diff --git a/Scripts/player.py b/Scripts/player.py
index dcf7d9307..6e6e21d20 100755
--- a/Scripts/player.py
+++ b/Scripts/player.py
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageTk
 class UI(tkinter.Label):
 
     def __init__(self, master, im):
-        if isinstance(im, list):
+        self.im = im
+        if isinstance(self.im, list):
             # list of images
-            self.im = im[1:]
-            im = self.im[0]
-        else:
-            # sequence
-            self.im = im
+            im = self.im.pop(0)
 
         if im.mode == "1":
             self.image = ImageTk.BitmapImage(im, foreground="white")