diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
index f2e98133c7e406ccdca747d8378c3c665b77383d..921fa6b69ab3d7eabc5a2a891cf444a0bbb55d4f 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ MpvContainer::MpvContainer(QWidget *parent)
 
     quint64 wid = winId();
     mpv_set_option(mpv, "wid", MPV_FORMAT_INT64, &wid);
+    mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "idle", "yes");
+    mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "loop-file", "inf");
     mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "no-config", "yes");
     mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "sid", "no");
     mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "input-default-bindings", "no");