>
     </table>