diff --git a/src/app/portals/web-player-view/web-player-view.component.ts b/src/app/portals/web-player-view/web-player-view.component.ts
index 50fdd935d..f217134ea 100644
--- a/src/app/portals/web-player-view/web-player-view.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/portals/web-player-view/web-player-view.component.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class WebPlayerViewComponent {
     constructor() {
         effect(
             () => {
-                this.player = this.settings().player;
+                this.player = this.settings().player ?? VideoPlayer.VideoJs;
 
                 this.setChannel(this.streamUrl());
                 this.setVjsOptions(this.streamUrl());