diff --git a/src/playbin.vala b/src/playbin.vala
index d1e74c9..f6e0804 100644
--- a/src/playbin.vala
+++ b/src/playbin.vala
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ class Playbin : GLib.Object {
     // true if a timer should update the position property
     private bool update_position = false;
     public int64 position { get; private set; default = 0; }
+    public int64 duration { get; private set; default = 1; } // if 0, the seekbar vanishes
 
     public Subsonic api { get; set; default = null; }
 
     // sent when a new song starts playing
     // continues: whether the track is a gapless continuation
-    public signal void now_playing (bool continues, uint index, Song song, int64 duration);
+    public signal void now_playing (bool continues, uint index, Song song);
 
     // the index of the track in the play queue that is currently playing
     // must equal play queue len iff state is STOPPED
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ class Playbin : GLib.Object {
         bus.message["stream-start"].connect ((message) => {
             int64 duration;
             assert (this.playbin.query_duration (Gst.Format.TIME, out duration));
+            this.duration = duration;
 
             this.position = 0;
 
@@ -178,7 +180,9 @@ class Playbin : GLib.Object {
 
             var now_playing = (Song) play_queue.get_item (this.current_position);
             if (this.api.stream_uri (now_playing.id) == (string) this.playbin.current_uri) {
-                this.now_playing (continues, this.current_position, now_playing, duration);
+                if (continues) {
+                    this.now_playing (true, this.current_position, now_playing);
+                }
 
                 if (this.current_position+1 < play_queue.get_n_items ()) {
                     Song song = (Song) play_queue.get_item (this.current_position+1);
@@ -221,7 +225,8 @@ class Playbin : GLib.Object {
 
         this.current_position = position;
         this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.READY);
-        this.playbin.uri = this.api.stream_uri (((Song) this.play_queue.get_item (position)).id);
+        var song = (Song) this.play_queue.get_item (position);
+        this.playbin.uri = this.api.stream_uri (song.id);
         this.playbin.set_state (Gst.State.PLAYING);
         this.next_gapless = false;
 
@@ -230,6 +235,10 @@ class Playbin : GLib.Object {
         // if it was already empty then uhhhh if theres any problems then
         // playbin.uri wont match up with the current track's stream uri and we can
         // fix it there
+
+        this.now_playing (false, position, song);
+        this.position = 0;
+        this.duration = 1;
     }
 
     public void pause () {
diff --git a/src/ui/window.blp b/src/ui/window.blp
index 06b3bfb..486f1c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.blp
+++ b/src/ui/window.blp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ template $UiWindow: Adw.ApplicationWindow {
             adjustment: Adjustment {
               lower: 0;
               value: bind template.position;
-              upper: bind template.duration;
+              upper: bind template.playbin as <$Playbin>.duration;
             };
 
             change-value => $on_play_position_seek ();
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ template $UiWindow: Adw.ApplicationWindow {
               "numeric",
             ]
 
-            label: bind $format_timestamp (template.duration) as <string>;
+            label: bind $format_timestamp (template.playbin as <$Playbin>.duration) as <string>;
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/window.vala b/src/ui/window.vala
index d44e824..d8a1950 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.vala
+++ b/src/ui/window.vala
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
     private Setup setup;
     
     public int64 position { get; private set; }
-    public int64 duration { get; private set; }
 
     public double volume {
         get { return this.playbin.volume; }
@@ -61,9 +60,8 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
         this.setup.connected.connect ((api) => {
             this.playbin.api = api;
 
-            this.playbin.now_playing.connect ((continues, position, song, duration) => {
+            this.playbin.now_playing.connect ((continues, position, song) => {
                 this.song = song;
-                this.duration = duration;
                 api.scrobble.begin (song.id);
                 this.play_queue.selection.playbin_select (position);
             });
@@ -214,7 +212,7 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
     [GtkCallback] private void seek_forward () {
         // 10 seconds
         int64 new_position = position + (int64)10 * 1000 * 1000000;
-        if (new_position > this.duration) new_position = this.duration;
+        if (new_position > this.playbin.duration) new_position = this.playbin.duration;
         this.seek_impl (new_position);
     }
 }