diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
index 2e9504b7..c9523274 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import androidx.media3.session.MediaController
 import androidx.media3.session.SessionToken
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.TrackRef
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.shared.widgets.resolveServerImageUrl
 import dagger.hilt.android.qualifiers.ApplicationContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
@@ -272,9 +273,15 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
                 if (source != null) setExtras(sourceExtras(source))
             }
             .build()
+        // Server's stream_url is a relative path (/api/tracks/{id}/stream);
+        // resolve to the placeholder.invalid form so OkHttpDataSource (sharing
+        // BaseUrlInterceptor) rewrites it to the live server with the auth
+        // cookie. Same resolution as covers — naming "ServerImage" is
+        // misleading and flagged for DRY follow-up.
+        val resolvedUri = resolveServerImageUrl(streamUrl) ?: streamUrl
         return MediaItem.Builder()
             .setMediaId(id)
-            .setUri(streamUrl)
+            .setUri(resolvedUri)
             // Key the Media3 SimpleCache by trackId (not the stream URL) so
             // cache residency can be queried per track for the cached dot +
             // offline pools, independent of URL/host rewrites.