diff --git a/front/src/components/Queue.vue b/front/src/components/Queue.vue
index 8a6f748b7..1f35df1d8 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Queue.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/Queue.vue
@@ -220,13 +220,11 @@ const touchProgress = (event: MouseEvent) => {
                     >
                       <div
                         class="buffer bar"
-                        :data-percent="bufferProgress"
-                        :style="{ 'width': bufferProgress + '%' }"
+                        :style="{ 'transform': `scaleX(${bufferProgress / 100})` }"
                       />
                       <div
                         class="position bar"
-                        :data-percent="progress"
-                        :style="{ 'width': progress + '%' }"
+                        :style="{ 'transform': `scaleX(${progress / 100})` }"
                       />
                     </div>
                   </div>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue b/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
index 7fca3d0fe..b317dc71c 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
@@ -117,13 +117,11 @@ const switchTab = () => {
       >
         <div
           class="buffer bar"
-          :data-percent="bufferProgress"
-          :style="{ 'width': bufferProgress + '%' }"
+          :style="{ 'transform': `scaleX(${bufferProgress / 100})` }"
         />
         <div
           class="position bar"
-          :data-percent="progress"
-          :style="{ 'width': progress + '%' }"
+          :style="{ 'transform': `scaleX(${progress / 100})` }"
         />
       </div>
       <div class="controls-row">
diff --git a/front/src/composables/audio/usePlayer.ts b/front/src/composables/audio/usePlayer.ts
index 7b3c769d7..3d5fd215c 100644
--- a/front/src/composables/audio/usePlayer.ts
+++ b/front/src/composables/audio/usePlayer.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Track } from '~/types'
 
 import { computed, watchEffect, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { Howler } from 'howler'
-import { useIntervalFn, useTimeoutFn } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { useRafFn, useTimeoutFn } from '@vueuse/core'
 import useQueue from '~/composables/audio/useQueue'
 import useSound from '~/composables/audio/useSound'
 import toLinearVolumeScale from '~/composables/audio/toLinearVolumeScale'
@@ -119,36 +119,36 @@ const progress = computed({
   get: () => store.getters['player/progress'],
   set: (time) => {
     if (currentSound.value?.state() === 'loaded') {
+      store.state.player.currentTime = time
+
       const duration = currentSound.value.duration()
-
-      store.dispatch('player/updateProgress', time)
-      currentSound.value._triggerSoundProgress()
-
-      const toPreload = store.state.queue.tracks[currentIndex.value + 1]
-      if (!nextTrackPreloaded.value && toPreload && (time > PRELOAD_DELAY || duration - time < 30)) {
-        loadSound(toPreload)
-        nextTrackPreloaded.value = true
-      }
-
-      if (time > duration / 2) {
-        if (!isListeningSubmitted.value) {
-          store.dispatch('player/trackListened', currentTrack.value)
-          isListeningSubmitted.value = true
-        }
-      }
+      currentSound.value.triggerSoundProgress(time, duration)
     }
   }
 })
 
 const bufferProgress = computed(() => store.state.player.bufferProgress)
-onSoundProgress((node: HTMLAudioElement) => {
+onSoundProgress(({ node, time, duration }) => {
+  const toPreload = store.state.queue.tracks[currentIndex.value + 1]
+  if (!nextTrackPreloaded.value && toPreload && (time > PRELOAD_DELAY || duration - time < 30)) {
+    loadSound(toPreload)
+    nextTrackPreloaded.value = true
+  }
+
+  if (time > duration / 2) {
+    if (!isListeningSubmitted.value) {
+      store.dispatch('player/trackListened', currentTrack.value)
+      isListeningSubmitted.value = true
+    }
+  }
+
   // from https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js/issues/752#issuecomment-372083163
 
