diff --git a/src/app/pages/publications/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts b/src/app/pages/publications/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
index 446f81528..814e0dc8f 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/publications/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/publications/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export class ViewPublicationsPage implements OnInit {
       // You can access the native HTML video element using videoElement.nativeElement
       const video: HTMLVideoElement = videoElement.nativeElement;
 
+      video.pause()
       // Do something with each video element
       // console.log(video);
     });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/publication/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts b/src/app/shared/publication/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
index 62e9d2bd0..7fd5d6a47 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/publication/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/publication/view-publications/view-publications.page.ts
@@ -360,8 +360,9 @@ export class ViewPublicationsPage implements OnInit {
       // You can access the native HTML video element using videoElement.nativeElement
       const video: HTMLVideoElement = videoElement.nativeElement;
 
+      video.pause()
       // Do something with each video element
-      console.log(video);
+      // console.log(video);
     });
   }