diff --git a/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js b/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
index 55634c71..61f3d361 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/internal-hls.js
@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ function transformMediaPlaylist(streamInfo, hlsPlaylist) {
 
 const HLS_MIME_TYPES = ["application/vnd.apple.mpegurl", "audio/mpegurl", "application/x-mpegURL"];
 
-export function isHlsResponse (req) {
-    return HLS_MIME_TYPES.includes(req.headers['content-type']);
+export function isHlsResponse(req, streamInfo) {
+    return HLS_MIME_TYPES.includes(req.headers['content-type'])
+        // bluesky's cdn responds with wrong content-type for the hls playlist,
+        // so we enforce it here until they fix it
+        || (streamInfo.service === 'bsky' && streamInfo.url.endsWith('.m3u8'));
 }
 
 export async function handleHlsPlaylist(streamInfo, req, res) {
diff --git a/api/src/stream/internal.js b/api/src/stream/internal.js
index 7d8bf4c9..c32a3692 100644
--- a/api/src/stream/internal.js
+++ b/api/src/stream/internal.js
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ async function handleGenericStream(streamInfo, res) {
         res.status(fileResponse.statusCode);
         fileResponse.body.on('error', () => {});
 
-        // bluesky's cdn responds with wrong content-type for the hls playlist,
-        // so we enforce it here until they fix it
-        const isHls = isHlsResponse(fileResponse)
-                      || (streamInfo.service === "bsky" && streamInfo.url.endsWith('.m3u8'));
+        const isHls = isHlsResponse(fileResponse, streamInfo);
 
         for (const [ name, value ] of Object.entries(fileResponse.headers)) {
             if (!isHls || name.toLowerCase() !== 'content-length') {