1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
index c9179db47..861e91e41 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/VideoBox.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export class VideoBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoDocument>(VideoD
         }
     }
 
-    @observable static _showControls: boolean = false;
+    @observable static _showControls: boolean;
 
     @computed get youtubeVideoId() {
         let field = Cast(this.Document[this.props.fieldKey], VideoField);
@@ -191,4 +191,6 @@ export class VideoBox extends DocComponent<FieldViewProps, VideoDocument>(VideoD
             {this.youtubeVideoId ? this.youtubeContent : this.content}
         </div>;
     }
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+VideoBox._showControls = true;
+\ No newline at end of file