diff --git a/src/player.js b/src/player.js
index a603ec9cf..c40f01d25 100644
--- a/src/player.js
+++ b/src/player.js
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    */
   _updateTracks(tracks: Array<Track>): void {
     Player._logger.debug('Tracks changed', tracks);
-    if (this.config.playback.useNativeTextTrack) {
+    if (this.config.text.useNativeTextTrack) {
       this._eventManager.listen(this._engine, CustomEventType.TEXT_TRACK_ADDED, (event: FakeEvent) => this._onTextTrackAdded(event));
     }
     this._tracks = tracks.concat(this._externalCaptionsHandler.getExternalTracks(tracks));