diff --git a/src/js/videos.js b/src/js/videos.js
index aaf10b6a6..042ef98b5 100644
--- a/src/js/videos.js
+++ b/src/js/videos.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function playVideo(videoId) {
     dateString = [dateString.slice(0, 7), '-', dateString.slice(7)].join('');
     console.log(dateString);
     const publishedDate = dateFormat(dateString, "mmm dS, yyyy");
-    
+
     // Figure out the width for the like/dislike bar.
     const videoLikes = info['like_count'];
     const videoDislikes = info['dislike_count'];
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ function changeQuality(videoHtml, qualityType, isEmbed = false) {
 * @return {Void}
 */
 function changeVideoSpeed(speed){
+  $('#currentSpeed').html(speed);
   $('.videoPlayer').get(0).playbackRate = speed;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/templates/player.html b/src/templates/player.html
index 58a395c1f..3028120f9 100644
--- a/src/templates/player.html
+++ b/src/templates/player.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class='smallButton videoSpeed'>
-    <span id='currentSpeed'>1x</span> <i class="fas fa-angle-down"></i>
+    <span id='currentSpeed'>1</span>x <i class="fas fa-angle-down"></i>
     <div class='speedTypes'>
       <ul>
         <li onclick='changeVideoSpeed(0.25)'>0.25x</li>