diff --git a/src/components/VideoPlayerWithChapters.tsx b/src/components/VideoPlayerWithChapters.tsx
index 07da05c..2557fab 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoPlayerWithChapters.tsx
+++ b/src/components/VideoPlayerWithChapters.tsx
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ export const VideoPlayerWithChapters = forwardRef<VideoPlayerRef, VideoPlayerWit
   className = '',
 }, ref) => {
   const iframeRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement>(null);
-  const intervalRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
   const [currentChapterIndex, setCurrentChapterIndex] = useState<number>(-1);
   const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState(0);
+  const [isApiReady, setIsApiReady] = useState(false);
 
   // Detect if this is a YouTube URL
   const isYouTube = videoUrl && (
@@ -56,59 +56,71 @@ export const VideoPlayerWithChapters = forwardRef<VideoPlayerRef, VideoPlayerWit
   const effectiveVideoUrl = isYouTube ? videoUrl : (embedCode ? getYouTubeUrlFromEmbed(embedCode) : videoUrl);
   const useEmbed = !isYouTube && embedCode;
 
-  // Apply custom accent color via CSS
+  // Load YouTube IFrame API
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!accentColor || !isYouTube) return;
+    if (!isYouTube) return;
 
-    const style = document.createElement('style');
-    style.textContent = `
-      .youtube-wrapper {
-        position: relative;
-        padding-bottom: 56.25%;
-        height: 0;
-        overflow: hidden;
-        border-radius: 0.5rem;
-      }
-      .youtube-wrapper iframe {
-        position: absolute;
-        top: 0;
-        left: 0;
-        width: 100%;
-        height: 100%;
-        border: none;
-      }
-    `;
-    document.head.appendChild(style);
+    // Check if API is already loaded
+    if ((window as any).YT && (window as any).YT.Player) {
+      setIsApiReady(true);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Load YouTube IFrame API
+    const tag = document.createElement('script');
+    tag.src = 'https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api';
+    const firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+    if (firstScriptTag && firstScriptTag.parentNode) {
+      firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
+    } else {
+      document.body.appendChild(tag);
+    }
+
+    // Set up callback
+    (window as any).onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = () => {
+      setIsApiReady(true);
+    };
 
     return () => {
-      document.head.removeChild(style);
+      (window as any).onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = null;
     };
-  }, [accentColor, isYouTube]);
+  }, [isYouTube]);
 
-  // Time tracking using postMessage (YouTube IFrame API without loading the script)
+  // Initialize YouTube player and set up tracking
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isYouTube || !iframeRef.current || chapters.length === 0) return;
+    if (!isYouTube || !isApiReady || !iframeRef.current) return;
 
-    // Listen for time updates from YouTube iframe
-    const handleMessage = (event: MessageEvent) => {
-      // Verify the message is from YouTube
-      if (!event.origin.includes('youtube.com') && !event.origin.includes('googlevideo.com')) {
-        return;
-      }
+    // Wait for iframe to be ready
+    const initializePlayer = () => {
+      if (!iframeRef.current || !(window as any).YT) return;
 
-      const data = event.data;
-      if (typeof data === 'string') {
+      const youtubeId = getYouTubeId(effectiveVideoUrl);
+      if (!youtubeId) return;
+
+      // Create YouTube player instance
+      const player = new (window as any).YT.Player(iframeRef.current, {
+        events: {
+          onReady: () => {
+            console.log('YouTube player ready');
+          },
+          onStateChange: (event: any) => {
+            // Player state changed
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      // Set up time tracking interval
+      const interval = setInterval(() => {
         try {
-          const parsed = JSON.parse(data);
-          if (parsed.event === 'infoDelivery' && parsed.info && parsed.info.currentTime) {
-            const time = parsed.info.currentTime;
-            setCurrentTime(time);
+          const time = player.getCurrentTime();
+          setCurrentTime(time);
 
