diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/fedilabtube/PeertubeActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/fedilabtube/PeertubeActivity.java
index 728352c..c7a931b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/fedilabtube/PeertubeActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/fedilabtube/PeertubeActivity.java
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ public class PeertubeActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements CommentListAd
         if (b != null) {
             peertubeInstance = b.getString("peertube_instance", Helper.getLiveInstance(PeertubeActivity.this));
             videoUuid = b.getString("video_uuid", null);
+            setRequestedOrientation(initialOrientation);
             if (comments != null && comments.size() > 0) {
                 int number = comments.size();
                 comments.clear();
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@ public class PeertubeActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements CommentListAd
         show_more_content = null;
         currentCaption = "null";
         binding.peertubeDescriptionMore.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+
         if (autoFullscreen && autoPlay) {
             openFullscreenDialog();
         }
@@ -994,7 +996,6 @@ public class PeertubeActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements CommentListAd
     @Override
     public void onConfigurationChanged(@NotNull Configuration newConfig) {
         super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
-
         if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
             if (mode != Helper.VIDEO_MODE_WEBVIEW) {
                 openFullscreenDialog();