diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index f0ff339..b331d71 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ mod imp {
                             Event::PlaybackRestart => {
                                 event!(Level::INFO, "playback restart event");
                                 window.imp().buffering_end();
+                                self.notify("time-pos");
 
                                 if let Some(queued_seek) = window.imp().queued_seek.take() {
                                     // a seek was tried before and failed, try again now
@@ -655,9 +656,9 @@ impl Window {
             Err(err) => {
                 event!(Level::INFO, "queuing seek to {new_position}: {err}");
                 self.imp().queued_seek.set(Some(new_position));
+                self.notify("time-pos");
             }
         }
-        self.notify("time-pos");
     }
 
     pub fn playlist_move(&self, from: u32, to: u32) {