diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
index e3e31cdf0225c2753813a353715116e4017f39aa..37a423f0a192daf42caebe9f4d0e271bc529e18f 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
@@ -335,10 +335,13 @@ void VideoReceiver::start()
             gst_object_unref(_pipeline);
             _pipeline = NULL;
         }
+
+        _running = false;
+    } else {
+        _running = true;
+        qCDebug(VideoReceiverLog) << "Running";
     }
     _starting = false;
-    _running = true;
-    qCDebug(VideoReceiverLog) << "Running";
 #endif
 }