diff --git a/guacamole-common-js/src/main/webapp/modules/SessionRecording.js b/guacamole-common-js/src/main/webapp/modules/SessionRecording.js
index 37270a5fb..02a083bba 100644
--- a/guacamole-common-js/src/main/webapp/modules/SessionRecording.js
+++ b/guacamole-common-js/src/main/webapp/modules/SessionRecording.js
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ var Guacamole = Guacamole || {};
  *     position through the provided onseek() callback. If non-positive, this
  *     parameter will be ignored, and the recording position will only be
  *     updated when seek requests are made, or when new frames are rendered.
+ *     If not specified, refreshInterval will default to 1000 milliseconds.
  */
 Guacamole.SessionRecording = function SessionRecording(source, refreshInterval) {
 
+    // Default the refresh interval to 1 second if not specified otherwise
+    if (refreshInterval === undefined)
+        refreshInterval = 1000;
+
     /**
      * Reference to this Guacamole.SessionRecording.
      *
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/player/directives/player.js b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/player/directives/player.js
index f2a008fee..7b3e08792 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/player/directives/player.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/frontend/src/app/player/directives/player.js
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ angular.module('player').directive('guacPlayer', ['$injector', function guacPlay
     config.controller = ['$scope', '$element', '$injector',
         function guacPlayerController($scope) {
 
-        /**
-         * The minimum number of milliseconds that should occur between updates
-         * to the progress indicator.
-         *
-         * @type {number}
-         */
-        const PROGRESS_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 1000;
-
         /**
          * Guacamole.SessionRecording instance to be used to playback the
          * session recording given via $scope.src. If the recording has not
@@ -311,8 +303,7 @@ angular.module('player').directive('guacPlayer', ['$injector', function guacPlay
             // Otherwise, begin loading the provided recording
             else {
 
-                $scope.recording = new Guacamole.SessionRecording(
-                        src, PROGRESS_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
+                $scope.recording = new Guacamole.SessionRecording(src);
 
                 // Begin downloading the recording
                 $scope.recording.connect();