diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7d7815a..c2bf664 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ org.gradle.configuration-cache=false
 
 # Mod
 mod_id=video_player
-mod_version=0.4.23
+mod_version=0.4.24
 maven_group=com.ejclaw.videoplayer
 archives_base_name=video_player
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/block/VideoAnchorBlockEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/block/VideoAnchorBlockEntity.java
index 720d336..e734eef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/block/VideoAnchorBlockEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/block/VideoAnchorBlockEntity.java
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.block;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlockEntities;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.Packet;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientGamePacketListener;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
@@ -123,6 +127,35 @@ public class VideoAnchorBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
         out.putBoolean("autoplay", autoplay);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Vanilla chunk-load BE sync. The base implementation returns an empty tag, which means
+     * when a client first sees this BE (chunk loads or player walks into range) it gets default
+     * values — url="" in particular makes the renderer no-op and the panel appears invisible.
+     *
+     * <p>Returning {@link #toNbt()} here carries the custom fields in the vanilla packet, so
+     * we don't depend on the {@code SyncAnchorPayload} arriving before the chunk's block-update
+     * packet (there's a race: {@code level.setBlock} queues a deferred chunk broadcast while
+     * {@code ServerPlayNetworking.send} writes immediately; if the payload wins, the client
+     * drops it because the BE doesn't exist yet, then the chunk packet creates the BE with
+     * defaults). It also fixes "player walks far away and comes back" — that path has no
+     * SyncAnchorPayload at all, just vanilla chunk re-sync.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public CompoundTag getUpdateTag(HolderLookup.Provider provider) {
+        return toNbt();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers a {@link ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket} whenever the chunk tracker decides
+     * this BE needs to push an update. Default implementation returns {@code null} (no packet
+     * sent on BE change). Combined with {@link #getUpdateTag} above, every BE-state change a
+     * client sees carries the full config.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Packet<ClientGamePacketListener> getUpdatePacket() {
+        return ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket.create(this);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void loadAdditional(ValueInput in) {
         super.loadAdditional(in);