diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-youtube/RCTYouTubeStandalone.m b/node_modules/react-native-youtube/RCTYouTubeStandalone.m
index fabd291..1e29586 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-youtube/RCTYouTubeStandalone.m
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-youtube/RCTYouTubeStandalone.m
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 #endif
 @import AVKit;
 
+@interface AVPlayerViewControllerRotation : AVPlayerViewController
+
+@end
+
+@implementation AVPlayerViewControllerRotation
+
+- (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
+    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAllButUpsideDown;
+}
+
+@end
+
 @implementation RCTYouTubeStandalone {
     RCTPromiseResolveBlock resolver;
     RCTPromiseRejectBlock rejecter;
@@ -14,6 +26,7 @@ @implementation RCTYouTubeStandalone {
 
 RCT_REMAP_METHOD(playVideo,
                  playVideoWithResolver:(NSString*)videoId
+                 startTime:(NSNumber* _Nonnull)startTime
                  resolver:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                  rejecter:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
@@ -22,10 +35,10 @@ @implementation RCTYouTubeStandalone {
     #else
         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
             UIViewController *root = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
-            AVPlayerViewController *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewController new];
+            AVPlayerViewControllerRotation *playerViewController = [AVPlayerViewControllerRotation new];
             [root presentViewController:playerViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
 
-            __weak AVPlayerViewController *weakPlayerViewController = playerViewController;
+            __weak AVPlayerViewControllerRotation *weakPlayerViewController = playerViewController;
 
             [[XCDYouTubeClient defaultClient] getVideoWithIdentifier:videoId
                                                    completionHandler:^(XCDYouTubeVideo * _Nullable video, NSError * _Nullable error) {
@@ -38,10 +51,18 @@ @implementation RCTYouTubeStandalone {
                         streamURLs[@(XCDYouTubeVideoQualitySmall240)
                     ];
 
-                    weakPlayerViewController.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:streamURL];
-                    [weakPlayerViewController.player play];
-
-                    resolve(@"YouTubeStandaloneIOS player launched successfully");
+                    @try {
+                         CMTime initialPlaybackTime = CMTimeMakeWithSeconds([startTime doubleValue], 1);
+                         weakPlayerViewController.player = [AVPlayer playerWithURL:streamURL];
+                         [weakPlayerViewController.player seekToTime:initialPlaybackTime completionHandler: ^(BOOL finished) {
+                             [weakPlayerViewController.player play];
+                             resolve(@"YouTubeStandaloneIOS player launched successfully");
+                         }];
+                     }
+                     @catch (NSException *ex) {
+                         reject(@"error", ex.reason, nil);
+                         [root dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
+                     }
                 } else {
                     reject(@"error", error.localizedDescription, nil);
                     [root dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-youtube/YouTubeStandalone.ios.js b/node_modules/react-native-youtube/YouTubeStandalone.ios.js
index b5e1b3c..f7c9999 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-youtube/YouTubeStandalone.ios.js
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-youtube/YouTubeStandalone.ios.js
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ const { YouTubeStandalone } = NativeModules;
 
 export const YouTubeStandaloneIOS = !YouTubeStandalone
   ? null
-  : { playVideo: videoId => YouTubeStandalone.playVideo(videoId) };
+  : { playVideo: (videoId, startTime) => YouTubeStandalone.playVideo(videoId, startTime) };