diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
index 5fd095c36..1ee18f52f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
@@ -688,9 +688,6 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private handleLiveStateChange (newState: VideoState) {
     if (newState !== VideoState.PUBLISHED) return
 
-    const videoState = this.video.state.id
-    if (videoState !== VideoState.WAITING_FOR_LIVE && videoState !== VideoState.LIVE_ENDED) return
-
     console.log('Loading video after live update.')
 
     const videoUUID = this.video.uuid
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/p2p-media-loader/hls-plugin.ts b/client/src/assets/player/p2p-media-loader/hls-plugin.ts
index 421ce4934..640858025 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/p2p-media-loader/hls-plugin.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/p2p-media-loader/hls-plugin.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ class Html5Hlsjs {
   private readonly source: videojs.Tech.SourceObject
   private readonly vjs: typeof videojs
 
+  private maxNetworkErrorRecovery = 5
+
   private hls: Hlsjs
   private hlsjsConfig: Partial<HlsConfig & { cueHandler: any }> = null
 
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ class Html5Hlsjs {
   }
 
   private _handleNetworkError (error: any) {
-    if (this.errorCounts[Hlsjs.ErrorTypes.NETWORK_ERROR] <= 5) {
+    if (this.errorCounts[Hlsjs.ErrorTypes.NETWORK_ERROR] <= this.maxNetworkErrorRecovery) {
       console.info('trying to recover network error')
 
       // Wait 1 second and retry
@@ -371,6 +373,9 @@ class Html5Hlsjs {
       this.dvrDuration = data.details.totalduration
 
       this._duration = this.isLive ? Infinity : data.details.totalduration
+
+      // Increase network error recovery for lives since they can be broken (server restart, stream interruption etc)
+      if (this.isLive) this.maxNetworkErrorRecovery = 300
     })
 
     this.hls.once(Hlsjs.Events.FRAG_LOADED, () => {