diff --git a/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.test.ts b/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51d00e9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { createComponent, provideContext, root, tick } from 'maverick.js';
+
+import { mediaContext } from '../../../core/api/media-context';
+import { mediaState } from '../../../core/api/player-state';
+import { Thumbnail } from './thumbnail';
+import type { ThumbnailImageInit } from './thumbnail-loader';
+
+function setupThumbnail(src: ThumbnailImageInit[], time: number) {
+  let dispose!: () => void;
+
+  const $state = mediaState.create();
+  $state.canLoad.set(true);
+  $state.providedDuration.set(120);
+
+  const rootEl = document.createElement('div'),
+    img = document.createElement('img');
+
+  Object.defineProperties(img, {
+    naturalWidth: { value: 1800 },
+    naturalHeight: { value: 1012.5 },
+  });
+
+  const thumbnail = root((stop) => {
+    dispose = stop;
+    provideContext(mediaContext, { $state } as any);
+
+    const instance = createComponent(Thumbnail, {
+      props: { src, time },
+    }) as any;
+
+    instance.$$.setup();
+    instance.$state.img.set(img);
+    instance.$$.attach(rootEl);
+    instance.$$.connect();
+
+    return instance;
+  }) as any;
+
+  tick();
+  img.dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
+  tick();
+
+  return {
+    dispose,
+    img,
+    rootEl,
+    thumbnail,
+  };
+}
+
+describe(Thumbnail.name, function () {
+  it('keeps crop styles when switching to a later sprite at a zero offset', function () {
+    const thumbnails: ThumbnailImageInit[] = [
+      {
+        url: 'https://cdn.example.com/seek/_0.jpg',
+        startTime: 68.497,
+        width: 300,
+        height: 168.75,
+        coords: { x: 1500, y: 843.75 },
+      },
+      {
+        url: 'https://cdn.example.com/seek/_1.jpg',
+        startTime: 70.454,
+        width: 300,
+        height: 168.75,
+        coords: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const { dispose, img, rootEl, thumbnail } = setupThumbnail(thumbnails, 68.497);
+
+    try {
+      expect(thumbnail.$state.src()).to.equal('https://cdn.example.com/seek/_0.jpg');
+      expect(img.style.transform).to.equal('translate(-1500px, -843.75px)');
+
+      thumbnail.$props.time.set(70.454);
+      tick();
+
+      expect(thumbnail.$state.src()).to.equal('https://cdn.example.com/seek/_1.jpg');
+      expect(thumbnail.$state.activeThumbnail()?.coords).to.deep.equal({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+      expect(rootEl.style.getPropertyValue('--thumbnail-width')).to.equal('300px');
+      expect(rootEl.style.getPropertyValue('--thumbnail-height')).to.equal('168.75px');
+      expect(img.style.transform).to.equal('translate(-0px, -0px)');
+    } finally {
+      dispose();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.ts b/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.ts
index 5d6137fc6..c94553793 100644
--- a/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.ts
+++ b/packages/vidstack/src/components/ui/thumbnails/thumbnail.ts
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ export class Thumbnail extends Component<ThumbnailProps, ThumbnailState> {
       activeImage = images[activeIndex];
     }
 
-    activeThumbnail.set(activeImage);
     src.set(activeImage?.url.href || '');
+    activeThumbnail.set(activeImage);
   }
 
   #resize() {