diff --git a/core/frontend/src/cards/js/video.js b/core/frontend/src/cards/js/video.js
index 261d904c69..b9ca5289e3 100644
--- a/core/frontend/src/cards/js/video.js
+++ b/core/frontend/src/cards/js/video.js
@@ -73,11 +73,29 @@
             displayDuration();
             setSliderMax();
             displayBufferedAmount();
+            if (videoEl.autoplay) {
+                raf = requestAnimationFrame(whilePlaying);
+                playIconContainer.classList.add("kg-video-hide");
+                pauseIconContainer.classList.remove("kg-video-hide");
+            }
+            if (videoEl.muted) {
+                unmuteIconContainer.classList.add("kg-video-hide");
+                muteIconContainer.classList.remove("kg-video-hide");
+            }
         } else {
             videoEl.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', () => {
                 displayDuration();
                 setSliderMax();
                 displayBufferedAmount();
+                if (videoEl.autoplay) {
+                    raf = requestAnimationFrame(whilePlaying);
+                    playIconContainer.classList.add("kg-video-hide");
+                    pauseIconContainer.classList.remove("kg-video-hide");
+                }
+                if (videoEl.muted) {
+                    unmuteIconContainer.classList.add("kg-video-hide");
+                    muteIconContainer.classList.remove("kg-video-hide");
+                }
             });
         }
 
@@ -85,7 +103,7 @@
             playIconContainer.classList.add("kg-video-hide");
             pauseIconContainer.classList.remove("kg-video-hide");
             videoEl.play();
-            requestAnimationFrame(whilePlaying);
+            raf = requestAnimationFrame(whilePlaying);
         });
 
         pauseIconContainer.addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c12da84c02..aee9aaad1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "@tryghost/job-manager": "0.8.16",
     "@tryghost/kg-card-factory": "3.1.0",
     "@tryghost/kg-default-atoms": "3.1.0",
-    "@tryghost/kg-default-cards": "5.13.5",
+    "@tryghost/kg-default-cards": "5.13.6",
     "@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer": "5.1.0",
     "@tryghost/kg-mobiledoc-html-renderer": "5.3.1",
     "@tryghost/limit-service": "1.0.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 515518631c..be876c5040 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1503,10 +1503,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@tryghost/kg-default-atoms/-/kg-default-atoms-3.1.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-FfROzVgqJWqJ7cVdS9dcALz7rnzNfV8zcrymAJrDTHDsqzAdMfSLe1tNQRm8zas9pyZLsD8zBGmLxG9dr4WFSA==
 
-"@tryghost/kg-default-cards@5.13.5":
-  version "5.13.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/kg-default-cards/-/kg-default-cards-5.13.5.tgz#96d5b5c9eb3a6de6867b67e5d84516d65472e3b7"
-  integrity sha512-gc/Kj1CDPvzTnMFt+2OJAzWNCQbq51nECRW+1VMzsI47SsIrDhH4LB9uQefgqbGIpBa7zV+YzHoRs2aUBTI3Ew==
+"@tryghost/kg-default-cards@5.13.6":
+  version "5.13.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/kg-default-cards/-/kg-default-cards-5.13.6.tgz#340c9551a6800474981a7307d2eb7f2e941a73a8"
+  integrity sha512-EBz4LeR5AiIqRMTC2XlnS+bnOawCV81/kiiQEsd2Mf/IdTnQPsUyIQ289fB1WEhLUVQcl6nOX7ikpfFDBaZAWQ==
   dependencies:
     "@tryghost/kg-markdown-html-renderer" "^5.1.0"
     "@tryghost/url-utils" "^2.0.0"