diff --git a/content/articles/2024-08-12-jekyll-hugo.md b/content/articles/2024-08-12-jekyll-hugo.md
index e7415e1..25794b7 100644
--- a/content/articles/2024-08-12-jekyll-hugo.md
+++ b/content/articles/2024-08-12-jekyll-hugo.md
@@ -449,4 +449,4 @@ The results are really cool, as I'll demonstrate in this video. I can just submi
 change, and it'll automatically kick off a build and push. Take a look at this video which was
 performed in real time as I pushed this very article live:
 
-{{< video src="https://ipng.ch/media/vdo/hugo-drone.mp4" type="video/mp4" preload="auto" >}}
+{{< video src="https://ipng.ch/media/vdo/hugo-drone.mp4" >}}
diff --git a/themes/hugo-theme-ipng/layouts/shortcodes/video.html b/themes/hugo-theme-ipng/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
index eba4d66..a06dda3 100644
--- a/themes/hugo-theme-ipng/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
+++ b/themes/hugo-theme-ipng/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<video class="video-shortcode" preload="{{ .Get "preload" }}" controls>
-    <source src="{{ .Get "src" }}" type="{{ .Get "type" }}">
+<video class="video-shortcode" preload="{{ .Get "preload" | default "auto" }}" controls>
+    <source src="{{ .Get "src" }}" type="{{ .Get "type" | default "video/mp4" }}">
     There should have been a video here but your browser does not seem
     to support it.
 </video>