-            if (onTimeUpdate) {
-              onTimeUpdate(time);
-            }
+          if (onTimeUpdate) {
+            onTimeUpdate(time);
+          }
 
-            // Find current chapter
+          // Find current chapter
+          if (chapters.length > 0) {
             let index = chapters.findIndex((chapter, i) => {
               const nextChapter = chapters[i + 1];
               return time >= chapter.time && (!nextChapter || time < nextChapter.time);
@@ -127,32 +139,51 @@ export const VideoPlayerWithChapters = forwardRef<VideoPlayerRef, VideoPlayerWit
             }
           }
         } catch (e) {
-          // Ignore parsing errors
+          // Player not ready yet, ignore
         }
-      }
+      }, 500);
+
+      return () => {
+        clearInterval(interval);
+        if (player && player.destroy) {
+          player.destroy();
+        }
+      };
     };
 
-    window.addEventListener('message', handleMessage);
+    const timeout = setTimeout(initializePlayer, 100);
 
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('message', handleMessage);
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
     };
-  }, [isYouTube, chapters, currentChapterIndex, onChapterChange, onTimeUpdate]);
+  }, [isYouTube, isApiReady, effectiveVideoUrl, chapters, currentChapterIndex, onChapterChange, onTimeUpdate]);
 
-  // Jump to specific time using postMessage
+  // Jump to specific time using YouTube API
   const jumpToTime = (time: number) => {
-    if (iframeRef.current && iframeRef.current.contentWindow) {
-      // Send seek command to YouTube iframe
-      iframeRef.current.contentWindow.postMessage(
-        `{"event":"command","func":"seekTo","args":[${time}, true]}`,
-        'https://www.youtube.com'
-      );
-      // Auto-play after seeking
-      iframeRef.current.contentWindow.postMessage(
+    const iframe = iframeRef.current;
+    if (!iframe || !iframe.contentWindow) return;
+
+    // Try YouTube API first
+    if (isApiReady && (window as any).YT && (window as any).YT.getPlayerById) {
+      const player = (window as any).YT.getPlayerById(iframe.id);
+      if (player) {
+        player.seekTo(time, true);
+        player.playVideo();
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: use postMessage
+    iframe.contentWindow.postMessage(
+      `{"event":"command","func":"seekTo","args":[${time}, true]}`,
+      'https://www.youtube.com'
+    );
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      iframe.contentWindow.postMessage(
         `{"event":"command","func":"playVideo","args":[]}`,
         'https://www.youtube.com'
       );
-    }
+    }, 100);
   };
 
   const getCurrentTime = () => {
@@ -178,15 +209,34 @@ export const VideoPlayerWithChapters = forwardRef<VideoPlayerRef, VideoPlayerWit
   const youtubeId = effectiveVideoUrl ? getYouTubeId(effectiveVideoUrl) : null;
 
   return (
-    <div className={`youtube-wrapper ${className}`}>
+    <div className={`relative ${className}`} style={{ paddingBottom: '56.25%', height: 0 }}>
+      <style>
+        {`
+          .youtube-iframe-overlay {
+            position: absolute;
+            top: 0;
+            left: 0;
+            width: 100%;
+            height: 100%;
+            pointer-events: none;
+            z-index: 10;
+          }
+        `}
+      </style>
       {youtubeId && (
-        <iframe
-          ref={iframeRef}
-          src={`https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/${youtubeId}?rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1`}
-          title="YouTube video player"
-          allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
-          allowFullScreen
-        />
+        <>
+          <iframe
+            ref={iframeRef}
+            id={`youtube-${youtubeId}-${Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9)}`}
+            src={`https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/${youtubeId}?rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&widgetid=1`}
+            title="YouTube video player"
+            allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+            allowFullScreen
+            className="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg"
+          />
+          {/* Transparent overlay to prevent right-click and URL copying */}
+          <div className="youtube-iframe-overlay" onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()} />
+        </>
       )}
     </div>
   );