diff --git a/assets/js/player.js b/assets/js/player.js
index fcba43d8..932de581 100644
--- a/assets/js/player.js
+++ b/assets/js/player.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if (location.pathname.startsWith('/embed/')) {
 
 player.on('error', function (event) {
     if (player.error().code === 2 || player.error().code === 4) {
-        setInterval(setTimeout(function (event) {
+        setTimeout(function (event) {
             console.log('An error occured in the player, reloading...');
 
             var currentTime = player.currentTime();
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ player.on('error', function (event) {
             if (!paused) {
                 player.play();
             }
-        }, 5000), 5000);
+        }, 5000);
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/assets/js/watch.js b/assets/js/watch.js
index 05530f3d..eb493bf3 100644
--- a/assets/js/watch.js
+++ b/assets/js/watch.js
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function get_reddit_comments(retries) {
 
     xhr.onerror = function () {
         console.log('Pulling comments failed... ' + retries + '/5');
-        setInterval(function () { get_reddit_comments(retries - 1) }, 1000);
+        setTimeout(function () { get_reddit_comments(retries - 1) }, 1000);
     }
 
     xhr.ontimeout = function () {
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ function get_youtube_comments(retries) {
         comments.innerHTML =
             '<h3 style="text-align:center"><div class="loading"><i class="icon ion-ios-refresh"></i></div></h3>';
         console.log('Pulling comments failed... ' + retries + '/5');
-        setInterval(function () { get_youtube_comments(retries - 1) }, 1000);
+        setTimeout(function () { get_youtube_comments(retries - 1) }, 1000);
     }
 
     xhr.ontimeout = function () {