diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
index fc41f662..3cd92db8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
@@ -2029,12 +2029,17 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
           // Remove 'series:' prefix if present to be safe, though parsing logic above usually handles it
           stremioEpisodeId = episodeId.replace(/^series:/, '');
         } else if (!seasonNum) {
-          // No season (e.g., mal:57658:1) - use id:episode format
-          stremioEpisodeId = `${id}:${episodeNum}`;
+          // No season (e.g., kitsu:12345:1, mal:57658:1) - use showIdStr:episode format.
+          // Use showIdStr (parsed from episodeId) rather than outer `id` so that when the
+          // show has multiple IDs (e.g. tvdb+kitsu), we preserve the namespace that the
+          // episode actually belongs to (e.g. kitsu:animeId:epNum, not tvdb:showId:epNum).
+          const baseId = showIdStr && showIdStr !== id ? showIdStr : id;
+          stremioEpisodeId = `${baseId}:${episodeNum}`;
         } else {
-          stremioEpisodeId = `${id}:${seasonNum}:${episodeNum}`;
+          const baseId = showIdStr && showIdStr !== id ? showIdStr : id;
+          stremioEpisodeId = `${baseId}:${seasonNum}:${episodeNum}`;
         }
-        if (__DEV__) console.log('ℹ️ [loadEpisodeStreams] Using ID as both TMDB and Stremio ID:', tmdbId);
+        if (__DEV__) console.log('ℹ️ [loadEpisodeStreams] Using ID as both TMDB and Stremio ID:', tmdbId, '| stremioEpisodeId:', stremioEpisodeId);
       }
 
       // Extract episode info from the episodeId for logging