diff --git a/ios/hybrids/HybridVideoViewViewManager.swift b/ios/hybrids/HybridVideoViewViewManager.swift
index d4668db0..9662106b 100644
--- a/ios/hybrids/HybridVideoViewViewManager.swift
+++ b/ios/hybrids/HybridVideoViewViewManager.swift
@@ -9,23 +9,31 @@ import Foundation
 import NitroModules
 
 class HybridVideoViewViewManager: HybridVideoViewViewManagerSpec {
+  weak var view: VideoComponentView?
+  
   var player: (any HybridVideoPlayerSpec)? {
     get {
-      view.player
+      guard let view = view else {
+        print("RN Video: VideoComponentView is no longer available. It is likely that the view was deallocated.")
+        return nil
+      }
+      return view.player
     }
     set {
+      guard let view = view else {
+        print("RN Video: VideoComponentView is no longer available. It is likely that the view was deallocated.")
+        return
+      }
       view.player = newValue
     }
   }
   
-  let view: VideoComponentView
-  
   init(nitroId: Double) throws {
     guard let view = VideoComponentView.globalViewsMap.object(forKey: NSNumber(value: nitroId)) else {
       throw RuntimeError.error(withMessage: "No view found for \(nitroId)")
     }
     
-    self.view = view
+    self.view = view 
   }
   
   // Initialize HybridContext