diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3b1a303..898575b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ impl App {
         self.flags.config_state.recent_files.truncate(10);
         self.save_config_state();
 
-        let video = match video::new_video(&url) {
+        let video = match video::new_video(&url, video::VideoSettings::default()) {
             Ok(ok) => ok,
             Err(err) => return err,
         };
diff --git a/src/thumbnail.rs b/src/thumbnail.rs
index 58c7314..e52731a 100644
--- a/src/thumbnail.rs
+++ b/src/thumbnail.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn main(
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let mut image = {
         let thumbnails = {
-            let mut video = match video::new_video(input) {
+            let mut video = match video::new_video(input, video::VideoSettings { mute: true }) {
                 Ok(ok) => ok,
                 Err(_err) => return Err(Into::into(format!("missing required plugin"))),
             };
diff --git a/src/video.rs b/src/video.rs
index c91e9e9..c88942f 100644
--- a/src/video.rs
+++ b/src/video.rs
@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ use iced_video_player::{
 
 use cosmic::app::{Command, message};
 
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct VideoSettings {
+    pub mute: bool,
+}
+
 pub fn new_video(
     url: &url::Url,
+    settings: VideoSettings,
 ) -> Result<Video, cosmic::Command<cosmic::app::Message<super::Message>>> {
     //TODO: this code came from iced_video_player::Video::new and has been modified to stop the pipeline on error
     //TODO: remove unwraps and enable playback of files with only audio.
     gst::init().unwrap();
 
     let pipeline = format!(
-        "playbin uri=\"{}\" video-sink=\"videoscale ! videoconvert ! videoflip method=automatic ! appsink name=iced_video drop=true caps=video/x-raw,format=NV12,pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1\"",
-        url.as_str()
+        "playbin uri=\"{}\"{} video-sink=\"videoscale ! videoconvert ! videoflip method=automatic ! appsink name=iced_video drop=true caps=video/x-raw,format=NV12,pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1\"",
+        url.as_str(),
+        if settings.mute { " mute=true" } else { "" }
     );
     let pipeline = gst::parse::launch(pipeline.as_ref())
         .unwrap()