diff --git a/components/app/AudioPlayer.vue b/components/app/AudioPlayer.vue
index 86599de1..fc126021 100644
--- a/components/app/AudioPlayer.vue
+++ b/components/app/AudioPlayer.vue
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ export default {
       this.$emit('showSleepTimer')
     },
     async setPlaybackSpeed(speed) {
-      await this.$hapticsImpact()
       console.log(`[AudioPlayer] Set Playback Rate: ${speed}`)
       this.currentPlaybackRate = speed
       this.updateTimestamp()
diff --git a/pages/bookshelf/index.vue b/pages/bookshelf/index.vue
index 0ea6729e..01655d0b 100644
--- a/pages/bookshelf/index.vue
+++ b/pages/bookshelf/index.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export default {
   data() {
     return {
       shelves: [],
+      isSettingsLoaded: false,
       isFirstNetworkConnection: true,
       lastServerFetch: 0,
       lastServerFetchLibraryId: null,
@@ -276,12 +277,25 @@ export default {
 
       this.isLoading = false
     },
-    openMediaPlayerWithMostRecentListening() {
+    async waitForSettings() {
+      // Wait up to 3 seconds
+      for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        if (this.isSettingsLoaded) return true
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+      }
+      return false
+    },
+    async openMediaPlayerWithMostRecentListening() {
       // If we don't already have a player open
       // Try opening the first book from continue-listening without playing it
       if (this.$store.state.playerLibraryItemId || !this.$store.state.isFirstAudioLoad) return
       this.$store.commit('setIsFirstAudioLoad', false) // Only run this once on app launch
 
+      // Wait for settings to load to prevent race condition when setting playback speed.
+      if (!this.isSettingsLoaded) {
+        await this.waitForSettings()
+      }
+
       const continueListeningShelf = this.shelves.find((cat) => cat.id === 'continue-listening')
       const mostRecentEntity = continueListeningShelf?.entities?.[0]
       if (mostRecentEntity) {
@@ -356,11 +370,16 @@ export default {
         }
       })
     },
+    settingsUpdated() {
+      this.isSettingsLoaded = true
+    },
     initListeners() {
       this.$eventBus.$on('library-changed', this.libraryChanged)
+      this.$eventBus.$on('user-settings', this.settingsUpdated)
     },
     removeListeners() {
       this.$eventBus.$off('library-changed', this.libraryChanged)
+      this.$eventBus.$off('user-settings', this.settingsUpdated)
     }
   },
   mounted() {