diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9eff0e3c..1ede120f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-mediasession:$exoplayer"
     implementation "com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-okhttp:$exoplayer"
 
-    // date formatter
-    implementation 'org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:5.0.0.Final'
+    // date formatter, do not update past 4.0.4 https://github.com/sschueller/peertube-android/issues/262
+    implementation 'org.ocpsoft.prettytime:prettytime:4.0.4.Final'
 
     // Version comparison
     implementation 'org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.6.3'
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoMenuSpeedFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoMenuSpeedFragment.java
index c43f0841..1fc333fb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoMenuSpeedFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoMenuSpeedFragment.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
  */
 package net.schueller.peertube.fragment;
 
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -72,8 +74,7 @@ public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,
         TextView speed15 = view.findViewById(R.id.video_speed15);
         TextView speed20 = view.findViewById(R.id.video_speed20);
 
-        // Default
-        setVideoSpeed(1.0f, speed10Icon);
+        setDefaultVideoSpeed();
 
         // Attach the listener
         speed05.setOnClickListener(v -> setVideoSpeed(0.5f, speed05Icon));
@@ -103,4 +104,30 @@ private void setVideoSpeed(Float speed, TextView icon) {
         new Iconics.Builder().on(icon).build();
     }
 
+    private void setDefaultVideoSpeed() {
+        SharedPreferences sharedPref = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext());
+        String speed = sharedPref.getString(getString(R.string.pref_video_speed_key), "1.0");
+
+        switch (speed) {
+            case "0.5":
+                setVideoSpeed(0.5f, speed05Icon);
+                break;
+            case "0.75":
+                setVideoSpeed(0.75f, speed075Icon);
+                break;
+            case "1.0":
+                setVideoSpeed(1.0f, speed10Icon);
+                break;
+            case "1.25":
+                setVideoSpeed(1.25f, speed125Icon);
+                break;
+            case "1.5":
+                setVideoSpeed(1.5f, speed15Icon);
+                break;
+            case "2.0":
+                setVideoSpeed(2.0f, speed20Icon);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/service/VideoPlayerService.java b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/service/VideoPlayerService.java
index 9c5fde3d..a118a5f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/service/VideoPlayerService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/service/VideoPlayerService.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.media.AudioManager;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.webkit.URLUtil;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -255,8 +257,11 @@ public void playVideo() {
         // Auto play
         player.setPlayWhenReady(true);
 
-        //reset playback speed
-        this.setPlayBackSpeed(1.0f);
+        //set playback speed to global default
+        SharedPreferences sharedPref = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());
+        float speed = Float.parseFloat(sharedPref.getString(getString(R.string.pref_video_speed_key), "1.0"));
+
+        this.setPlayBackSpeed(speed);
 
         playerNotificationManager = PlayerNotificationManager.createWithNotificationChannel(
                 context, PLAYBACK_CHANNEL_ID, R.string.playback_channel_name,
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/constants.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/constants.xml
index 72c48d6e..36afab10 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/constants.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/constants.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <string name="pref_show_nsfw_key" translatable="false">pref_show_nsfw</string>
     <string name="pref_video_language_key" translatable="false">pref_language</string>
 
+    <string name="pref_video_speed_key" translatable="false">pref_video_speed</string>
     <string name="pref_back_pause_key" translatable="false">pref_back_pause</string>
     <string name="pref_background_behavior_key" translatable="false">pref_background_behavior</string>
     <string name="pref_torrent_player_key" translatable="false">pref_torrent_player</string>
@@ -582,4 +583,22 @@
         <item>High</item>
     </string-array>
 
+    <string-array name="videoSpeed">
+        <item>0.5x</item>
+        <item>0.75x</item>
+        <item>Normal</item>
+        <item>1.25x</item>
+        <item>1.5x</item>
+        <item>2x</item>
+    </string-array>
+
+    <string-array name="videoSpeedValues">
+        <item>0.5</item>
+        <item>0.75</item>
+        <item>1.0</item>
+        <item>1.25</item>
+        <item>1.5</item>
+        <item>2.0</item>
+    </string-array>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 43befd3e..45de62ea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
     <string name="pref_title_peertube_server">PeerTube Server</string>
     <string name="pref_title_background_play">Background Playback</string>
     <string name="pref_description_background_play">If enabled, continues to play video in background.</string>
+    <string name="pref_title_video_speed">Default Playback Speed</string>
+    <string name="pref_description_video_speed">Select the global Video Playback Speed</string>
     <string name="pref_title_back_pause">Pause on back button</string>
     <string name="pref_description_back_pause">Pause background play when pressing back during video playback.</string>
     <string name="pref_language_app">Application Language</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
index 2c768919..f8d21792 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
 
     <PreferenceCategory app:title="@string/settings_activity_video_playback_category_title" app:iconSpaceReserved="false">
 
+        <ListPreference
+            app:defaultValue="1.0"
+            app:entries="@array/videoSpeed"
+            app:entryValues="@array/videoSpeedValues"
+            app:key="@string/pref_video_speed_key"
+            app:summary="@string/pref_description_video_speed"
+            app:title="@string/pref_title_video_speed"
+            app:iconSpaceReserved="false"/>
+
         <SwitchPreference
             app:defaultValue="true"
             app:key="@string/pref_back_pause_key"