diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/PlayCursor.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/PlayCursor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96b82c60c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/PlayCursor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { withScrubbing, withScrubbingPropsI } from './withScrubbing';
+
+interface PlayCursorPropsI extends withScrubbingPropsI{
+  // timeCursorOffset: number;
+  onChanged: (posPercent: number)=>void;
+  
+}
+
+export const PlayCursor = ({
+  // timeCursorOffset,
+  onChanged,
+  ...rest
+}:PlayCursorPropsI)=>{
+  const PlayCursorWithScrubbing = withScrubbing<withScrubbingPropsI>(()=>{
+    return(
+      <div className="playcursor" />
+    );
+  });
+
+  return(
+    <PlayCursorWithScrubbing
+      onScrubChanged={onChanged}
+      {...rest}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/ProgressBar.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/ProgressBar.tsx
index 1e32249c07..8510513750 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/ProgressBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/ProgressBar.tsx
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import {
   Action,
   ACTION_TYPES,
 } from '../reducer';
-import { QuickTrimData } from '../utilities';
 import { TrimScrubber } from './TrimScrubber';
+import { PlayCursor } from './PlayCursor';
 
 export const ProgressBar = memo(({
   readyToMount,
   timeCursorOffset,
-  // trimReset,
   trimStartSeconds,
   trimDuration,
   playbarWidth,
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ export const ProgressBar = memo(({
 }:{
   readyToMount: boolean;
   timeCursorOffset: number;
-  // trimReset: number;
   trimStartSeconds: number;
   trimDuration: number;
   playbarWidth: number;
@@ -71,28 +69,28 @@ export const ProgressBar = memo(({
       <div className="playbar" ref={playbarRefCallback}>
         <div className="playbar-bg" />
         <TrimScrubber
-          // key={trimReset}
           boundingWidth={playbarWidth}
           scrubberWidth={scrubberWidth}
           trimStartSeconds={trimStartSeconds}
           trimDuration={trimDuration}
           videoDuration={videoDuration}
-          onChange={(val: QuickTrimData)=>{
-            
+          onChange={(newPos: number)=>{
+            const newTrimStartSeconds = newPos / (playbarWidth - scrubberWidth) * videoDuration;
             dispatchCompState({
               type: ACTION_TYPES.MOVE_TRIM,
               payload: {
-                trimStartSeconds: val.trimStartSeconds,
-                trimEndSeconds: val.trimEndSeconds
+                trimStartSeconds: newTrimStartSeconds,
+                trimEndSeconds: newTrimStartSeconds + trimDuration
               }
             });
-            // onSelect({
-            //   trimStartSeconds: val.trimStartSeconds,
-            //   trimEndSeconds: val.trimEndSeconds,
-            // });
           }}
         />
-        <div className="playcursor" style={{left:timeCursorOffset+"px"}}/>
+        <PlayCursor 
+          scrubPosition={timeCursorOffset}
+          onChanged={(onChangedVal)=>{console.log(onChangedVal)}}
+          boundingWidth={playbarWidth}
+          scrubberWidth={8}
+        />
       {/* END of Playbar */}</div>  
     );
   }else{
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/TrimScrubber.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/TrimScrubber.tsx
index 816353a088..dc69e12e25 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/TrimScrubber.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/TrimScrubber.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import React, {
   memo,
-  useCallback
 } from 'react';
 import {
   faGripDots
 } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { QuickTrimData } from '../utilities';
-import {withScrubbing, withScrubbingPropsI} from './withScrubbing';
+import { withScrubbing, withScrubbingPropsI } from './withScrubbing';
 
 interface TrimScrubberPropsI extends withScrubbingPropsI {
   trimStartSeconds:number;
   trimDuration: number;
   videoDuration: number;
-  onChange:(val:QuickTrimData)=>void
+  // onChange:(val:QuickTrimData)=>void
+  onChange:(newPos:number)=>void
 }
 export const TrimScrubber = memo(({
   trimStartSeconds,
@@ -30,23 +29,15 @@ export const TrimScrubber = memo(({
       </div>
     );
   });
-  
-  const handleOnChange = useCallback((posPercent:number)=>{
-    console.log(`handle on moving trim scrubber, pos%=${posPercent}`);
-    onChange({
-      trimStartSeconds: videoDuration * posPercent,
-      trimEndSeconds: videoDuration * posPercent + trimDuration,
-    });
-  }, [onChange, videoDuration, trimDuration]);
 
