diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/MediaPlayerWidget.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/MediaPlayerWidget.kt
index 6a458907..dbd98c75 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/MediaPlayerWidget.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/MediaPlayerWidget.kt
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ import android.widget.RemoteViews
 import androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.data.PlaybackSession
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.device.DeviceManager
-import com.audiobookshelf.app.device.WidgetEventEmitter
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.managers.DbManager
-import com.audiobookshelf.app.player.PlayerNotificationService
 import com.bumptech.glide.Glide
 import com.bumptech.glide.request.RequestOptions
 import com.bumptech.glide.request.target.AppWidgetTarget
@@ -28,12 +26,9 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.request.transition.Transition
  */
 class MediaPlayerWidget : AppWidgetProvider() {
   val tag = "MediaPlayerWidget"
-    override fun onUpdate(context: Context, appWidgetManager: AppWidgetManager, appWidgetIds: IntArray) {
-      // There may be multiple widgets active, so update all of them
-      for (appWidgetId in appWidgetIds) {
-        updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId, null, false, PlayerNotificationService.isClosed)
-      }
-    }
+  override fun onUpdate(context: Context, appWidgetManager: AppWidgetManager, appWidgetIds: IntArray) {
+    Log.d(tag, "onUpdate $appWidgetIds")
+  }
 
   override fun onEnabled(context: Context) {
     Log.i(tag, "onEnabled check context ${context.packageName}")
@@ -51,32 +46,14 @@ class MediaPlayerWidget : AppWidgetProvider() {
     }
 
     // Enter relevant functionality for when the first widget is created
-    DeviceManager.widgetUpdater = (object : WidgetEventEmitter {
-      override fun onPlayerChanged(pns: PlayerNotificationService) {
-        val isPlaying = pns.currentPlayer.isPlaying
-
-        val appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context)
-        val componentName = ComponentName(context, MediaPlayerWidget::class.java)
-        val ids = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(componentName)
-
-        val playbackSession = pns.getCurrentPlaybackSessionCopy()
-
-        for (widgetId in ids) {
-          updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, widgetId, playbackSession, isPlaying, PlayerNotificationService.isClosed)
-        }
-      }
-    })
+    DeviceManager.initializeWidgetUpdater(context)
   }
-
-    override fun onDisabled(context: Context) {
-        // Enter relevant functionality for when the last widget is disabled
-    }
 }
 
 internal fun updateAppWidget(context: Context, appWidgetManager: AppWidgetManager, appWidgetId: Int, playbackSession: PlaybackSession?, isPlaying:Boolean, isAppClosed:Boolean) {
   val tag = "MediaPlayerWidget"
   val views = RemoteViews(context.packageName, R.layout.media_player_widget)
-Log.d(tag, "updateAppWidget ${playbackSession?.displayTitle ?: "No Title"} isPlaying=$isPlaying isAppClosed=$isAppClosed")
+  Log.i(tag, "updateAppWidget ${playbackSession?.displayTitle ?: "No Title"} isPlaying=$isPlaying isAppClosed=$isAppClosed")
   val wholeWidgetClickI = Intent(context, MainActivity::class.java)
   wholeWidgetClickI.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
   val wholeWidgetClickPI = PendingIntent.getActivity(
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/device/DeviceManager.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/device/DeviceManager.kt
index 77391ae2..b4769528 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/device/DeviceManager.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/device/DeviceManager.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 package com.audiobookshelf.app.device
 
+import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager
+import android.content.ComponentName
 import android.content.Context
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager
 import android.net.NetworkCapabilities
 import android.util.Log
+import com.audiobookshelf.app.MediaPlayerWidget
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.data.*
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.managers.DbManager
 import com.audiobookshelf.app.player.PlayerNotificationService
+import com.audiobookshelf.app.updateAppWidget
 
 interface WidgetEventEmitter {
   fun onPlayerChanged(pns:PlayerNotificationService)
+  fun onPlayerClosed()
 }
 
