diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerActivity.kt
index cb6aeae..c9f539a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerActivity.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
         rememberSystemUiController().apply { Util.hideSystemUi(this) }
 
+        val exoPlayer = remember { ExoPlayer.Builder(context).build().apply(ExoPlayer::prepare) }
+
         val model = hiltViewModel<PlayerViewModel, PlayerViewModel.PlayerViewModelFactory> {
             it.create(
                 contentUid = arguments!!.getLong("content_uid"),
@@ -74,11 +76,10 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                 team = arguments.getString("acting_team").toString(),
                 repository = arguments.getString("repository").toString(),
                 initialEpisode = arguments.getInt("episode"),
+                exoPlayer = exoPlayer
             )
         }
 
-        val exoPlayer = remember { ExoPlayer.Builder(context).build().apply(ExoPlayer::prepare) }
-
         player = exoPlayer
 
         ShiraPlayer(exoPlayer = exoPlayer, model = model)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerViewModel.kt
index 76e1b09..095281b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/PlayerViewModel.kt
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer
 import dagger.assisted.Assisted
 import dagger.assisted.AssistedFactory
 import dagger.assisted.AssistedInject
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
 import dagger.hilt.android.qualifiers.ApplicationContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.catch
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ import org.shirabox.core.entity.EpisodeEntity
 import org.shirabox.core.model.ContentType
 import org.shirabox.core.model.Quality
 import org.shirabox.core.util.Util
+import org.shirabox.core.util.Values
 import org.shirabox.data.EpisodesHelper
 import org.shirabox.data.animeskip.AnimeSkipRepository
 import org.shirabox.data.content.ContentRepositoryRegistry
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ class PlayerViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
     @Assisted("team") val team: String,
     @Assisted("repository") val repository: String,
     @Assisted val initialEpisode: Int,
+    @Assisted val exoPlayer: ExoPlayer,
     @ApplicationContext context: Context
 ) : ViewModel() {
 
@@ -57,6 +62,8 @@ class PlayerViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
     val currentRepository = ContentRepositoryRegistry.getRepositoryByName(repository)
     val isCurrentItemOffline = mutableStateOf(false)
 
+    var controlsVisibilityJob: Job? = null
+
     @AssistedFactory
     interface PlayerViewModelFactory {
         fun create(
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ class PlayerViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
             @Assisted("contentEnName") contentEnName: String,
             @Assisted("team") team: String,
             @Assisted("repository") repository: String,
+            exoPlayer: ExoPlayer,
             initialEpisode: Int
         ): PlayerViewModel
     }
@@ -151,6 +159,16 @@ class PlayerViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    fun hideUi() {
+        controlsVisibilityJob?.cancel()
+        controlsVisibilityJob = viewModelScope.launch {
+            val delayMs = Values.CONTROLS_HIDE_DELAY
+            delay(delayMs).let {
+                if (exoPlayer.isPlaying) controlsVisibilityState = false
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fun defaultQualityPreferenceFlow(context: Context): Flow<Int?> =
         AppDataStore.read(context, DataStoreScheme.FIELD_DEFAULT_QUALITY.key)
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/ShiraPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/ShiraPlayer.kt
index 0b3f238..6476ce0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/ShiraPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/ShiraPlayer.kt
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.hls.HlsMediaSource
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.ProgressiveMediaSource
 import androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.firstOrNull
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.PlayerScaffold
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.SettingsBottomSheet
-import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.hideControls
 import org.shirabox.core.datastore.DataStoreScheme
 import org.shirabox.core.entity.EpisodeEntity
 import org.shirabox.core.model.Quality
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ import org.shirabox.data.content.AbstractContentRepository
 @OptIn(UnstableApi::class)
 @Composable
 fun ShiraPlayer(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, model: PlayerViewModel) {
-    val coroutineScope = rememberCoroutineScope()
     val interactionSource = remember(::MutableInteractionSource)
 
     val playlist by model.playlistFlow().collectAsStateWithLifecycle(initialValue = emptyList())
@@ -60,10 +57,8 @@ fun ShiraPlayer(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, model: PlayerViewModel) {
                 .clickable(
                     interactionSource = interactionSource, indication = null
                 ) {
-                    coroutineScope.launch {
-                        model.controlsVisibilityState = !model.controlsVisibilityState
-                        hideControls(exoPlayer, model)
-                    }
+                    model.controlsVisibilityState = !model.controlsVisibilityState
+                    model.hideUi()
                 }
         ) {
             androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility(
@@ -83,7 +78,11 @@ fun ShiraPlayer(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, model: PlayerViewModel) {
 
 @OptIn(UnstableApi::class)
 @Composable
-private fun PlayerSurface(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, model: PlayerViewModel, playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>) {
+private fun PlayerSurface(
+    exoPlayer: ExoPlayer,
+    model: PlayerViewModel,
+    playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>
+) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
     val playerView = PlayerView(context)
     val coroutineScope = rememberCoroutineScope()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/presentation/PlayerScaffold.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/presentation/PlayerScaffold.kt
index d7070b6..ce34bcb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/presentation/PlayerScaffold.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/shirabox/app/ui/activity/player/presentation/PlayerScaffold.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableIntStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableLongStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
-import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import androidx.media3.common.Player
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
-import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.PlayerViewModel
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.controls.InstantSeekArea
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.controls.PlaybackControls
@@ -33,13 +31,15 @@ import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.controls.PlayerSkipButto
 import org.shirabox.app.ui.activity.player.presentation.controls.PlayerTopBar
 import org.shirabox.core.datastore.DataStoreScheme
 import org.shirabox.core.entity.EpisodeEntity
-import org.shirabox.core.util.Values
 
 @Composable
-fun PlayerScaffold(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>, model: PlayerViewModel) {
+fun PlayerScaffold(
+    exoPlayer: ExoPlayer,
+    playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>,
+    model: PlayerViewModel
+) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
     val activity = context as Activity
-    val coroutineScope = rememberCoroutineScope()
 
     var isPlaying by remember { mutableStateOf(exoPlayer.isPlaying) }
     var currentPosition by remember { mutableLongStateOf(exoPlayer.currentPosition) }
@@ -148,10 +148,8 @@ fun PlayerScaffold(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>, model: P
             )
         },
         onClick = {
-            coroutineScope.launch {
-                model.controlsVisibilityState = !model.controlsVisibilityState
-                hideControls(exoPlayer, model)
-            }
+            model.controlsVisibilityState = !model.controlsVisibilityState
+            model.hideUi()
         }
     )
 
@@ -202,7 +200,7 @@ fun PlayerScaffold(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>, model: P
                     },
                     onPlayToggle = {
                         exoPlayer.playWhenReady = !exoPlayer.isPlaying
-                        coroutineScope.launch { hideControls(exoPlayer, model) }
+                        model.hideUi()
                     },
                     onSkipNext = {
                         model.saveEpisodePosition(currentEpisodeInt, exoPlayer.currentPosition, exoPlayer.duration)
@@ -238,15 +236,4 @@ fun PlayerScaffold(exoPlayer: ExoPlayer, playlist: List<EpisodeEntity>, model: P
                 }
         })
     }
-}
-
-suspend fun hideControls(
-    exoPlayer: ExoPlayer,
-    model: PlayerViewModel
-) {
-    val delayMs = Values.CONTROLS_HIDE_DELAY
-
-    delay(delayMs).let {
-        if (exoPlayer.isPlaying) model.controlsVisibilityState = false
-    }
 }
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