diff --git a/Client/Application/Delegates/AppDelegate.swift b/Client/Application/Delegates/AppDelegate.swift
index fe712ff3cb7..96a9d7e4222 100644
--- a/Client/Application/Delegates/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Client/Application/Delegates/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UIViewControllerRestorati
         
         AdblockResourceDownloader.shared.startLoading()
         PlaylistManager.shared.restoreSession()
-        carPlayManager = PlaylistCarplayManager.shared
+        carPlayManager = PlaylistCarplayManager.shared.then {
+            $0.browserController = browserViewController
+        }
       
         return shouldPerformAdditionalDelegateHandling
     }
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Controller/PlaylistCarplayController.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Controller/PlaylistCarplayController.swift
index 0defdbae430..9568b07f8ff 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Controller/PlaylistCarplayController.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/Controller/PlaylistCarplayController.swift
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ class PlaylistCarplayController: NSObject {
     private var playlistItemIds = [String]()
     private weak var browser: BrowserViewController?
     
-    init(browser: BrowserViewController, player: MediaPlayer, contentManager: MPPlayableContentManager) {
+    init(browser: BrowserViewController?, player: MediaPlayer, contentManager: MPPlayableContentManager) {
         self.browser = browser
         self.player = player
         self.contentManager = contentManager
-        self.mediaStreamer = PlaylistMediaStreamer(playerView: browser.view ?? UIView())
+        self.mediaStreamer = PlaylistMediaStreamer(playerView: browser?.view ?? UIView())
         super.init()
         
         observePlayerStates()
diff --git a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/PlaylistCarplayManager.swift b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/PlaylistCarplayManager.swift
index bc16a88ab21..26e195df357 100644
--- a/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/PlaylistCarplayManager.swift
+++ b/Client/Frontend/Browser/Playlist/PlaylistCarplayManager.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class PlaylistCarplayManager: NSObject {
     
     var currentlyPlayingItemIndex = -1
     var currentPlaylistItem: PlaylistInfo?
+    var browserController: BrowserViewController?
     
     // There can only ever be one instance of this class
     // Because there can only be a single AudioSession and MediaPlayer
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class PlaylistCarplayManager: NSObject {
         // If there is no media player, create one,
         // pass it to the car-play controller
         let mediaPlayer = self.mediaPlayer ?? MediaPlayer()
-        let carPlayController = PlaylistCarplayController(player: mediaPlayer, contentManager: contentManager)
+        let carPlayController = PlaylistCarplayController(browser: browserController, player: mediaPlayer, contentManager: contentManager)
         self.mediaPlayer = mediaPlayer
         return carPlayController
     }