diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/useSkipTime.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/useSkipTime.ts
index 5f4b261a..b0f83a1f 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/useSkipTime.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/useSkipTime.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect } from "react";
 
 // import { proxiedFetch } from "@/backend/helpers/fetch";
 import { mwFetch, proxiedFetch } from "@/backend/helpers/fetch";
 import { usePlayerMeta } from "@/components/player/hooks/usePlayerMeta";
 import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+import { usePlayerStore } from "@/stores/player/store";
+import { getMediaKey } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { usePreferencesStore } from "@/stores/preferences";
 import { getTurnstileToken } from "@/utils/turnstile";
 
@@ -30,10 +32,16 @@ export interface SegmentData {
 
 export function useSkipTime() {
   const { playerMeta: meta } = usePlayerMeta();
-  const [segments, setSegments] = useState<SegmentData[]>([]);
   const febboxKey = usePreferencesStore((s) => s.febboxKey);
+  const cacheKey = getMediaKey(meta ?? null);
+  const skipSegmentsCacheKey = usePlayerStore((s) => s.skipSegmentsCacheKey);
+  const skipSegments = usePlayerStore((s) => s.skipSegments);
+  const setSkipSegments = usePlayerStore((s) => s.setSkipSegments);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!cacheKey) return;
+    // Already have segments for this media – don't refetch (e.g. when opening menu)
+    if (cacheKey === skipSegmentsCacheKey) return;
     // Validate segment data according to rules
     // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
     const validateSegment = (
@@ -212,9 +220,7 @@ export function useSkipTime() {
     };
 
     const fetchSkipTime = async (): Promise<void> => {
-      // Reset source and segments
       currentSkipTimeSource = null;
-      setSegments([]);
 
       // Try TheIntroDB API first (supports both movies and TV shows with full segment data)
       const theIntroDBSegments = await fetchTheIntroDBSegments();
@@ -228,7 +234,7 @@ export function useSkipTime() {
       // If we have a valid intro from TIDB, use all TIDB segments
       if (hasIntroSegment) {
         currentSkipTimeSource = "theintrodb";
-        setSegments(theIntroDBSegments);
+        setSkipSegments(cacheKey, theIntroDBSegments);
         return;
       }
 
@@ -275,13 +281,15 @@ export function useSkipTime() {
       // Add any valid recap/credits segments from TIDB
       finalSegments.push(...nonIntroSegments);
 
-      if (finalSegments.length > 0) {
-        setSegments(finalSegments);
-      }
+      // Always update cache (even when empty) so we don't refetch for this media
+      setSkipSegments(cacheKey, finalSegments);
     };
 
     fetchSkipTime();
   }, [
+    cacheKey,
+    skipSegmentsCacheKey,
+    setSkipSegments,
     meta?.tmdbId,
     meta?.imdbId,
     meta?.title,
@@ -291,5 +299,6 @@ export function useSkipTime() {
     febboxKey,
   ]);
 
-  return segments;
+  // Only return segments when they're for the current media (avoid showing stale data)
+  return cacheKey === skipSegmentsCacheKey ? skipSegments : [];
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/skipSegments.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/skipSegments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..875ab1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/skipSegments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { SegmentData } from "@/components/player/hooks/useSkipTime";
+import { MakeSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
+
+export interface SkipSegmentsSlice {
+  skipSegmentsCacheKey: string | null;
+  skipSegments: SegmentData[];
+  setSkipSegments(cacheKey: string, segments: SegmentData[]): void;
+  clearSkipSegments(): void;
+}
+
+export const createSkipSegmentsSlice: MakeSlice<SkipSegmentsSlice> = (set) => ({
+  skipSegmentsCacheKey: null,
+  skipSegments: [],
+  setSkipSegments(cacheKey, segments) {
+    set((s) => {
+      s.skipSegmentsCacheKey = cacheKey;
+      s.skipSegments = segments;
+    });
+  },
+  clearSkipSegments() {
+    set((s) => {
+      s.skipSegmentsCacheKey = null;
+      s.skipSegments = [];
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
index b8147616..c369da35 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/source.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ export const createSourceSlice: MakeSlice<SourceSlice> = (set, get) => ({
     });
   },
   reset() {
+    get().clearSkipSegments?.();
     set((s) => {
       s.source = null;
       s.sourceId = null;
diff --git a/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts b/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
index 6f358945..24ed4f80 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/slices/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { DisplaySlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/display";
 import { InterfaceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
 import { PlayingSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/playing";
 import { ProgressSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/progress";
+import { SkipSegmentsSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/skipSegments";
 import { SourceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { ThumbnailSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/thumbnails";
 
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export type AllSlices = InterfaceSlice &
   SourceSlice &
   DisplaySlice &
   CastingSlice &
-  ThumbnailSlice;
+  ThumbnailSlice &
+  SkipSegmentsSlice;
 export type MakeSlice<Slice> = StateCreator<
   AllSlices,
   [["zustand/immer", never]],
diff --git a/src/stores/player/store.ts b/src/stores/player/store.ts
index 2235c30f..44711923 100644
--- a/src/stores/player/store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/player/store.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { createDisplaySlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/display";
 import { createInterfaceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/interface";
 import { createPlayingSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/playing";
 import { createProgressSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/progress";
+import { createSkipSegmentsSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/skipSegments";
 import { createSourceSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/source";
 import { createThumbnailSlice } from "@/stores/player/slices/thumbnails";
 import { AllSlices } from "@/stores/player/slices/types";
@@ -19,5 +20,6 @@ export const usePlayerStore = create(
     ...createDisplaySlice(...a),
     ...createCastingSlice(...a),
     ...createThumbnailSlice(...a),
+    ...createSkipSegmentsSlice(...a),
   })),
 );