 object DeviceManager {
@@ -76,4 +81,31 @@ object DeviceManager {
     deviceData.lastPlaybackSession = playbackSession
     dbManager.saveDeviceData(deviceData)
   }
+
+  fun initializeWidgetUpdater(context:Context) {
+    Log.d(tag, "Initializing widget updater")
+    widgetUpdater = (object : WidgetEventEmitter {
+      override fun onPlayerChanged(pns: PlayerNotificationService) {
+
+        val isPlaying = pns.currentPlayer.isPlaying
+
+        val appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context)
+        val componentName = ComponentName(context, MediaPlayerWidget::class.java)
+        val ids = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(componentName)
+        val playbackSession = pns.getCurrentPlaybackSessionCopy()
+
+        for (widgetId in ids) {
+          updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, widgetId, playbackSession, isPlaying, PlayerNotificationService.isClosed)
+        }
+      }
+      override fun onPlayerClosed() {
+        val appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context)
+        val componentName = ComponentName(context, MediaPlayerWidget::class.java)
+        val ids = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(componentName)
+        for (widgetId in ids) {
+          updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, widgetId, deviceData.lastPlaybackSession, false, PlayerNotificationService.isClosed)
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerListener.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerListener.kt
index 669637eb..8d28b637 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerListener.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerListener.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class PlayerListener(var playerNotificationService:PlayerNotificationService) :
 
     lazyIsPlaying = isPlaying
 
+    // Update widget
+    DeviceManager.widgetUpdater?.onPlayerChanged(playerNotificationService)
+
     if (isPlaying) {
       Log.d(tag, "SeekBackTime: Player is playing")
       if (lastPauseTime > 0 && DeviceManager.deviceData.deviceSettings?.disableAutoRewind != true) {
@@ -109,8 +112,6 @@ class PlayerListener(var playerNotificationService:PlayerNotificationService) :
     }
 
     playerNotificationService.clientEventEmitter?.onPlayingUpdate(isPlaying)
-
-    DeviceManager.widgetUpdater?.onPlayerChanged(playerNotificationService)
   }
 
   override fun onEvents(player: Player, events: Player.Events) {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerNotificationService.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerNotificationService.kt
index b62be5bb..e1ceb428 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerNotificationService.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/player/PlayerNotificationService.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package com.audiobookshelf.app.player
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.app.*
-import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager
-import android.content.ComponentName
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
@@ -25,8 +23,6 @@ import android.support.v4.media.session.MediaControllerCompat
 import android.support.v4.media.session.MediaSessionCompat
 import android.support.v4.media.session.PlaybackStateCompat
 import android.util.Log
-import android.view.View
-import android.widget.RemoteViews
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
@@ -203,6 +199,9 @@ class PlayerNotificationService : MediaBrowserServiceCompat()  {
     super.onCreate()
     ctx = this
 
+    // Initialize widget
+    DeviceManager.initializeWidgetUpdater(ctx)
+
     // To listen for network change from metered to unmetered
     val networkRequest = NetworkRequest.Builder()
       .addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_INTERNET)
@@ -362,7 +361,7 @@ class PlayerNotificationService : MediaBrowserServiceCompat()  {
       .build()
     mPlayer.setHandleAudioBecomingNoisy(true)
     mPlayer.addListener(PlayerListener(this))
-    val audioAttributes:AudioAttributes = AudioAttributes.Builder().setUsage(C.USAGE_MEDIA).setContentType(C.CONTENT_TYPE_SPEECH).build()
+    val audioAttributes:AudioAttributes = AudioAttributes.Builder().setUsage(C.USAGE_MEDIA).setContentType(C.AUDIO_CONTENT_TYPE_SPEECH).build()
     mPlayer.setAudioAttributes(audioAttributes, true)
 
     //attach player to playerNotificationManager
@@ -896,8 +895,10 @@ class PlayerNotificationService : MediaBrowserServiceCompat()  {
     currentPlaybackSession = null
     mediaProgressSyncer.reset()
     clientEventEmitter?.onPlaybackClosed()
+
     PlayerListener.lastPauseTime = 0
     isClosed = true
+    DeviceManager.widgetUpdater?.onPlayerClosed()
     stopForeground(Service.STOP_FOREGROUND_REMOVE)
     stopSelf()
   }