diff --git a/src/components/cards/card.css b/src/components/cards/card.css
index a0a8b88d5..5a160c455 100644
--- a/src/components/cards/card.css
+++ b/src/components/cards/card.css
@@ -275,14 +275,6 @@
     margin-right: 0.5rem;
 }
 
-.video-cover {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0;
-    left: 0;
-}
-
 .steps-list {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
diff --git a/src/components/cards/cards.jsx b/src/components/cards/cards.jsx
index 83e40bf49..9424d108d 100644
--- a/src/components/cards/cards.jsx
+++ b/src/components/cards/cards.jsx
@@ -85,32 +85,50 @@ const CardHeader = ({onCloseCards, onShrinkExpandCards, onShowAll, totalSteps, s
     </div>
 );
 
-// Video step needs to know if the card is being dragged to cover the video
-// so that the mouseup is not swallowed by the iframe.
-const VideoStep = ({video, dragging}) => (
-    <div className={styles.stepVideo}>
-        {dragging ? (
-            <div className={styles.videoCover} />
-        ) : null}
-        <iframe
-            allowFullScreen
-            allowTransparency="true"
-            frameBorder="0"
-            height="257"
-            scrolling="no"
-            src={`https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/${video}?seo=false&videoFoam=true`}
-            title="📹"
-            width="466"
-        />
-        <script
-            async
-            src="https://fast.wistia.net/assets/external/E-v1.js"
-        />
-    </div>
-);
+class VideoStep extends React.Component {
+    componentDidMount () {
+        const script = document.createElement('script');
+        script.src = `https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/${this.props.video}.jsonp`;
+        script.async = true;
+        script.setAttribute('id', 'wistia-video-content');
+        document.body.appendChild(script);
+
+        const script2 = document.createElement('script');
+        script2.src = 'https://fast.wistia.com/assets/external/E-v1.js';
+        script2.async = true;
+        script2.setAttribute('id', 'wistia-video-api');
+        document.body.appendChild(script2);
+    }
+    componentDidUpdate () {
+        const video = window.Wistia.api(`${this.props.video}`);
+        if (!this.props.expanded) {
+            video.pause();
+        }
+    }
+    componentWillUnmount () {
+        const script = document.getElementById('wistia-video-content');
+        script.parentNode.removeChild(script);
+
+        const script2 = document.getElementById('wistia-video-api');
+        script2.parentNode.removeChild(script2);
+    }
+    render () {
+        return (
+            <div className={styles.stepVideo}>
+                <div
+                    className={`wistia_embed wistia_async_${this.props.video}`}
+                    id="video-div"
+                    style={{height: `257px`, width: `466px`}}
+                >
+                    &nbsp;
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
 
 VideoStep.propTypes = {
-    dragging: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    expanded: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     video: PropTypes.string.isRequired
 };
 
@@ -298,6 +316,7 @@ const Cards = props => {
         >
             <Draggable
                 bounds="parent"
+                cancel="#video-div" // disable dragging on video div
                 position={{x: x, y: y}}
                 onDrag={onDrag}
                 onStart={onStartDrag}
@@ -325,6 +344,7 @@ const Cards = props => {
                                 steps[step].video ? (
                                     <VideoStep
                                         dragging={dragging}
+                                        expanded={expanded}
                                         video={translateVideo(steps[step].video, locale)}
                                     />
                                 ) : (