diff --git a/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift b/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
index 2dd32ce07..870583f7a 100644
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ final class MPVPlayerViewController: UIViewController {
     ) {
         guard mpv != nil else { return }
 
-        checkError(mpv_set_property_string(mpv, "sub-ass-override", "force"))
+        checkError(mpv_set_property_string(mpv, "sub-ass-override", "no"))
         checkError(mpv_set_property_string(mpv, "sub-color", textColor))
         checkError(mpv_set_property_string(mpv, "sub-back-color", backgroundColor))
         checkError(mpv_set_property_string(mpv, "sub-outline-color", outlineColor))