diff --git a/backend/playbackmanager.go b/backend/playbackmanager.go
index c79540f..f6f1c8c 100644
--- a/backend/playbackmanager.go
+++ b/backend/playbackmanager.go
@@ -115,14 +115,20 @@ func (p *PlaybackManager) addOnTrackChangeHook() {
 	})
 
 	p.engine.onBeforeSongChange = append(p.engine.onBeforeSongChange, func(item mediaprovider.MediaItem) {
-		if p.engine.playbackCfg.UseWaveformSeekbar {
-			if p.wfmGen != nil && item != nil && item.Metadata().Type == mediaprovider.MediaItemTypeTrack {
-				if _, ok := p.findWfmImageJob(item.Metadata().ID, true); !ok {
-					// start generating waveform image for next-up track
-					p.addWfmImageJob(p.wfmGen.StartWaveformGeneration(item.(*mediaprovider.Track)))
-				}
+		if item == nil || !p.engine.playbackCfg.UseWaveformSeekbar {
+			return
+		}
+		if p.wfmGen != nil && item.Metadata().Type == mediaprovider.MediaItemTypeTrack {
+			if _, ok := p.findWfmImageJob(item.Metadata().ID, true); !ok {
+				// start generating waveform image for next-up track
+				p.addWfmImageJob(p.wfmGen.StartWaveformGeneration(item.(*mediaprovider.Track)))
 			}
 		}
+		if p.isLoadTrackPaused() {
+			// we need to call handleWaveformImageSongChange to ensure the waveform image is updated
+			// for the track that is loaded paused when starting the app
+			p.handleWaveformImageSongChange(item)
+		}
 	})
 
 	p.OnSongChange(func(item mediaprovider.MediaItem, _ *mediaprovider.Track) {
@@ -517,6 +523,10 @@ func (p *PlaybackManager) LoadTrackPaused(idx int, startTime float64) {
 	p.cmdQueue.LoadTrackPaused(idx, startTime)
 }
 
+func (p *PlaybackManager) isLoadTrackPaused() bool {
+	return p.engine.pendingLoadPaused
+}
+
 func (p *PlaybackManager) PlayRandomSongs(genreName string) error {
 	return p.fetchAndPlayTracks(func() ([]*mediaprovider.Track, error) {
 		tr, err := p.engine.sm.Server.GetRandomTracks(genreName, p.appCfg.EnqueueBatchSize)