diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.js
index cacdf11316..6cbaf0b151 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MVideoBody.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return (
             <span className="mx_MVideoBody">
                 <video className="mx_MVideoBody" src={cli.mxcUrlToHttp(content.url)} alt={content.body}
-                    controls preload={preload} autoPlay="0"
+                    controls preload={preload} autoPlay={false}
                     height={height} width={width} poster={poster}>
                 </video>
             </span>