diff --git a/web/watch.go b/web/watch.go
index 08ed26005..2fc636288 100644
--- a/web/watch.go
+++ b/web/watch.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (r mainRoutes) WatchPage(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	tumLiveContext := foundContext.(tools.TUMLiveContext)
 	data.IndexData = NewIndexData()
-	if tumLiveContext.Course.DownloadsEnabled && tumLiveContext.Stream.IsDownloadable() {
+	if (tumLiveContext.Course.DownloadsEnabled || tumLiveContext.User.IsAdminOfCourse(*tumLiveContext.Course)) && tumLiveContext.Stream.IsDownloadable() {
 		err = tools.SetSignedPlaylists(tumLiveContext.Stream, tumLiveContext.User, true)
 	} else {
 		err = tools.SetSignedPlaylists(tumLiveContext.Stream, tumLiveContext.User, false)