diff --git a/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.brs b/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.brs
index cf6d9d8c..f3721986 100644
--- a/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.brs
+++ b/components/ItemGrid/LoadVideoContentTask.brs
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ sub LoadItems_AddVideoContent(video, mediaSourceId, audio_stream_idx = 1, subtit
         end if
     end if
 
+    ' For phase 1 of playlist support, we don't support intros yet
+    showIntro = false
+
     ' Don't attempt to play an intro for an intro video
     if showIntro
         ' Do not play intros when resuming playback
diff --git a/source/VideoPlayer.brs b/source/VideoPlayer.brs
index 1ffa7a02..7d3e1e22 100644
--- a/source/VideoPlayer.brs
+++ b/source/VideoPlayer.brs
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ function PlayIntroVideo(video_id, audio_stream_idx) as boolean
             introVideo.observeField("state", port)
             m.global.sceneManager.callFunc("pushScene", introVideo)
             introPlaying = true
+            stopLoadingSpinner()
 
             while introPlaying
                 msg = wait(0, port)