diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b7281a0d8a..4f9f845a9f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6041,7 +6041,7 @@
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-      "devOptional": true
+      "optional": true
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+      "optional": true,
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
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-      "devOptional": true
+      "optional": true
     },
     "node_modules/fs.realpath": {
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
+      "optional": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
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@@ -12284,7 +12285,7 @@
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
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@@ -12293,7 +12294,7 @@
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+      "optional": true,
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
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         "yallist": "^4.0.0"
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-      "devOptional": true
+      "optional": true
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
       "bin": {
         "mkdirp": "bin/cmd.js"
       },
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "abbrev": "1"
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@@ -17414,7 +17415,7 @@
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "optional": true,
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         "fs-minipass": "^2.0.0",
@@ -17431,7 +17432,7 @@
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-      "devOptional": true
+      "optional": true
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     "node_modules/temp-dir": {
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diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useCallEmbed.ts b/src/app/hooks/useCallEmbed.ts
index 4a354d57ea..1921a8db15 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useCallEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useCallEmbed.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const createCallEmbed = (
     MatrixRTCSession.sessionMembershipsForRoom(room, rtcSession.sessionDescription).length > 0;
 
   const intent = CallEmbed.getIntent(dm, ongoing);
-  const widget = CallEmbed.getWidget(mx, room, intent, themeKind);
+  const widget = CallEmbed.getWidget(mx, room, intent, themeKind, pref?.video);
   const controlState = pref && new CallControlState(pref.microphone, pref.video, pref.sound);
 
   const embed = new CallEmbed(mx, room, widget, container, controlState);
diff --git a/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts b/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
index 8704667691..8fb51bb5e2 100644
--- a/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ export class CallEmbed {
     mx: MatrixClient,
     room: Room,
     intent: ElementCallIntent,
-    themeKind: ElementCallThemeKind
+    themeKind: ElementCallThemeKind,
+    videoEnabled?: boolean
   ): Widget {
     const userId = mx.getSafeUserId();
     const deviceId = mx.getDeviceId() ?? '';
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ export class CallEmbed {
       theme: themeKind,
     });
 
+    if (videoEnabled !== undefined) {
+      params.set('camera', videoEnabled.toString());
+    }
+
     const widgetUrl = new URL(
       `${trimTrailingSlash(import.meta.env.BASE_URL)}/public/element-call/index.html`,
       window.location.origin
@@ -245,6 +250,7 @@ export class CallEmbed {
     this.joined = true;
     this.applyStyles();
     this.control.startObserving();
+    this.control.applyState();
   }
 
   private applyStyles(): void {