diff --git a/JustPlayer b/JustPlayer
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..3d432407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JustPlayer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3d432407da3665aa0636f131f6801c5bc35c50e3
diff --git a/MPVKit b/MPVKit
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..0c01e295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MPVKit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0c01e295f078f8382edcd0bb5326412791084146
diff --git a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/player/PlayerEngine.ios.kt b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/player/PlayerEngine.ios.kt
index 83b235c8..1a4d1b67 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/player/PlayerEngine.ios.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/iosMain/kotlin/com/nuvio/app/features/player/PlayerEngine.ios.kt
@@ -192,5 +192,6 @@ actual fun PlatformPlayerSurface(
     UIKitViewController(
         factory = { bridge.createPlayerViewController() },
         modifier = modifier,
+        interactive = false,
     )
 }
diff --git a/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift b/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
index 72292f7e..434b3f8a 100644
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/Player/MPVPlayerBridge.swift
@@ -325,10 +325,9 @@ final class MPVPlayerViewController: UIViewController {
 
     func destroyPlayer() {
         NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
-        if let mpv = mpv {
-            mpv_terminate_destroy(mpv)
-        }
-        mpv = nil
+        guard let ctx = mpv else { return }
+        mpv = nil  // nil first so event loop stops reading
+        mpv_terminate_destroy(ctx)
     }
 
     // MARK: - State Update
@@ -416,8 +415,6 @@ final class MPVPlayerViewController: UIViewController {
                         }
                     }
                 case MPV_EVENT_SHUTDOWN:
-                    mpv_terminate_destroy(mpv)
-                    self.mpv = nil
                     return
                 case MPV_EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE:
                     if let msg = UnsafeMutablePointer<mpv_event_log_message>(OpaquePointer(eventPtr.pointee.data)) {