diff --git a/src/js/core/mediaelement.js b/src/js/core/mediaelement.js
index 20a46b7e..6cc65fd2 100644
--- a/src/js/core/mediaelement.js
+++ b/src/js/core/mediaelement.js
@@ -362,7 +362,12 @@ class MediaElement {
 					event = createEvent('pause', t.mediaElement);
 					t.mediaElement.dispatchEvent(event);
 				}
-				t.mediaElement.originalNode.src = (mediaFiles[0].src || '');
+                try {
+                    t.mediaElement.originalNode.src = (mediaFiles[0].src || '');
+                }
+                catch(err) {
+                    console.log("ERROR: at t.mediaElement.originalNode.src: ", err);
+                }
 
 				// At least there must be a media in the `mediaFiles` since the media tag can come up an
 				// empty source for starters