diff --git a/backend/app/services/mediamtx/publisher_sync.rb b/backend/app/services/mediamtx/publisher_sync.rb
index 3e20de0..3a00259 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/mediamtx/publisher_sync.rb
+++ b/backend/app/services/mediamtx/publisher_sync.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Mediamtx
       return @session if @session.terminal?
 
       info = Mediamtx::Client.new.list_paths.find { |i| i["name"] == @session.mediamtx_path_name }
-      publisher_online = info && info["online"]
+      publisher_online = publisher_online?(info)
 
       if publisher_online
         if @session.paused?
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ module Mediamtx
 
     private
 
+    def publisher_online?(info)
+      return false unless info
+
+      return true if info["online"]
+      return true if info["source"].present?
+
+      false
+    end
+
     def cancel_timeout
       return if @session.timeout_job_id.blank?