diff --git a/web/client/actions/__tests__/playback-test.js b/web/client/actions/__tests__/playback-test.js
index df0b5dd6cd..3ac634c316 100644
--- a/web/client/actions/__tests__/playback-test.js
+++ b/web/client/actions/__tests__/playback-test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     PLAY, PAUSE, STOP, SET_FRAMES, SET_CURRENT_FRAME, APPEND_FRAMES, FRAMES_LOADING, SELECT_PLAYBACK_RANGE,
     CHANGE_SETTING, TOGGLE_ANIMATION_MODE, ANIMATION_STEP_MOVE, UPDATE_METADATA, SET_INTERVAL_DATA,
     pause, play, stop, setFrames, setCurrentFrame, appendFrames, framesLoading, selectPlaybackRange,
-    changeSetting, toggleAnimationMode, animationStepMove, updateMetadata, setIntervalData
+    changeSetting, toggleAnimationMode, animationStepMove, updateMetadata, setIntervalData, onInitPlayback, INIT
 } from "../playback";
 
 describe('Test playback actions', () => {
@@ -99,4 +99,11 @@ describe('Test playback actions', () => {
         expect(retval.type).toBe(SET_INTERVAL_DATA);
         expect(retval.timeIntervalData).toBe(true);
     });
+    it('Test init action creator', () => {
+        const payload = {metadata: "1", settings: "2"};
+        const retval = onInitPlayback(payload);
+        expect(retval).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(retval.type).toBe(INIT);
+        expect(retval.payload).toEqual(payload);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/web/client/actions/playback.js b/web/client/actions/playback.js
index 1026866e96..a95bd85bb7 100644
--- a/web/client/actions/playback.js
+++ b/web/client/actions/playback.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const PLAY = "PLAYBACK:START";
 export const PAUSE = "PLAYBACK:PAUSE";
 export const STOP = "PLAYBACK:STOP";
 
+export const INIT = "PLAYBACK:INIT";
 export const SET_FRAMES = "PLAYBACK:SET_FRAMES";
 export const APPEND_FRAMES = "PLAYBACK:APPEND_FRAMES";
 export const FRAMES_LOADING = "PLAYBACK:FRAMES_LOADING";
@@ -88,3 +89,12 @@ export const setIntervalData = (timeIntervalData) => ({
     type: SET_INTERVAL_DATA,
     timeIntervalData
 });
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the playback data on config load
+ * @param {object} playback data
+ */
+export const onInitPlayback = (payload) => ({
+    type: INIT,
+    payload
+});
diff --git a/web/client/epics/__tests__/playback-test.js b/web/client/epics/__tests__/playback-test.js
index 112a273579..b2cfec4bb3 100644
--- a/web/client/epics/__tests__/playback-test.js
+++ b/web/client/epics/__tests__/playback-test.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import {
     SET_FRAMES,
     SET_INTERVAL_DATA,
     TOGGLE_ANIMATION_MODE,
-    toggleAnimationMode
+    toggleAnimationMode,
+    INIT
 } from '../../actions/playback';
 
 import {
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ import {
     playbackCacheNextPreviousTimes,
     setIsIntervalData,
     switchOffSnapToLayer,
-    playbackToggleGuideLayerToFixedStep
+    playbackToggleGuideLayerToFixedStep,
+    updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad
 } from '../playback';
 
 import DOMAIN_VALUES_RESPONSE from 'raw-loader!../../test-resources/wmts/DomainValues.xml';
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ import DOMAIN_INTERVAL_VALUES_RESPONSE from 'raw-loader!../../test-resources/wmt
 import { removeNode, CHANGE_LAYER_PROPERTIES, changeLayerProperties } from '../../actions/layers';
 import { setCurrentTime, moveTime } from '../../actions/dimension';
 import { selectLayer, LOADING, setMapSync, SELECT_LAYER, initializeSelectLayer } from '../../actions/timeline';
+import { configureMap } from '../../actions/config';
 import axios from '../../libs/ajax';
 import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
 const ANIMATION_MOCK_STATE = {
@@ -585,4 +588,29 @@ describe('playback Epics', () => {
             }
         }, state);
     });
+    it('updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad on config load', done => {
+        const _payload = {playback: {metadata: {timeIntervalData: false}, settings: "2"}};
+        testEpic(updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad, 1, configureMap(_payload), ([action]) => {
+            try {
+                const { type, payload } = action;
+                expect(type).toBe(INIT);
+                expect(payload.metadata.timeIntervalData).toBe(false);
+                expect(payload.settings).toBe("2");
+                done();
+            } catch (e) {
+                done(e);
+            }
+        }, ANIMATION_MOCK_STATE);
+    });
+    it('updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad on no playback config data', done => {
+        const _payload = {map: {}};
+        testEpic(addTimeoutEpic(updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad, 500), 1, configureMap(_payload), ([action]) => {
+            try {
+                expect(action.type).toBe(TEST_TIMEOUT);
+                done();
+            } catch (e) {
+                done(e);
+            }
+        }, ANIMATION_MOCK_STATE);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/web/client/epics/playback.js b/web/client/epics/playback.js
index 10ca433592..d3a2dfa469 100644
--- a/web/client/epics/playback.js
+++ b/web/client/epics/playback.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  */
 import moment from 'moment';
 
