diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 652ea16..cd471a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "odo-stream",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "next build",
diff --git a/src/app/api/live/route.ts b/src/app/api/live/route.ts
index a76290e..c317da1 100644
--- a/src/app/api/live/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/live/route.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ export async function GET(): Promise<Response> {
       `${process.env.RS_URL}/hls/live.stream.m3u8`,
     )
 
-    // return response
-    return new NextResponse(response.body)
+    return new NextResponse(response.body, {
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type':
+          response.headers.get('Content-Type') ||
+          'application/vnd.apple.mpegurl',
+      },
+    })
   } catch (e: any) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to fetch playlist: ${e.message}`, {
       cause: e,
diff --git a/src/app/api/segment/route.ts b/src/app/api/segment/route.ts
index 5078d68..1449a7c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/segment/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/segment/route.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response> {
       `${process.env.RS_URL}/hls${requestUrl.pathname}`,
     )
 
-    return new NextResponse(response.body)
+    return new NextResponse(response.body, {
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type':
+          response.headers.get('Content-Type') || 'application/octet-stream',
+      },
+    })
   } catch (e: any) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to fetch segment: ${e.message}`, {
       cause: e,
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index edeeeb8..929787b 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async function getOnline() {
     const res: Response = await fetch(`${process.env.RS_URL}/v1/states`)
     const data = await res.json()
 
-    return data?.repeat_to_local_nginx?.type !== 'disconnected'
+    return data?.repeat_to_local_nginx?.type === 'connected'
   } catch (e: any) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to fetch stream state: ${e.message}`, {
       cause: e,
diff --git a/src/components/player.tsx b/src/components/player.tsx
index dae07b2..60977e1 100644
--- a/src/components/player.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,19 @@ export type PlayerProps = {
 }
 
 const hlsConfig = {
-  liveDurationInfinity: true,
-  lowLatencyMode: true,
+  autoStartLoad: true, // auto play on load
+  backBufferLength: 0, // eliminate back buffer
+  enableWorker: true, // use workers
+  initialLiveManifestSize: 2, // preload 2 chunks before autostart
+  liveDurationInfinity: true, // instructs browser that video is live
+  liveMaxLatencyDuration: 10, // if higher than this, adujst to liveSyncDuration
+  liveSyncDuration: 3, // how close to live to target? shorter than 3sec causes frequent buffering issues
+  lowLatencyMode: true, // enable low latency mode
+  maxBufferLength: 10, // limit forward buffer
+  maxLiveSyncPlaybackRate: 2, // if running behind, speed up video
+  nudgeMaxRetry: 5, // increase retries before buffer stalled
+  progressive: true, // use fetch instead of xhr
+  testBandwidth: false, // disable auto bandwidth estimation
 }
 
 export function Player({ className, src }: PlayerProps): React.ReactNode {
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index fb25f88..99b46d5 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
   const requestUrl = new URL(request.url)
   const response: NextResponse = NextResponse.next()
 
-  // add CORS
+  // CORS
   response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', 'true')
   response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', requestUrl.origin)
   response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET')
 
+  // Cache
+  response.headers.set('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate')
+  response.headers.set('Pragma', 'no-cache')
+
   return response
 }