diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
index 604b0ba38..c8ece8424 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
             });
         }
 
-        function addPlayablePlay(playableId, claimedRecordingId, userId) {
+        function addPlayablePlay(playableId, playableType, claimedRecordingId, userId) {
             return $.ajax({
                 url: '/api/users/' + playableId + "/plays",
                 type: "POST",
-                data : JSON.stringify({user_id: userId, claimed_recording_id: claimedRecordingId}),
+                data : JSON.stringify({user_id: userId, claimed_recording_id: claimedRecordingId, playable_type: playableType}),
                 dataType : 'json',
                 contentType: 'application/json'
             });
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenRecording.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenRecording.js
index a84353e1e..3b4aea849 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenRecording.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenRecording.js
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@
       waitForLoaded().done(function() {
           if(lastTime > -1) {audioDomElement.currentTime = lastTime;}
           audioDomElement.play();
-          transition(PlayStateInitializing);
-          // keep this after transition, because any transition clears this timer
-          waitForBufferingTimeout = setTimeout(noBuffer, WAIT_FOR_BUFFER_TIMEOUT);
-          //context.JK.Rest().addPlayablePlay(null, null, context.JK.currentUserId);
+          isPlaying = true;
+          context.JK.Rest().addPlayablePlay(null, null, null, context.JK.currentUserId);
       })
 
     }
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
index 340bcba90..2d92886e7 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ class ApiRecordingsController < ApiController
 
   def add_play
     if params[:id].blank?
-      render :json => { :message => "Recording ID is required" }, :status => 400
+      render :json => { :message => "Playable ID is required" }, :status => 400
       return
     end
 
     play = PlayablePlay.new
     play.playable_id = params[:id]
-    play.playable_type = 'JamRuby::Recording'
+    play.playable_type = params[:playable_type]
     play.player_id = params[:user_id]
     play.claimed_recording_id = params[:claimed_recording_id]
     play.ip_address = request.remote_ip