diff --git a/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts b/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
index 13b594ca..6da104b4 100644
--- a/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/jellyfinActions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ajax } from './fetchhelper';
+import { ajax } from './fetchhelper';
 
 import {
     getUrl,
diff --git a/src/components/maincontroller.js b/src/components/maincontroller.js
index eb7dd255..70bb5af0 100644
--- a/src/components/maincontroller.js
+++ b/src/components/maincontroller.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* eslint-disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
 
 import {
     reportPlaybackProgress,
@@ -488,6 +488,13 @@ window.castReceiverContext.addCustomMessageListener(
 
         var data = evt.data;
 
+        // Apparently chromium likes to pass it as json, not as object.
+        // chrome on android works fine
+        if (typeof data == 'string' || data instanceof String) {
+            console.log('Event data is a string.. Chromium detected..');
+            data = JSON.parse(data);
+        }
+
         data.options = data.options || {};
         data.options.senderId = evt.senderId;
         // TODO set it somewhere better perhaps