diff --git a/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js b/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
index 5894bc67..d7ba68f4 100644
--- a/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
+++ b/source/Ox.UI/js/Video/VideoElement.js
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ Ox.VideoElement = function(options, self) {
             item.points = points;
         }
         item.$videos = src.map(function(src, i) {
-            // in all browsers except firefox,
+            //fixme: get rid of this to make use of browser caching
+            // but in all browsers except firefox,
             // loadedmetadata fires only once per src
-            if (Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
+            if (src.length > 0 && Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
                 src += '?' + Ox.uid();
             }
             return $('<video>')
@@ -437,7 +438,10 @@ Ox.VideoElement = function(options, self) {
                 self.$video.each(function(video, i) {
                     if (i != self.currentPart) {
                         var src = self.options.src[i];
-                        if (Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
+                        //fixme: get rid of this to make use of browser caching
+                        // but in all browsers except firefox,
+                        // loadedmetadata fires only once per src
+                        if (src.length > 0 && Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
                             src += '?' + Ox.uid();
                         }
                         video.src = src;
@@ -446,7 +450,10 @@ Ox.VideoElement = function(options, self) {
             } else {
                 self.items[0].$videos.forEach(function($video, i) {
                     var src = self.options.src[i];
-                    if (Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
+                    //fixme: get rid of this to make use of browser caching
+                    // but in all browsers except firefox,
+                    // loadedmetadata fires only once per src
+                    if (src.length > 0 && Ox.startsWith(Ox.parseURL(src).protocol, 'http')) {
                         src += '?' + Ox.uid();
                     }
                     $video[0].src = src;