diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c037243e..f1ad5242 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 .DS_Store
 aws.json
 *.mp4
+!dist/blank.mp4
 index-*.html
 notes.txt
 .idea
diff --git a/dist/blank.mp4 b/dist/blank.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8982b63
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/blank.mp4 differ
diff --git a/src/js/plyr.js b/src/js/plyr.js
index 99a70b88..ed052664 100644
--- a/src/js/plyr.js
+++ b/src/js/plyr.js
@@ -809,12 +809,6 @@
         return (url.match(regex)) ? RegExp.$2 : url;
     }
 
-    // Parse Vimeo ID from url
-    function parseVimeoId(url) {
-        var regex = /^.*(vimeo.com\/|video\/)(\d+).*/;
-        return (url.match(regex)) ? RegExp.$2 : url;
-    }
-
     // Fullscreen API
     var fullscreen = (function() {
         // Determine the prefix
@@ -2241,10 +2235,6 @@
                     mediaId = parseYouTubeId(player.embedId);
                     break;
 
-                case 'vimeo':
-                    mediaId = parseVimeoId(player.embedId);
-                    break;
-
                 default:
                     mediaId = player.embedId;
             }
@@ -2539,13 +2529,13 @@
         function vimeoReady(mediaId, container) {
             // Setup instance
             // https://github.com/vimeo/player.js
-            player.embed = new window.Vimeo.Player(container, {
-                id: parseInt(mediaId),
-                loop: config.loop.active,
-                autoplay: config.autoplay,
-                byline: false,
-                portrait: false,
-                title: false
+            plyr.embed = new window.Vimeo.Player(container, {
+                id:         mediaId,
+                loop:       config.loop,
+                autoplay:   config.autoplay,
+                byline:     false,
+                portrait:   false,
+                title:      false
             });
 
             // Create a faux HTML5 API using the Vimeo API