diff --git a/src/experiments.ts b/src/experiments.ts
index 50d6285..ba72287 100644
--- a/src/experiments.ts
+++ b/src/experiments.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ export enum Experiment {
   TWEET_DETAIL_API = 'TWEET_DETAIL_API',
   DISCORD_NATIVE_MULTI_IMAGE = 'DISCORD_NATIVE_MULTI_IMAGE',
   TRANSCODE_GIFS = 'TRANSCODE_GIFS',
-  IV_FORCE_THREAD_UNROLL = 'IV_FORCE_THREAD_UNROLL'
+  IV_FORCE_THREAD_UNROLL = 'IV_FORCE_THREAD_UNROLL',
+  DISCORD_VIDEO_REDIRECT_WORKAROUND = 'DISCORD_VIDEO_REDIRECT_WORKAROUND'
 }
 
 type ExperimentConfig = {
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ const Experiments: { [key in Experiment]: ExperimentConfig } = {
     name: 'IV force thread unroll',
     description: 'Force thread unroll for Telegram Instant View',
     percentage: 1
+  },
+  [Experiment.DISCORD_VIDEO_REDIRECT_WORKAROUND]: {
+    name: 'Video redirect workaround',
+    description: 'Workaround for video playback issues on Discord',
+    percentage: 1
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/render/video.ts b/src/render/video.ts
index bd00b8c..271fbbe 100644
--- a/src/render/video.ts
+++ b/src/render/video.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export const renderVideo = (
       `https://${Constants.GIF_TRANSCODE_DOMAIN}`
     );
     console.log('We passed checks for transcoding GIFs, feeding embed url', url);
+  } else if (
+    userAgent?.includes('Discord') &&
+    experimentCheck(Experiment.DISCORD_VIDEO_REDIRECT_WORKAROUND, !!Constants.API_HOST_LIST)
+  ) {
+    url = `https://${Constants.API_HOST_LIST[0]}/2/hit?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`;
   }
 
   /* Push the raw video-related headers */