   return (
     <TrimScrubberWithScrubbing
       styleOverride={{
         top: '-1rem',
       }}
-      initialLeftOffsetPercent={trimStartSeconds/videoDuration}
-      onScrubChanged={handleOnChange}
+      scrubPosition={trimStartSeconds/videoDuration*(rest.boundingWidth-rest.scrubberWidth)}
+      onScrubChanged={onChange}
       {...rest}
     />
-  )
+  );
 });
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/withScrubbing.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/withScrubbing.tsx
index 13832ac933..dd0ca70421 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/withScrubbing.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/components/withScrubbing.tsx
@@ -4,31 +4,29 @@ import React,{
   useRef,
   useState,
   useLayoutEffect,
-  // useCallback,
 } from 'react';
 
 export interface withScrubbingPropsI {
   boundingWidth: number;
   scrubberWidth: number;
-  initialLeftOffset?: number; //in pixels
-  initialLeftOffsetPercent?: number; // in %, 0 < % < 1
+  scrubPosition?: number;
+  // scrubber location as px
   styleOverride?: {[key: string]: string|number };
-  onScrubChanged?: (posPercent: number)=>void;
-  //return scrubber location as %, where 0 < % < 1
+  onScrubChanged?: (newPos: number)=>void;
+  //return scrubber location as px
 }
 
 type withSrcubbingStates = {
-  key: number,
   currLeftOffset: number,
   prevLeftOffset: number;
+  prevPropsLeftOffset: number;
   pointerStartPos: number;
 }
 
 export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.ComponentType<P>) => memo(({
   boundingWidth,
   scrubberWidth,
-  initialLeftOffset : initialLeftOffsetProps = 0,
-  initialLeftOffsetPercent = 0,
+  scrubPosition: propsLeftOffset = 0,
   styleOverride = {},
   onScrubChanged,
   ...rest
@@ -37,18 +35,14 @@ export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.Co
   const refEl = useRef<HTMLDivElement| null>(null);
   const refListener = useRef<number>(Date.now());
 
-  const initialLeftOffset = 
-    initialLeftOffsetPercent > 0 ? boundingWidth * initialLeftOffsetPercent 
-    : initialLeftOffsetProps;
 
   const [{
-    // key, 
     currLeftOffset, pointerStartPos,
-    prevLeftOffset,
+    prevLeftOffset
   }, setStates] = useState<withSrcubbingStates>({
-    key: Date.now(),
-    currLeftOffset: initialLeftOffset, // in pixels
-    prevLeftOffset: initialLeftOffset, //in pixels
+    currLeftOffset: propsLeftOffset,
+    prevLeftOffset: propsLeftOffset,
+    prevPropsLeftOffset: propsLeftOffset,
     pointerStartPos: -1 // negative denotes pointer not engaged
   });
 
@@ -72,6 +66,7 @@ export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.Co
         ...curr,
         pointerStartPos: -1,
         prevLeftOffset: curr.currLeftOffset,
+        setBySelf: Date.now(),
       })); 
     };
     function handleScrubMove (e: MouseEvent){
@@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.Co
           if(newLeftOffset !== curr.currLeftOffset){
             return{
               ...curr,
-              currLeftOffset: newLeftOffset
+              currLeftOffset: newLeftOffset,
             }
           }
         }
@@ -111,15 +106,29 @@ export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.Co
 
   useEffect(()=>{
     console.log(`withSCRUBBING useEFFECT!! `);
-    const positionInPercentage = prevLeftOffset/boundingWidth;
-    if(onScrubChanged 
-      && typeof positionInPercentage === "number" 
-      && positionInPercentage >= 0
-    ){
-      onScrubChanged(prevLeftOffset/boundingWidth);
+    if(onScrubChanged && boundingWidth > 0 && prevLeftOffset >= 0 ){
+      onScrubChanged(prevLeftOffset);
     }
   },[prevLeftOffset, boundingWidth, onScrubChanged]);
 
+  useEffect(()=>{
+    // this takes a forced reset on leftoffset
+    setStates((curr)=>{
+      if(curr.prevLeftOffset === curr.currLeftOffset
+        && propsLeftOffset !== curr.prevLeftOffset
+        && propsLeftOffset !== curr.prevLeftOffset
+      ){
+        return {
+          ...curr,
+          currLeftOffset: propsLeftOffset, // in pixels
+          prevLeftOffset: propsLeftOffset, //in pixels
+        }
+      }else{
+        return curr
+      }
+    });
+  }, [propsLeftOffset])
+
   return(
     <div
       className="scrubber-wrapper"
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
index 433235cb1b..2f84656633 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ $playbar-height: 2rem;
   .playcursor {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
-    width: 0.5rem;
+    width: 0.5rem; //=8px
+    transform: translate(-3px, 0px);
     height: $playbar-height;
     background-color: $white;
     border-radius: 1px;