diff --git a/app/video/views.py b/app/video/views.py
index 81a2b37..a10beff 100644
--- a/app/video/views.py
+++ b/app/video/views.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def film_play(request, slug, id):
     context['settings'] = settings
     context['config'] = json.dumps({
         'stream_prefix': get_stream_prefix(request),
+        'layer': 'transcripts',
         'item': id
     })
     context['pandora_url'] = settings.DEFAULT_PANDORA_API.replace('/api/', '')