diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/SequencePlayer.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/SequencePlayer.qml
index 438ea355..90637ec6 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/SequencePlayer.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/SequencePlayer.qml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ FloatingPane {
     property var sortedViewIds: []
     property var viewer: null
     readonly property alias sync3DSelected: m.sync3DSelected
+    property alias loading: fetchButton.checked
 
     function updateReconstructionView() {
         if (_reconstruction && m.frame >= 0 && m.frame < sortedViewIds.length) {
@@ -323,6 +324,15 @@ FloatingPane {
             }
         }
 
+        MaterialToolButton {
+            id: fetchButton
+
+            text: MaterialIcons.download_for_offline
+            ToolTip.text: "Fetch"
+            checkable: true
+            checked: false
+        }
+
         MaterialToolButton {
             id: repeatButton
 
diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer2D.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer2D.qml
index 47db7702..92af627e 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer2D.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer2D.qml
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ FocusScope {
                                 'cropFisheye': false,
                                 'sequence': Qt.binding(function() { return ((root.enableSequencePlayer && _reconstruction && _reconstruction.viewpoints.count > 0) ? getSequence() : []) }),
                                 'targetSize': Qt.binding(function() { return floatImageViewerLoader.targetSize }),
-                                'useSequence': Qt.binding(function() { return root.enableSequencePlayer && !useExternal && _reconstruction })
+                                'useSequence': Qt.binding(function() { return root.enableSequencePlayer && !useExternal && _reconstruction }),
+                                'fetchingSequence': Qt.binding(function() { return sequencePlayer.loading }),
                                 })
                           } else {
                                 // Forcing the unload (instead of using Component.onCompleted to load it once and for all) is necessary since Qt 5.14
diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
index 990a12bd..8b1b3a9a 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Item {
                             id: enableSequencePlayerAction
                             text: "Enable Sequence Player"
                             checkable: true
-                            checked: false
+                            checked: true
                         }
                     }
                 }