diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/TrimScrubber.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/TrimScrubber.tsx
index b5fb2672af..78c93d6d92 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/TrimScrubber.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/TrimScrubber.tsx
@@ -1,101 +1,36 @@
-import React, {
-  useRef,
-  useState,
-  PointerEvent
-} from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import {
   faGripDots
 } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { QuickTrimData } from './types';
+import {withScrubbing, withScrubbingPropsI} from './withScrubbing';
 
-export default function TrimScrubber({
-  trimStart,
-  trimDuration,
-  duration,
-  width,
-  boundingWidth,
-  onChange
-}:{
+interface TrimScrubberPropsI extends withScrubbingPropsI {
   trimStart:number;
   trimDuration: number;
   duration: number;
-  boundingWidth: number;
-  width:number;
   onChange:(val:QuickTrimData)=>void
-}){
-  const [{
-    left,
-    leftOffset,
-    pointerStart
-  }, setState] = useState<{
-    left: number,
-    leftOffset:number
-    pointerStart:number
-  }>({
-    left: trimStart/duration*boundingWidth,
-    leftOffset: trimStart/duration*boundingWidth,
-    pointerStart: -1
-  });
-  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
-
-  if(ref.current){
-    ref.current.style.cursor = pointerStart >= 0 
-    ? 'grabbing' : 'grab';
-  }
-
-  function handleScrubStart(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
-    e.persist();
-    // console.log(`start: ${pointerStart}` );
-    setState((curr)=>({
-      ...curr,
-      pointerStart: e.clientX
-    })); 
-  }
-  function handleScrubEnd(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
-    e.persist();
-    // console.log(`end` );
-    setState((curr)=>({
-      ...curr,
-      pointerStart: -1,
-      leftOffset: left,
-    })); 
-    console.log(`${duration} * ${left} / ${boundingWidth} = ${duration * left / boundingWidth}`)
-    onChange(({
-      trimStartSeconds: duration * left / boundingWidth,
-      trimEndSeconds: duration  * left / boundingWidth + trimDuration,
-    }))
-  }
-  function handleScrubMove(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
-    e.persist();
-    if(pointerStart >= 0 && pointerStart!==null && ref.current){
-      // console.log(`${e.clientX} - ${pointerStart} = ${e.clientX-pointerStart}`)
-      let newLeft = leftOffset + e.clientX - pointerStart;
-      // console.log(`${newLeft} + ${boundingWidth * widthPercent/100} > ${boundingWidth}`)
-      if (newLeft + width > boundingWidth) {
-        newLeft = boundingWidth - width;
-      }else if(newLeft < 0) {
-        newLeft = 0;
-      }
-      setState((curr)=>({
-        ...curr,
-        left: newLeft
-      }));
-    }
-  }
-  return(
-    <div className="trim-scrubber" 
-      ref={ref}
-      style={{
-        width: width + "px",
-        left: left,
-      }}
-      onPointerDown={handleScrubStart}
-      onPointerUp={handleScrubEnd}
-      onPointerLeave={handleScrubEnd}
-      onPointerMove={handleScrubMove}
-    >
-      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faGripDots} />
-    </div>
-  );
 }
+export const TrimScrubber = (props:TrimScrubberPropsI)=>{
+
+  const TrimScrubberWithScrubbing = 
+    withScrubbing<TrimScrubberPropsI>(() => {
+      return(
+        <div className="trim-scrubber">
+          <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faGripDots} />
+        </div>
+      );
+    });
+
+  return (
+    <TrimScrubberWithScrubbing
+      styleOverride={{
+        top: '-1rem',
+      }}
+      {...props}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/VideoQuickTrim.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/VideoQuickTrim.tsx
index 6f62433ba3..1658d91220 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/VideoQuickTrim.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/VideoQuickTrim.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { VideoFakeyouProps } from "../VideoFakeyou/VideoFakeyou";
 
 import { QuickTrimData, TrimStates, PlaybarStates } from "./types";
 import { formatSecondsToHHMMSSCS } from "./helpers";
-import TrimScrbber from "./TrimScrubber";
+import {TrimScrubber} from "./TrimScrubber";
 import './styles.scss'
 
