diff --git a/App.tsx b/App.tsx
index 5575e1ac..3bbc33e5 100644
--- a/App.tsx
+++ b/App.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import { queryClient } from './constants/query-client';
 import { GestureHandlerRootView } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import TrackPlayer, { IOSCategory, IOSCategoryOptions } from 'react-native-track-player';
 import { CAPABILITIES } from './player/constants';
+import { createWorkletRuntime } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
-// export const backgroundRuntime = createWorkletRuntime('background');
+export const backgroundRuntime = createWorkletRuntime('background');
 
 export default function App(): React.JSX.Element {
   
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export default function App(): React.JSX.Element {
     <PersistQueryClientProvider 
       client={queryClient} 
       persistOptions={{ 
-        persister: clientPersister
+        persister: clientPersister,
     }}>
       <GestureHandlerRootView>
         <TamaguiProvider config={jellifyConfig}>
diff --git a/helpers/runtimeticks.ts b/helpers/runtimeticks.ts
index 90b3d6eb..34a62ec9 100644
--- a/helpers/runtimeticks.ts
+++ b/helpers/runtimeticks.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // import { backgroundRuntime } from "@/App";
+import { backgroundRuntime } from "../App";
 import { runOnRuntime } from "react-native-reanimated";
 
 /**
@@ -9,11 +10,11 @@ import { runOnRuntime } from "react-native-reanimated";
  * @see https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/63357-runtimeticks-microseconds-milliseconds-or-nanoseconds/
  */
 export function convertSecondsToRunTimeTicks(seconds: number) {
-    // return runOnRuntime(backgroundRuntime, (runTimeSeconds: number) => {
-        const runTimeMilliseconds = seconds * 1000 * 10000;
+    return runOnRuntime(backgroundRuntime, (runTimeSeconds: number) => {
+        const runTimeMilliseconds = runTimeSeconds * 1000 * 10000;
     
         return runTimeMilliseconds;
-    // })(seconds);
+    })(seconds);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ export function convertSecondsToRunTimeTicks(seconds: number) {
  * @see https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/63357-runtimeticks-microseconds-milliseconds-or-nanoseconds/
  */
 export function convertRunTimeTicksToSeconds(ticks: number) {
-    // return runOnRuntime(backgroundRuntime, (runTimeTicks : number) => {
-        const runTimeMilliseconds = ticks / 10000; 
+    return runOnRuntime(backgroundRuntime, (runTimeTicks : number) => {
+        const runTimeMilliseconds = runTimeTicks / 10000; 
         const runTimeTotalSeconds = Math.floor(runTimeMilliseconds / 1000);
         return runTimeTotalSeconds;
-    // })(ticks);
+    })(ticks);
 }
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