diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index ead7cf741..49524a702 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(replacing, htmlsource)
 	for i in re.finditer('<p>(https:.*?\.mp4)</p>', sanitized):
-		sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'<p><video controls preload="metadata" class="embedvid"><source src="{i.group(1)}" type="video/mp4"></video>')
+		sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'<p><video controls preload="none" class="embedvid"><source src="{i.group(1)}" type="video/mp4"></video>')
 
 	for rd in ["https://reddit.com/", "https://new.reddit.com/", "https://www.reddit.com/", "https://redd.it/"]:
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace(rd, "https://old.reddit.com/")
diff --git a/files/templates/formatting.html b/files/templates/formatting.html
index 2acbd8dd9..ebce280cc 100644
--- a/files/templates/formatting.html
+++ b/files/templates/formatting.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ You can use Markdown formatting.
 		<tr>
 			<td>Videos</td>
 			<td>[{{'SITE_NAME' | app_config}}]({{request.host_url}})</td>
-			<td><video controls preload="metadata" class="embedvid"><source src="https://files.catbox.moe/v4om92.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></td>
+			<td><video controls preload="none" class="embedvid"><source src="https://files.catbox.moe/v4om92.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></td>
 		</tr>
 
 		<tr>
diff --git a/files/templates/submission.html b/files/templates/submission.html
index dc7bc0005..8d3a7a794 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission.html
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
 							{% elif p.url and p.url.lower().endswith('.mp4') %}
 								<div class="row no-gutters">
 									<div class="col">
-										<video controls preload="metadata" class="embedvid">
+										<video controls preload="none" class="embedvid">
 											<source src="{{p.realurl(v)}}" type="video/mp4">
 										</video>
 									</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/submission_listing.html b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
index 3c15572cd..8fb747bec 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission_listing.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 
 	{% if p.url and p.url.lower().endswith('.mp4') %}
 		<div id="video-{{p.id}}" style="text-align: center" class="{% if p.over_18 or not ((v and v.cardview) or (not v and environ.get('CARD_VIEW') == '1')) %}d-none{% endif %} mt-4">
-			<video controls preload="metadata" class="embedvid">
+			<video controls preload="none" class="embedvid">
 				<source src="{{p.realurl(v)}}" type="video/mp4">
 			</video>
 		</div>