diff --git a/source/funkin/game/cutscenes/VideoCutscene.hx b/source/funkin/game/cutscenes/VideoCutscene.hx
index f979376f77..ea75b3b078 100644
--- a/source/funkin/game/cutscenes/VideoCutscene.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/game/cutscenes/VideoCutscene.hx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class VideoCutscene extends Cutscene {
 	var localPath:String;
 
 	#if VIDEO_CUTSCENES
-	var video:FlxVideoSprite;
+	final video:FlxVideoSprite = new FlxVideoSprite();
 	final mutex = new sys.thread.Mutex();
 
 	var cutsceneCamera:FlxCamera;
@@ -58,17 +58,20 @@ class VideoCutscene extends Cutscene {
 
 		parseSubtitles();
 
-		add(video = new FlxVideoSprite());
 		video.antialiasing = true;
-		video.bitmap.onEndReached.add(close);
-		video.bitmap.onFormatSetup.add(function() if (video.bitmap != null && video.bitmap.bitmapData != null) {
-			final width = video.bitmap.bitmapData.width;
-			final height = video.bitmap.bitmapData.height;
-			final scale:Float = Math.min(FlxG.width / width, FlxG.height / height);
-			video.setGraphicSize(width * scale, height * scale);
-			video.updateHitbox();
-			video.screenCenter();
+		video.bitmap.onFormatSetup.add(function() {
+		 if (video.bitmap != null && video.bitmap.bitmapData != null) {
+			 final width = video.bitmap.bitmapData.width;
+			 final height = video.bitmap.bitmapData.height;
+			 final scale:Float = Math.min(FlxG.width / width, FlxG.height / height);
+			
+			 video.setGraphicSize(width * scale, height * scale);
+			 video.updateHitbox();
+			 video.screenCenter();
+		 }
 		});
+		video.bitmap.onEndReached.add(close);
+		add(video);
 
 		//cover = new FlxSprite(0, FlxG.height * 0.85).makeSolid(FlxG.width + 50, FlxG.height + 50, 0xFF000000);
 		//cover.scrollFactor.set(0, 0);