diff --git a/src/app/components/custom-playlists/custom-playlists.component.ts b/src/app/components/custom-playlists/custom-playlists.component.ts
index 3914586..6071d3d 100644
--- a/src/app/components/custom-playlists/custom-playlists.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/custom-playlists/custom-playlists.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ export class CustomPlaylistsComponent implements OnInit {
         this.downloadPlaylist(playlist.id, playlist.name);
       } else {
         localStorage.setItem('player_navigator', this.router.url);
-        this.router.navigate(['/player', {playlist_id: playlistID, auto: playlist.auto}]);
+        const routeParams = {playlist_id: playlistID};
+        if (playlist.auto) { routeParams['auto'] =  playlist.auto; }
+        this.router.navigate(['/player', routeParams]);
       }
     } else {
       // playlist not found
diff --git a/src/app/player/player.component.html b/src/app/player/player.component.html
index fc8dbac..a908e73 100644
--- a/src/app/player/player.component.html
+++ b/src/app/player/player.component.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                                 <div class="col-2">
                                     <ng-container *ngIf="playlist.length > 1">
                                         <button (click)="downloadContent()" [disabled]="downloading" mat-icon-button><mat-icon>save</mat-icon><mat-spinner *ngIf="downloading" class="spinner" [diameter]="35"></mat-spinner></button>
-                                        <button *ngIf="!postsService.isLoggedIn || postsService.permissions.includes('sharing')" (click)="openShareDialog()" mat-icon-button><mat-icon>share</mat-icon></button>
+                                        <button *ngIf="(!postsService.isLoggedIn || postsService.permissions.includes('sharing')) && !auto" (click)="openShareDialog()" mat-icon-button><mat-icon>share</mat-icon></button>
                                     </ng-container>
                                     <ng-container *ngIf="playlist.length === 1">
                                         <button (click)="downloadFile()" [disabled]="downloading" mat-icon-button><mat-icon>save</mat-icon><mat-spinner *ngIf="downloading" class="spinner" [diameter]="35"></mat-spinner></button>
diff --git a/src/app/player/player.component.ts b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
index d30669a..0d319ab 100644
--- a/src/app/player/player.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/player.component.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   subPlaylist = null;
   uuid = null; // used for sharing in multi-user mode, uuid is the user that downloaded the video
   timestamp = null;
+  auto = null;
 
   db_playlist = null;
   db_file = null;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export class PlayerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
     this.name = this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('name');
     this.uuid = this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('uuid');
     this.timestamp = this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('timestamp');
+    this.auto = this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('auto');
 
     // loading config
     if (this.postsService.initialized) {