diff --git a/player/rtmp.coffee b/player/rtmp.coffee
index ab3b6f96..e36232ce 100644
--- a/player/rtmp.coffee
+++ b/player/rtmp.coffee
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ window.RTMPPlayer = class RTMPPlayer extends VideoJSPlayer
         if not (this instanceof RTMPPlayer)
             return new RTMPPlayer(data)
 
+        @setupMeta(data)
+        super(data)
+
+    load: (data) ->
+        @setupMeta(data)
+        super(data)
+
+    setupMeta: (data) ->
         data.meta.direct =
             # Quality is required for data.meta.direct processing but doesn't
             # matter here because it's dictated by the stream.  Arbitrarily
@@ -16,5 +24,3 @@ window.RTMPPlayer = class RTMPPlayer extends VideoJSPlayer
                     link: data.id
                 }
             ]
-
-        super(data)
diff --git a/www/js/callbacks.js b/www/js/callbacks.js
index 0956ca41..aee55e5e 100644
--- a/www/js/callbacks.js
+++ b/www/js/callbacks.js
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ Callbacks = {
     }
 }
 
-var SOCKET_DEBUG = false;
+var SOCKET_DEBUG = localStorage.getItem('cytube_socket_debug') === 'true';
 setupCallbacks = function() {
     for(var key in Callbacks) {
         (function(key) {
diff --git a/www/js/player.js b/www/js/player.js
index 4cb83e5a..c2ade742 100644
--- a/www/js/player.js
+++ b/www/js/player.js
@@ -1007,15 +1007,24 @@
       if (!(this instanceof RTMPPlayer)) {
         return new RTMPPlayer(data);
       }
-      data.meta.direct = {
+      this.setupMeta(data);
+      RTMPPlayer.__super__.constructor.call(this, data);
+    }
+
+    RTMPPlayer.prototype.load = function(data) {
+      this.setupMeta(data);
+      return RTMPPlayer.__super__.load.call(this, data);
+    };
+
+    RTMPPlayer.prototype.setupMeta = function(data) {
+      return data.meta.direct = {
         480: [
           {
             link: data.id
           }
         ]
       };
-      RTMPPlayer.__super__.constructor.call(this, data);
-    }
+    };
 
     return RTMPPlayer;