diff --git a/static/player/main.ts b/static/player/main.ts
index 821b444b..adcd4ddf 100644
--- a/static/player/main.ts
+++ b/static/player/main.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { onHtmxLoad, onReady } from "../utils";
 import { setupControls, showControls } from "./controls";
 import { formatTime } from "./controls";
 import { goToNextEpisode, prefetchNextEpisode, setupEpisodeNavigation } from "./episodes/nav";
+import { hydrateEpisodeTitles } from "./episodes/titles";
 import { setupAutoplayButton, updateEpisodeHighlight, switchEpisodeRange } from "./episodes/ui";
 import { setupKeyboard } from "./keyboard";
 import { setPlayerLoadState, setupPlayerLoading, teardownPlayerLoading } from "./loading";
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ const initPlayer = async (): Promise<void> => {
   setupQuality();
   setupMode();
   setupEpisodeNavigation(signal);
+  hydrateEpisodeTitles(signal).catch((error: unknown) => {
+    if (error instanceof DOMException && error.name === "AbortError") {
+      return;
+    }
+    console.debug("failed to enrich episode titles:", error);
+  });
 
   updateSubtitleOptions();
   updateQualityOptions();