diff --git a/files/templates/default.html b/files/templates/default.html
index 70f8434d6..96837c024 100644
--- a/files/templates/default.html
+++ b/files/templates/default.html
@@ -507,7 +507,9 @@
 			var linkText = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video-link");
 			var inlineVideo = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video2");
 
-			inlineVideo.src = video;
+			str = `<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width: 100%"><source src="${video}" type="video/mp4"></video>`
+
+			inlineVideo.innerHTML = str;
 			linkText.href = video;
 
 			linkText.textContent = 'View original';
diff --git a/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html b/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
index 896bf8158..dc2dbf242 100644
--- a/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
+++ b/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 		<div class="modal-content bg-transparent shadow-none m-5 m-md-0">
 
 			<div class="modal-body text-center p-0">
-				<div class="d-inline-block position-relative">
-					<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width: 100%">
-						<source src="" id="desktop-expanded-video2" type="video/mp4">
-					</video>						
+				<div class="d-inline-block position-relative" id="desktop-expanded-video2">
 					<div class="position-absolute d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center w-100 mt-1">
 						<a href="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="text-gray-500 font-weight-bold text-left" id="desktop-expanded-video-link">View original</a>
 					</div>