diff --git a/app/(auth)/player/direct-player.tsx b/app/(auth)/player/direct-player.tsx
index a4a52abb..22670cf0 100644
--- a/app/(auth)/player/direct-player.tsx
+++ b/app/(auth)/player/direct-player.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import React, {
   useRef,
   useState,
 } from "react";
-import { Alert, AppState, AppStateStatus, Platform, View } from "react-native";
+import { Alert, Platform, View } from "react-native";
 import { useSharedValue } from "react-native-reanimated";
 
 export default function page() {
@@ -299,37 +299,6 @@ export default function page() {
     }, [])
   );
 
-  const [appState, setAppState] = useState(AppState.currentState);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handleAppStateChange = (nextAppState: AppStateStatus) => {
-      if (appState.match(/inactive|background/) && nextAppState === "active") {
-        console.log("App has come to the foreground!");
-        // Handle app coming to the foreground
-      } else if (nextAppState.match(/inactive|background/)) {
-        console.log("App has gone to the background!");
-        // Handle app going to the background
-        if (videoRef.current && videoRef.current.pause) {
-          videoRef.current.pause();
-        }
-      }
-      setAppState(nextAppState);
-    };
-
-    // Use AppState.addEventListener and return a cleanup function
-    const subscription = AppState.addEventListener(
-      "change",
-      handleAppStateChange
-    );
-
-    return () => {
-      // Cleanup the event listener when the component is unmounted
-      subscription.remove();
-    };
-  }, [appState]);
-
-  // Preselection of audio and subtitle tracks.
-
   if (!settings) return null;
 
   let initOptions = [`--sub-text-scale=${settings.subtitleSize}`];
diff --git a/providers/WebSocketProvider.tsx b/providers/WebSocketProvider.tsx
index 1311459f..8f9103e4 100644
--- a/providers/WebSocketProvider.tsx
+++ b/providers/WebSocketProvider.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import React, {
   useMemo,
   useCallback,
 } from "react";
-import { Alert, AppState, AppStateStatus } from "react-native";
+import { Alert } from "react-native";
 import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import {
@@ -104,28 +104,6 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
     init();
   }, [api, deviceId]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handleAppStateChange = (state: AppStateStatus) => {
-      if (state === "background" || state === "inactive") {
-        console.log("App moving to background, closing WebSocket...");
-        ws?.close();
-      } else if (state === "active") {
-        console.log("App coming to foreground, reconnecting WebSocket...");
-        connectWebSocket();
-      }
-    };
-
-    const subscription = AppState.addEventListener(
-      "change",
-      handleAppStateChange
-    );
-
-    return () => {
-      subscription.remove();
-      ws?.close();
-    };
-  }, [ws, connectWebSocket]);
-
   return (
     <WebSocketContext.Provider value={{ ws, isConnected }}>
       {children}