-  const { buffered, currentTime: time } = node
+  const { buffered, currentTime } = node
 
   let range = 0
   try {
-    while (buffered.start(range) >= time || time >= buffered.end(range)) {
+    while (buffered.start(range) >= currentTime || currentTime >= buffered.end(range)) {
       range += 1
     }
   } catch (IndexSizeError) {
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ onSoundProgress((node: HTMLAudioElement) => {
 })
 
 const observeProgress = ref(false)
-useIntervalFn(() => {
+useRafFn(() => {
   if (observeProgress.value && currentSound.value?.state() === 'loaded') {
     progress.value = currentSound.value.seek()
   }
-}, 1000)
+})
 
 watch(playing, async (isPlaying) => {
   if (currentSound.value) {
diff --git a/front/src/composables/audio/useSound.ts b/front/src/composables/audio/useSound.ts
index 6d530a8f6..d9f824f0c 100644
--- a/front/src/composables/audio/useSound.ts
+++ b/front/src/composables/audio/useSound.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import useTrackSources from '~/composables/audio/useTrackSources'
 import useSoundCache from '~/composables/audio/useSoundCache'
 import usePlayer from '~/composables/audio/usePlayer'
 import store from '~/store'
-import { createEventHook } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { createEventHook, useThrottleFn } from '@vueuse/core'
 
 interface Sound {
   id?: number
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface Sound {
   seek: (time?: number) => number
   duration: () => number
   getSource: () => boolean
-  _triggerSoundProgress: () => void
+  triggerSoundProgress: (time: number, duration: number) => void
 }
 
 const soundCache = useSoundCache()
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const looping = computed(() => store.state.player.looping)
 const currentSound = ref()
 const soundId = ref()
 
-const soundProgress = createEventHook<HTMLAudioElement>()
+const soundProgress = createEventHook<{ node: HTMLAudioElement, time: number, duration: number }>()
 
 const createSound = (howl: Howl): Sound => ({
   howl,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const createSound = (howl: Howl): Sound => ({
   seek: (time?: number) => howl.seek(time),
   duration: () => howl.duration(),
   getSource: () => (howl as any)._sounds[0],
-  _triggerSoundProgress: () => soundProgress.trigger((howl as any)._sounds[0]._node)
+  triggerSoundProgress: useThrottleFn((time: number, duration: number) => soundProgress.trigger({ node: (howl as any)._sounds[0]._node, time, duration }), 1000)
 })
 
 const loadSound = (track: Track): Sound => {
diff --git a/front/src/style/components/_player.scss b/front/src/style/components/_player.scss
index c261bb07f..2663bce49 100644
--- a/front/src/style/components/_player.scss
+++ b/front/src/style/components/_player.scss
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
   }
 
   .ui.progress .bar {
-    transition: none;
+    transition: transform .2s linear;
+    width: 100%;
+    transform: scaleX(0);
+    transform-origin: top left;
+    will-change: transform;
   }
 
   .ui.progress .buffer.bar {
@@ -72,10 +76,9 @@
     animation-timing-function: linear;
     animation-iteration-count: infinite;
   }
-  .ui.progress:not([data-percent]):not(.indeterminate)
+  .ui.progress:not(.indeterminate)
     .bar.position:not(.buffer) {
     background: var(--vibrant-color);
-    min-width: 0;
   }
 
   .track-controls {
diff --git a/front/src/style/components/_queue.scss b/front/src/style/components/_queue.scss
index b2bcde76b..f7fb4e7f1 100644
--- a/front/src/style/components/_queue.scss
+++ b/front/src/style/components/_queue.scss
@@ -163,15 +163,25 @@
   .progress-area {
     overflow: hidden;
   }
+  .progress-area .progress {
+    border-radius: 0.28571429rem;
+  }
   .progress-wrapper, .warning.message {
     max-width: 25em;
     margin: 0 auto;
   }
+  .ui.progress .bar {
+    transition: transform .2s linear;
+    width: 100%;
+    transform: scaleX(0);
+    transform-origin: top left;
+    will-change: transform;
+  }
   .ui.progress .buffer.bar {
     position: absolute;
     background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
   }
-  .ui.progress:not([data-percent]):not(.indeterminate)
+  .ui.progress:not(.indeterminate)
     .bar.position:not(.buffer) {
     background: var(--vibrant-color);
   }
@@ -201,9 +211,6 @@
   }
   .progress {
     cursor: pointer;
-    .bar {
-      min-width: 0 !important;
-    }
   }
 
   .player-controls {