From 622f61903b13be07c89994f04286e4ed3821acfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Perez <60019601+josh-signal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:18:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for video stories not playing

---
 ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx b/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
index 1cc011d166cf..5a0db987e88e 100644
--- a/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ export const StoryViewer = ({
   // We need to be careful about this effect refreshing, it should only run
   // every time a story changes or its duration changes.
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!storyDuration) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     strictAssert(
       progressBarRef.current != null,
       "progressBarRef can't be null"