diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
index b25279b9..7cbde29d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
         /**
          * Setting this variable is permanent across app sessions.
          **/
-        private var preferredAudioTrackLanguage: String? = null
+        var preferredAudioTrackLanguage: String? = null
             get() {
                 return field ?: getKey(PREFERRED_AUDIO_LANGUAGE_KEY, field)?.also {
                     field = it
@@ -559,10 +559,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                 // This will not force higher quality videos to fail
                 // but will make the m3u8 pick the correct preferred
                 .setMaxVideoSize(Int.MAX_VALUE, maxVideoHeight ?: Int.MAX_VALUE)
-                .setPreferredAudioLanguage(preferredAudioTrackLanguage)
-
-                // This would also clear preferred audio
-//                .clearSelectionOverrides()
+                .setPreferredAudioLanguage(null)
                 .build()
             return trackSelector
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
index 05b599de..e74132bc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ import androidx.core.view.isGone
 import androidx.core.view.isVisible
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C.TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C.TRACK_TYPE_VIDEO
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format.NO_VALUE
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.TracksInfo
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes
 import com.hippo.unifile.UniFile
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.*
@@ -34,6 +30,7 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.normalSafeApiCall
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.observe
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.subtitles.AbstractSubtitleEntities
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.syncproviders.AccountManager.Companion.subtitleProviders
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.CS3IPlayer.Companion.preferredAudioTrackLanguage
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.CustomDecoder.Companion.updateForcedEncoding
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.PlayerSubtitleHelper.Companion.toSubtitleMimeType
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.result.ResultEpisode
@@ -119,6 +116,11 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
     override fun onTracksInfoChanged() {
         val tracks = player.getVideoTracks()
         player_tracks_btt?.isVisible = tracks.allVideoTracks.size > 1 || tracks.allAudioTracks.size > 1
+        // Only set the preferred language if it is available.
+        // Otherwise it may give some users audio track init failed!
+        if (tracks.allAudioTracks.any { it.language == preferredAudioTrackLanguage }){
+            player.setPreferredAudioTrack(preferredAudioTrackLanguage)
+        }
     }
 
     private fun noSubtitles(): Boolean {