diff --git a/static/js/clipList.js b/static/js/clipList.js
index e0c5ae8e6..21b5af805 100644
--- a/static/js/clipList.js
+++ b/static/js/clipList.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pandora.ui.clipList = function(videoRatio) {
             fixedRatio: fixedRatio,
             item: function(data, sort, size) {
                 size = size || 128; // fixme: is this needed?
+                data.videoRatio = data.videoRatio || pandora.site.video.previewRatio;
                 var ratio, width, height,
                     format, info, sortKey, title, url;
                 if (!ui.item) {
diff --git a/static/js/list.js b/static/js/list.js
index 1ad41d8bf..bc680f852 100644
--- a/static/js/list.js
+++ b/static/js/list.js
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ pandora.ui.list = function() {
             id: 'list',
             item: function(data, sort, size) {
                 size = 128;
+                data.videoRatio = data.videoRatio || pandora.site.video.previewRatio;
                 var ratio = ui.icons == 'posters'
                         ? (ui.showSitePosters ? pandora.site.posters.ratio : data.posterRatio) : 1,
                     url = pandora.getMediaURL('/' + data.id + '/' + (