diff --git a/ui/admin/app/routes/scopes/scope/session-recordings/session-recording/channels-by-connection/channel.js b/ui/admin/app/routes/scopes/scope/session-recordings/session-recording/channels-by-connection/channel.js
index 0db1b6ae4..2765d6c69 100644
--- a/ui/admin/app/routes/scopes/scope/session-recordings/session-recording/channels-by-connection/channel.js
+++ b/ui/admin/app/routes/scopes/scope/session-recordings/session-recording/channels-by-connection/channel.js
@@ -2,8 +2,24 @@ import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 
 export default class ScopesScopeSessionRecordingsSessionRecordingChannelsByConnectionChannelRoute extends Route {
   async model() {
-    const response = await fetch('/session.cast');
-    const asciicast = await response.text();
+    // building ascii cast here to make player availabe until API is ready
+    const castConfig = {
+      version: 2,
+      width: 124,
+      height: 36,
+      timestamp: 1670352594,
+      env: { SHELL: '/bin/zsh', TERM: 'xterm-256color' },
+    };
+    const asciicast = `${JSON.stringify(castConfig)}
+[2.676444, "o", "y"]
+[2.788653, "o", "a"]
+[2.868652, "o", "r"]
+[3.001764, "o", "n"]
+[3.167636, "o", " "]
+[3.313668, "o", "t"]
+[3.460527, "o", "e"]
+[3.561983, "o", "s"]
+[3.63678, "o", "t"]`;
     return {
       scope_id: 'srcc_1234567890',
       asciicast: asciicast,