diff --git a/src/components/player/atoms/NextEpisodeButton.tsx b/src/components/player/atoms/NextEpisodeButton.tsx
index 07d89068..75ef65b0 100644
--- a/src/components/player/atoms/NextEpisodeButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/atoms/NextEpisodeButton.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 import classNames from "classnames";
-import { useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
-import { isExtensionActiveCached } from "@/backend/extension/messaging";
 import { Icon, Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
 import { usePlayerMeta } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta";
 import { Transition } from "@/components/utils/Transition";
-import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
-import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { PlayerMeta } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
 import { usePreferencesStore } from "@/stores/preferences";
 import { useProgressStore } from "@/stores/progress";
+import { isAutoplayAllowed } from "@/utils/autoplay";
 
 function shouldShowNextEpisodeButton(
   time: number,
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ export function NextEpisodeButton(props: {
   const enableAutoplay = usePreferencesStore((s) => s.enableAutoplay);
 
   let show = false;
+  const hasAutoplayed = useRef(false);
   if (showingState === "always") show = true;
   else if (showingState === "hover" && props.controlsShowing) show = true;
   if (isHidden || status !== "playing" || duration === 0) show = false;
@@ -102,21 +101,14 @@ export function NextEpisodeButton(props: {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!enableAutoplay || metaType !== "show") return;
+    const onePercent = duration / 100;
+    const isEnding = time >= duration - onePercent && duration !== 0;
 
-    const interval = setInterval(() => {
-      const onePercent = duration / 100;
-      const isEnding = time >= duration - onePercent && duration !== 0;
-
-      const allowAutoplay = Boolean(
-        conf().ALLOW_AUTOPLAY ||
-          isExtensionActiveCached() ||
-          useAuthStore.getState().proxySet,
-      );
-
-      if (isEnding && allowAutoplay) loadNextEpisode();
-    }, 250);
-
-    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    if (duration === 0) hasAutoplayed.current = false;
+    if (isEnding && isAutoplayAllowed() && !hasAutoplayed.current) {
+      hasAutoplayed.current = true;
+      loadNextEpisode();
+    }
   }, [duration, enableAutoplay, loadNextEpisode, metaType, time]);
 
   if (!meta?.episode || !nextEp) return null;
diff --git a/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx b/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
index f81e0c9e..efead293 100644
--- a/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/parts/settings/PreferencesPart.tsx
@@ -1,28 +1,14 @@
+import classNames from "classnames";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { useAsync } from "react-use";
 
-import { isExtensionActive } from "@/backend/extension/messaging";
 import { Toggle } from "@/components/buttons/Toggle";
 import { FlagIcon } from "@/components/FlagIcon";
 import { Dropdown } from "@/components/form/Dropdown";
 import { Heading1 } from "@/components/utils/Text";
-import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
 import { appLanguageOptions } from "@/setup/i18n";
-import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
+import { isAutoplayAllowed } from "@/utils/autoplay";
 import { getLocaleInfo, sortLangCodes } from "@/utils/language";
 
-function useIsExtensionActive() {
-  const { loading, value } = useAsync(async () => {
-    const extensionStatus = (await isExtensionActive()) ? "success" : "unset";
-    return extensionStatus === "success";
-  }, []);
-
-  return {
-    loading,
-    active: value,
-  };
-}
-
 export function PreferencesPart(props: {
   language: string;
   setLanguage: (l: string) => void;
@@ -33,14 +19,8 @@ export function PreferencesPart(props: {
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const sorted = sortLangCodes(appLanguageOptions.map((item) => item.code));
-  const { loading, active } = useIsExtensionActive();
 
-  const extensionActive = active && !loading;
-  const allowAutoplay = Boolean(
-    conf().ALLOW_AUTOPLAY ||
-      extensionActive ||
-      useAuthStore.getState().proxySet,
-  );
+  const allowAutoplay = isAutoplayAllowed();
 
   const options = appLanguageOptions
     .sort((a, b) => sorted.indexOf(a.code) - sorted.indexOf(b.code))
@@ -101,12 +81,12 @@ export function PreferencesPart(props: {
               ? props.setEnableAutoplay(!props.enableAutoplay)
               : null
           }
-          className="bg-dropdown-background hover:bg-dropdown-hoverBackground select-none my-4 cursor-pointer space-x-3 flex items-center max-w-[25rem] py-3 px-4 rounded-lg"
-          style={{
-            pointerEvents: allowAutoplay ? "auto" : "none",
-            opacity: allowAutoplay ? 1 : 0.5,
-            cursor: allowAutoplay ? "pointer" : "not-allowed",
-          }}
+          className={classNames(
+            "bg-dropdown-background hover:bg-dropdown-hoverBackground select-none my-4 cursor-pointer space-x-3 flex items-center max-w-[25rem] py-3 px-4 rounded-lg",
+            allowAutoplay ? "cursor-pointer" : "cursor-not-allowed",
+            allowAutoplay ? "opacity-100" : "opacity-50",
+            allowAutoplay ? "pointer-events-auto" : "pointer-events-none",
+          )}
         >
           <Toggle enabled={props.enableAutoplay && allowAutoplay} />
           <p className="flex-1 text-white font-bold">
diff --git a/src/utils/autoplay.ts b/src/utils/autoplay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aee01ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/autoplay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { isExtensionActiveCached } from "@/backend/extension/messaging";
+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
+
+export function isAutoplayAllowed() {
+  return Boolean(
+    conf().ALLOW_AUTOPLAY ||
+      isExtensionActiveCached() ||
+      useAuthStore.getState().proxySet,
+  );
+}