diff --git a/client/app/components/coordinator/js/ros_scripts.js b/client/app/components/coordinator/js/ros_scripts.js
index e4ce5a4..43397d9 100644
--- a/client/app/components/coordinator/js/ros_scripts.js
+++ b/client/app/components/coordinator/js/ros_scripts.js
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ playbackStatus.subscribe(function(message) {
     if (status === "playing") {
 
     } else if (status === "stopped") {
+      triggerService('/aescape/bags/stopPlayingBag');
       triggerService('/left/aescape/mode/activateReadyController');
       triggerService('/right/aescape/mode/activateReadyController');
       displayTaggingOptions('play');
diff --git a/client/app/components/coordinator/js/update_guis.js b/client/app/components/coordinator/js/update_guis.js
index 8aafbed..7d7ed06 100644
--- a/client/app/components/coordinator/js/update_guis.js
+++ b/client/app/components/coordinator/js/update_guis.js
@@ -317,15 +317,16 @@ function loadSelectedBagFile(selectedBagId, singleArmMode, callback) {
     single_arm : singleArmMode
   }
 
-  // triggerService('/aescape/bags/startPlayingRecording', toSend, function(error, result) {
-  //   if(!result) {
-  //     return callback("Something went wrong in the backend while updating.");
-  //   }
-  //   else {
-  //     return callback();
-  //   }
-  // })
+  triggerService('/aescape/bags/startPlayingRecording', toSend, function(error, result) {
+    if(!result) {
+      return callback("Something went wrong in the backend while updating.");
+    }
+    else {
+      return callback();
+    }
+  })
 
+  /*
   var toSendString = JSON.stringify(toSend);
 
   var topic = new ROSLIB.Topic({
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ function loadSelectedBagFile(selectedBagId, singleArmMode, callback) {
   var msg = new ROSLIB.Message({data:toSendString});
 
   topic.publish(msg);
+  */
 }