diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
index 8a643cc69b..81bbcc59f3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
@@ -961,6 +961,22 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                 when (event) {
                     CSPlayerEvent.Play -> {
                         event(PlayEvent(source))
+                        // If the player was stopped (e.g. notification dismissed) it lands in
+                        // STATE_IDLE. A bare play() call is a no-op in that state, re-prepare and
+                        // then resume to the current position once we are in STATE_READY again.
+                        if (playbackState == Player.STATE_IDLE) {
+                            val seekPosition = currentPosition
+                            exoPlayer?.addListener(object : Player.Listener {
+                                private var seekApplied = false
+                                override fun onPlaybackStateChanged(playbackState: Int) {
+                                    if (seekApplied || playbackState != Player.STATE_READY) return
+                                    seekApplied = true
+                                    exoPlayer?.seekTo(currentWindow, seekPosition)
+                                    exoPlayer?.removeListener(this)
+                                }
+                            })
+                            prepare()
+                        }
                         play()
                     }