diff --git a/source/UI/js/Core/URL.js b/source/UI/js/Core/URL.js
index 814044d0..784e27ec 100644
--- a/source/UI/js/Core/URL.js
+++ b/source/UI/js/Core/URL.js
@@ -809,7 +809,10 @@ Ox.URL = function(options) {
     }
 
     function parseURL(str, callback) {
+        // remove facebook spam
+        str = str.replace(/\?fbclid=[A-Za-z0-9_]+/, '')
         // fixme: removing trailing slash makes it impossible to search for '/'
+
         var split = str.split('#'),
             parts = split.shift().replace(/(^\/|\/$)/g, '').split('/'),
             state = split.length && split[0].length
diff --git a/source/UI/js/Video/VideoTimelinePlayer.js b/source/UI/js/Video/VideoTimelinePlayer.js
index 2dd8583c..dacf864d 100644
--- a/source/UI/js/Video/VideoTimelinePlayer.js
+++ b/source/UI/js/Video/VideoTimelinePlayer.js
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ Ox.VideoTimelinePlayer = function(options, self) {
             height: self.tileHeight,
             muted: self.options.muted,
             paused: self.options.paused,
+            playbackRate: self.options.playbackRate,
             position: self.options.position,
             scaleToFill: true,
             video: self.options.video,