diff --git a/Class Patches/BGControllerPatch.cs b/Class Patches/BGControllerPatch.cs
index db45e77..30f6604 100644
--- a/Class Patches/BGControllerPatch.cs	
+++ b/Class Patches/BGControllerPatch.cs	
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using HarmonyLib;
 using TrombLoader.Helpers;
 using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.Video;
 
 namespace TrombLoader.Class_Patches
 {
@@ -32,8 +33,18 @@ static void Postfix(BGController __instance)
             {
                 if (File.Exists(backgroundPath))
                 {
-                    // do nothing
                     // probably change the above to have a proper confirmation it worked at some point
+
+                    foreach (var videoPlayer in __instance.bgplane.transform.parent.parent.GetComponentsInChildren<VideoPlayer>())
+                    {
+                        if (videoPlayer.playOnAwake && videoPlayer.gameObject.activeInHierarchy)
+                        {
+                            videoPlayer.enabled = true;
+                            videoPlayer.playOnAwake = false;
+                            videoPlayer.Pause();
+                            videoPlayer.PlayVideoDelayed(2400);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/Class Patches/TromboneChampExtensions.cs b/Class Patches/TromboneChampExtensions.cs
index 1bc2fdf..e4736ec 100644
--- a/Class Patches/TromboneChampExtensions.cs	
+++ b/Class Patches/TromboneChampExtensions.cs	
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using UnityEngine;
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 using UnityEngine.Video;
 
@@ -40,18 +42,31 @@ public static void SetBasicBackground(this BGController bgController, Sprite bg)
 
         }
 
+        public static async void PlayVideoDelayed(this VideoPlayer videoPlayer, int delay = 2500)
+        {
+            await Task.Delay(delay);
+
+            videoPlayer?.Play();
+        }
+
         public static void SetVideoBackground(this BGController bgController, string url)
         {
+            DisableLayer(bgController.bgplane, true);
+
             var planeObject = bgController.bgplane.transform.GetChild(0);
             var videoPlayer = planeObject.GetComponent<VideoPlayer>() ?? planeObject.gameObject.AddComponent<VideoPlayer>();
 
             videoPlayer.url = url;
             videoPlayer.isLooping = true;
-            videoPlayer.playOnAwake = true;
+            videoPlayer.playOnAwake = false;
+            videoPlayer.skipOnDrop = true;
+            videoPlayer.renderMode = VideoRenderMode.CameraNearPlane;
+            videoPlayer.targetCamera = bgController.transform.parent.GetChild(1).GetComponent<Camera>();
 
-            videoPlayer.renderMode = VideoRenderMode.MaterialOverride;
+            videoPlayer.enabled = true;
 
-            DisableLayer(bgController.bgplane, true);
+            videoPlayer.Pause();
+            videoPlayer.PlayVideoDelayed();
         }
 
         public static void DisableLayer(GameObject obj, bool enable = false)