diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index 9024d9457..d280bce9f 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ void CMoviePlayerGui::Init(void)
 
 	frameBuffer = CFrameBuffer::getInstance();
 
-	if (playback == NULL)
-		playback = new cPlayback(0);
+	// init playback instance
+	playback = getPlayback();
 #if HAVE_CST_HARDWARE
 	videoDecoder->setPlaybackPtr(playback);
 #endif
@@ -3544,3 +3544,11 @@ size_t CMoviePlayerGui::GetReadCount()
 //printf("GetReadCount: %lld\n", res);
 	return (size_t) res;
 }
+
+cPlayback *CMoviePlayerGui::getPlayback()
+{
+	if (playback == NULL) // mutex needed ?
+		playback = new cPlayback(0);
+
+	return playback;
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.h b/src/gui/movieplayer.h
index 50b2e578e..9aa34d0f2 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.h
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.h
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class CMoviePlayerGui : public CMenuTarget
 	void deleteTimeshift() { timeshift_deletion = true; }
 	void moveTimeshift() { timeshift_to_record = true; }
 	int file_prozent;
-	cPlayback *getPlayback() { return playback; }
+	static cPlayback *getPlayback();
 	void SetFile(std::string &name, std::string &file, std::string info1="", std::string info2="", std::string file2="") { pretty_name = name; file_name = file; info_1 = info1; info_2 = info2; second_file_name = file2; }
 	bool PlayBackgroundStart(const std::string &file, const std::string &name, t_channel_id chan, const std::string &script="");
 	void stopPlayBack(void);