diff --git a/src/components/VideoPlayer.vue b/src/components/VideoPlayer.vue
index 19a37844..48cdf0b8 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoPlayer.vue
+++ b/src/components/VideoPlayer.vue
@@ -595,13 +595,17 @@ export default {
                     const autoDisplayCaptions = this.getPreferenceBoolean("autoDisplayCaptions", false);
                     this.$player.setTextTrackVisibility(autoDisplayCaptions);
 
-                    const prefSubtitles = this.getPreferenceString("subtitles", null);
-                    const textTracks = this.$player.getTextTracks();
-                    const subtitleIdx = textTracks.findIndex(textTrack => textTrack.language == prefSubtitles);
-                    if (subtitleIdx >= 0) {
+                    (() => {
+                        const prefSubtitles = this.getPreferenceString("subtitles", "");
+                        if (prefSubtitles === "") return;
+
+                        const textTracks = this.$player.getTextTracks();
+                        const subtitleIdx = textTracks.findIndex(textTrack => textTrack.language == prefSubtitles);
+                        if (subtitleIdx == -1) return;
+
                         this.$player.setTextTrackVisibility(true);
                         this.$player.selectTextTrack(textTracks[subtitleIdx]);
-                    }
+                    })();
                 })
                 .catch(e => {
                     console.error(e);