diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
index 033ec3f95..839b5c708 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ const val NEWPIPE_APPLICATION_ID_NEW = "net.newpipe.app"
 // vc=19 / 0.1.0-AE — rust pipeline cutover. Extraction via
 // strawcore-core (Sulkta-Coop/strawcore) via the UniFFI wrapper; no
 // NewPipeExtractor in the runtime path.
-const val STRAW_VERSION_CODE = 43
-const val STRAW_VERSION_NAME = "0.1.0-BC"
+const val STRAW_VERSION_CODE = 44
+const val STRAW_VERSION_NAME = "0.1.0-BD"
 const val STRAW_APPLICATION_ID = "com.sulkta.straw"
diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
index d28b26527..ea3800279 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
@@ -122,7 +122,17 @@ fun VideoDetailScreen(
     var showDownloadDialog by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
     var showSaveToPlaylistDialog by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
     // Inline-play state resets when navigating to a different video.
-    var inlinePlaying by remember(streamUrl) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    // BUT: if the shared MediaController is already playing this exact
+    // stream — most commonly because the user popped back from
+    // fullscreen Player — default to true so the inline surface picks
+    // up the running playback instead of dropping back to the
+    // thumbnail+Play placeholder. Without this, system back from
+    // fullscreen looked like "the video went to background" — audio
+    // continued via the persistent controller but the video page
+    // re-rendered as a freshly-loaded detail.
+    var inlinePlaying by remember(streamUrl) {
+        mutableStateOf(NowPlaying.current.value?.streamUrl == streamUrl)
+    }
     LaunchedEffect(streamUrl) { vm.load(streamUrl) }
 
     // The Background button (and the fullscreen audio-only toggle)