-import { get } from 'lodash';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
+import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty';
 
 import {
     PLAY,
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ import {
     framesLoading,
     updateMetadata,
     setIntervalData,
-    toggleAnimationMode
+    toggleAnimationMode,
+    onInitPlayback
 } from '../actions/playback';
 
 import { moveTime, SET_CURRENT_TIME, MOVE_TIME } from '../actions/dimension';
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ import { wrapStartStop } from '../observables/epics';
 import { getTimeDomainsObservable } from '../observables/multidim';
 import { getDomainValues } from '../api/MultiDim';
 import Rx from 'rxjs';
+import { MAP_CONFIG_LOADED } from '../actions/config';
 
 const BUFFER_SIZE = 20;
 const PRELOAD_BEFORE = 10;
@@ -437,6 +440,17 @@ export const playbackStopWhenDeleteLayer = (action$, { getState = () => {} } = {
         )
         .switchMap( () => Rx.Observable.of(stop()));
 
+/**
+ * Updates playback state on map config load
+ * @param action$
+ * @return {observable}
+ */
+export const updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad = (action$) =>
+    action$.ofType(MAP_CONFIG_LOADED)
+        .filter(({config} = {}) => !isEmpty(config?.playback))
+        .switchMap(({config} = {}) => {
+            return Rx.Observable.of(onInitPlayback(config?.playback));
+        });
 
 export default {
     retrieveFramesForPlayback,
@@ -448,5 +462,6 @@ export default {
     playbackFollowCursor,
     playbackStopWhenDeleteLayer,
     setIsIntervalData,
-    switchOffSnapToLayer
+    switchOffSnapToLayer,
+    updatePlaybackDataOnMapLoad
 };
diff --git a/web/client/plugins/Playback.jsx b/web/client/plugins/Playback.jsx
index 6136f8bfea..b93490d468 100644
--- a/web/client/plugins/Playback.jsx
+++ b/web/client/plugins/Playback.jsx
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ import playback from '../epics/playback';
 import dimensionReducers from '../reducers/dimension';
 import playbackReducers from '../reducers/playback';
 import { currentTimeSelector } from '../selectors/dimension';
-import { loadingSelector, statusSelector } from '../selectors/playback';
+import { loadingSelector, playbackMetadataSelector, playbackRangeSelector, playbackSettingsSelector, statusSelector } from '../selectors/playback';
 import PlaybackComp from './playback/Playback';
+import { registerCustomSaveHandler } from '../selectors/mapsave';
+
+registerCustomSaveHandler('playback', (state) => ({
+    settings: playbackSettingsSelector(state),
+    playbackRange: playbackRangeSelector(state),
+    metadata: playbackMetadataSelector(state)
+}));
 
 const Playback = compose(
     defaultProps({
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/__tests__/playback-test.js b/web/client/reducers/__tests__/playback-test.js
index e2dbe1f9b2..acfeef35ea 100644
--- a/web/client/reducers/__tests__/playback-test.js
+++ b/web/client/reducers/__tests__/playback-test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import {
     selectPlaybackRange,
     framesLoading,
     STATUS,
-    setIntervalData
+    setIntervalData,
+    onInitPlayback
 } from '../../actions/playback';
 
 import playback from '../playback';
@@ -135,4 +136,12 @@ describe('playback reducer', () => {
         expect(state).toExist();
         expect(state.metadata.timeIntervalData).toBe(false);
     });
+    it('initialize playback data', () => {
+        const payload = {metadata: {timeIntervalData: false}, settings: "2"};
+        const action = onInitPlayback(payload);
+        const state = playback(undefined, action);
+        expect(state).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(state.metadata.timeIntervalData).toBe(false);
+        expect(state.settings).toBe("2");
+    });
 });
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/playback.js b/web/client/reducers/playback.js
index 2b3852f691..e4e879bfb9 100644
--- a/web/client/reducers/playback.js
+++ b/web/client/reducers/playback.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
     PAUSE,
     STOP,
     STATUS,
+    INIT,
     SET_FRAMES,
     APPEND_FRAMES,
     FRAMES_LOADING,
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
 
 export default (state = { status: STATUS.STOP, currentFrame: -1, settings: DEFAULT_SETTINGS}, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
+    case INIT: {
+        return {...state, ...action.payload};
+    }
     case PLAY: {
         return set(`status`, STATUS.PLAY, state);
     }