 interface VideoQuickTrimProps extends VideoFakeyouProps {
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ export default memo(function VideoQuickTrim({
         {trimScrubberWidth > 0 && 
           playbarWidth > 0 && 
           maxDuration > 0 &&
-          <TrimScrbber
+          <TrimScrubber
             key={trimReset.toString()}
             boundingWidth={playbarWidth}
-            width={trimScrubberWidth}
+            scrubberWidth={trimScrubberWidth}
             trimStart={trimStart}
             trimDuration={trimDuration}
             duration={maxDuration}
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
index d45ce34e48..5974a5c853 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/styles.scss
@@ -82,15 +82,12 @@ $playbar-height: 2rem;
     border-radius: 0 0 0.5rem 0.5rem;
   }
   .trim-scrubber{
-    position: absolute;
-    top: -1rem;
     height: 3rem;
     background-color: #e66462;
     opacity: 0.8;
     outline: 0.125rem $white solid;
     border-top: 1rem $white solid;
     border-radius: 0.25rem 0.25rem 0.125rem 0.125rem;
-    cursor: grab;
 
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/withScrubbing.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/withScrubbing.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8327e2925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/VideoQuickTrim/withScrubbing.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import React,{
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+  PointerEvent,
+} from 'react';
+
+export interface withScrubbingPropsI {
+  boundingWidth: number;
+  scrubberWidth: number;
+  styleOverride?: {[key: string]: string|number };
+  onScrubEnds?: ()=>number; //return scrubber location as %
+  onScrubChanges?: ()=>number; //return scrubber location as %
+}
+type withSrcubbingStates = {
+  currLeftOffset: number,
+  prevLeftOffset: number;
+  pointerStartPos: number;
+}
+
+export const withScrubbing = <P extends withScrubbingPropsI>(Component: React.ComponentType<P>) => ({
+  boundingWidth,
+  scrubberWidth,
+  styleOverride = {},
+  onScrubEnds,
+  onScrubChanges,
+  ...rest
+}: withScrubbingPropsI) => {
+  // return (props: Omit<P, keyof withScrubbingPropsI>)=>{
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+  const [{
+    currLeftOffset, prevLeftOffset, pointerStartPos
+  }, setStates] = useState<withSrcubbingStates>({
+    currLeftOffset: 0, // in pixels
+    prevLeftOffset: 0, //in pixels
+    pointerStartPos: -1 // negative denotes pointer not engaged
+  });
+
+  function handleScrubStart(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
+    e.persist();
+    console.log(`start: ${pointerStartPos} -> ${e.clientX}` );
+    setStates((curr)=>({
+      ...curr,
+      pointerStartPos: e.clientX
+    })); 
+  }
+  function handleScrubEnd(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
+    e.persist();
+    console.log(`end` );
+    setStates((curr)=>({
+      ...curr,
+      pointerStartPos: -1,
+      prevLeftOffset: currLeftOffset,
+    })); 
+  }
+  function handleScrubMove(e: PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>){
+    e.persist();
+    if(pointerStartPos >= 0 && pointerStartPos!==null){
+      let newLeftOffset = prevLeftOffset + e.clientX - pointerStartPos;
+      if (newLeftOffset + scrubberWidth > boundingWidth) {
+        newLeftOffset = boundingWidth - scrubberWidth;
+      }else if(newLeftOffset < 0) {
+        newLeftOffset = 0;
+      }
+      setStates((curr)=>({
+        ...curr,
+        currLeftOffset: newLeftOffset
+      }));
+    }
+  }
+  return(
+    <div
+      ref={ref}
+      className="scrubber-wrapper"
+      style={{
+        position: 'absolute',
+        top:0,
+        width: scrubberWidth + 'px',
+        left: currLeftOffset,
+        cursor: pointerStartPos >=0 ? 'grabbing': 'grab',
+        ...styleOverride
+      }}
+      onPointerDown={handleScrubStart}
+      onPointerUp={handleScrubEnd}
+      onPointerLeave={handleScrubEnd}
+      onPointerMove={handleScrubMove}
+    >
+      <Component 
+        {...rest as P}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+// }
+};