diff --git a/assets/js/player.js b/assets/js/player.js
index be76b6746..fc24a35f3 100644
--- a/assets/js/player.js
+++ b/assets/js/player.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ player.vttThumbnails({
 });
 
 // Enable annotations
-if (video_data.params.listen && video_data.params.annotations) {
+if (!video_data.params.listen && video_data.params.annotations) {
     var video_container = document.getElementById('player');
     let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
     xhr.responseType = 'text';