diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Seasonals/Web/easter.js b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Seasonals/Web/easter.js
index 3aa7b84..28da845 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Seasonals/Web/easter.js
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Seasonals/Web/easter.js
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ function animateRabbit(rabbit) {
 
     rabbit.style.transition = 'none';
     const transformScale = startFromLeft ? 'scaleX(-1)' : '';
+    // Fix bounding box center-of-gravity shift when graphic is flipped
+    rabbit.style.transformOrigin = startFromLeft ? '59% 50%' : '50% 50%';
     rabbit.style.transform = `translateX(${currentX}vw) ${transformScale}`;
 
     const loopDurationMs = jumpDurationMs + pauseDurationMs;
@@ -211,10 +213,10 @@ function animateRabbit(rabbit) {
 
         if (!startTime) {
             startTime = timestamp;
-            // resetting gif, forces the browser to restart the GIF from the first frame (crucial for syncing hops with movement)
+            // resetting gif, appending a timestamp cache-buster forces the browser 
+            // to reload and start the GIF strictly from the first frame.
             const currSrc = rabbit.src.split('?')[0];
-            rabbit.src = '';
-            rabbit.src = currSrc;
+            rabbit.src = currSrc + '?t=' + Date.now();
         }
 
         const elapsed = timestamp - startTime;