diff --git a/src/main.html b/src/main.html
index 4ee24fb..e123b27 100644
--- a/src/main.html
+++ b/src/main.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 			<header>
 				<h1>Welcome to the Orboverse</h1>
 			</header>
-      <video id="videoPlayer" controls controlsList="nodownload noplaybackrate">
+      <video id="videoPlayer" muted controls controlsList="nodownload noplaybackrate">
         <source src="/video" type="video/mp4" />
 <!--          subtitle track-->
         <track kind="subtitles" src="/subtitles" srclang="en" label="English" default>