diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
index fcc6d076ab2ae1cb643ae84ad99015f35eb47296..1d87e892ea5a9b6df700abe539c40a479a9c41a3 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvContainer.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void
 MpvContainer::closeMpv() noexcept
 {
     if (mpv) {
+        qDebug() << "Closing the MPV context";
         registerMpvTimeCallback(nullptr);
         registerMpvDurationCallback(nullptr);
         mpv_handle *tmp_mpv = mpv;
diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
index 571513896756944fc756f0c237477d687be4fe22..a40a198888077ebb78b35366981fac6bf41aff23 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.cc
@@ -14,17 +14,25 @@ MpvControls::MpvControls(MpvContainer *passedContainer, QWidget *parent) noexcep
     progressBar->setTracking(false);
     progressBar->setOrientation(Qt::Horizontal);
 
-    mpv->registerMpvDurationCallback([progressBar](double time) noexcept -> void {
-        progressBar->setMaximum(static_cast<int>(time));
+    mpv->registerMpvDurationCallback([progressBar, this](double time) noexcept -> void {
+        timePosition = 0;
+        timeDuration = static_cast<int>(time);
+        progressBar->setMaximum(timeDuration);
         progressBar->setValue(0);
     });
-    mpv->registerMpvTimeCallback([progressBar](double time) noexcept -> void {
+    mpv->registerMpvTimeCallback([progressBar, this](double time) noexcept -> void {
         if (!progressBar->isSliderDown()) {
             // The user is not pressing the slider
-            progressBar->setValue(static_cast<int>(time));
+            timePosition = static_cast<int>(time);
+            progressBar->setValue(timePosition);
         }
     });
 
+    connect(progressBar, &QAbstractSlider::valueChanged, this, [this](int value) noexcept -> void {
+        qDebug() << "Slider set to" << value << "max was" << timeDuration;
+        timePosition = value;
+    });
+
     auto *centralLayout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
     centralLayout->addWidget(progressBar);
     setLayout(centralLayout);
diff --git a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.hh b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.hh
index acb53d11362bf6f3d78629a64020fb87285a513c..ef57d29908328418726d40b9418dd457eade7851 100644
--- a/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.hh
+++ b/src/UI/DocumentViews/MpvControls.hh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class MpvControls final : public QWidget {
 
 private:
     MpvContainer *mpv{ nullptr };
+    int timeDuration;
+    int timePosition;
 
 public:
     explicit MpvControls(MpvContainer *mpv, QWidget *parent) noexcept;