diff --git a/ArtNet/gui/window.py b/ArtNet/gui/window.py
index 3ebc292..e18000a 100644
--- a/ArtNet/gui/window.py
+++ b/ArtNet/gui/window.py
@@ -544,7 +544,10 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
             self.__pixmap.frameChanged.connect(self.on_movie_frame_changed)
         elif file_ending in ["webm", "mp4", "mov", "mkv"]:
             self.__showing_video = True
-            self.__video = QVideoWidget() if self.__video is None else self.__video
+            if isinstance(self.__video, QVideoWidget):
+                self.__video.show()
+            else:
+                self.__video = QVideoWidget() if self.__video is None else self.__video
             self.__player = QtMultimedia.QMediaPlayer(None, QtMultimedia.QMediaPlayer.VideoSurface)
             self.__player.setVideoOutput(self.__video)
             self.__player.setMedia(QtMultimedia.QMediaContent(QUrl.fromLocalFile(full_path)))