diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/ScenePlayer/ScenePlayer.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/ScenePlayer/ScenePlayer.tsx
index 24453043b..4c94d433e 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/ScenePlayer/ScenePlayer.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/ScenePlayer/ScenePlayer.tsx
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ export const ScenePlayer: React.FC<IScenePlayerProps> = ({
 
     // always stop the interactive client on initialisation
     interactiveClient.pause();
-    interactiveReady.current = false;
 
     const isSafari = UAParser().browser.name?.includes("Safari");
     const isLandscape = file.height && file.width && file.width > file.height;