diff --git a/web/power_load_video.js b/web/power_load_video.js
index f0fb98a..6029d88 100644
--- a/web/power_load_video.js
+++ b/web/power_load_video.js
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ class PowerLoadVideoTopRowWidget extends RgthreeBaseWidget {
 
         // Upload button handlers
         this.hitAreas.uploadButton.onClick = async () => {
-            console.log("[PowerLoadVideo] Upload button clicked");
             await this.handleUploadClick(node);
         };
         this.hitAreas.uploadButton.onDown = () => {
@@ -293,8 +292,6 @@ class PowerLoadVideoTopRowWidget extends RgthreeBaseWidget {
                         node.loadVideoIntoDisplay(uploadedName);
                     }
 
-                    console.log('[PowerLoadVideo] Video uploaded:', uploadedName);
-
                     // Force canvas redraw to show the video
                     app.graph.setDirtyCanvas(true, true);
                 } else {
@@ -1671,6 +1668,20 @@ app.registerExtension({
                         return;
                     }
 
+                    // Stop playback and reset timeline when loading new video
+                    if (this.timelineWidget?.value?.isPlaying) {
+                        this.timelineWidget.stopPlayback();
+                        this.timelineWidget.value.isPlaying = false;
+                        if (this._stopHoverAudio) this._stopHoverAudio();
+                    }
+                    // Reset current frame to 1 and video time to start
+                    if (this.timelineWidget) {
+                        this.timelineWidget.value.currentFrame = 1;
+                    }
+                    if (videoElement) {
+                        videoElement.currentTime = 0;
+                    }
+
                     // Preload audio for hover playback
                     if (this._loadHoverAudio) this._loadHoverAudio(videoFilename);