diff --git a/src/audio/manager.cpp b/src/audio/manager.cpp
index ce20940..67fbcd9 100644
--- a/src/audio/manager.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/manager.cpp
@@ -93,19 +93,23 @@ AudioManager::AudioManager() {
     if (const auto playback_id = m_devices.GetDefaultPlayback(); playback_id.has_value()) {
         m_playback_id = *playback_id;
         m_playback_config.playback.pDeviceID = &m_playback_id;
-    }
 
-    if (ma_device_init(&m_context, &m_playback_config, &m_playback_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
-        spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to initialize playback device");
-        m_ok = false;
-        return;
-    }
+        if (ma_device_init(&m_context, &m_playback_config, &m_playback_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
+            spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to initialize playback device");
+            m_ok = false;
+            return;
+        }
 
-    if (ma_device_start(&m_playback_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
-        spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to start playback");
-        ma_device_uninit(&m_playback_device);
-        m_ok = false;
-        return;
+        if (ma_device_start(&m_playback_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
+            spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to start playback");
+            ma_device_uninit(&m_playback_device);
+            m_ok = false;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        char playback_device_name[MA_MAX_DEVICE_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+        ma_device_get_name(&m_playback_device, ma_device_type_playback, playback_device_name, sizeof(playback_device_name), nullptr);
+        spdlog::get("audio")->info("using {} as playback device", playback_device_name);
     }
 
     m_capture_config = ma_device_config_init(ma_device_type_capture);
@@ -119,22 +123,18 @@ AudioManager::AudioManager() {
     if (const auto capture_id = m_devices.GetDefaultCapture(); capture_id.has_value()) {
         m_capture_id = *capture_id;
         m_capture_config.capture.pDeviceID = &m_capture_id;
+
+        if (ma_device_init(&m_context, &m_capture_config, &m_capture_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
+            spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to initialize capture device");
+            m_ok = false;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        char capture_device_name[MA_MAX_DEVICE_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+        ma_device_get_name(&m_capture_device, ma_device_type_capture, capture_device_name, sizeof(capture_device_name), nullptr);
+        spdlog::get("audio")->info("using {} as capture device", capture_device_name);
     }
 
-    if (ma_device_init(&m_context, &m_capture_config, &m_capture_device) != MA_SUCCESS) {
-        spdlog::get("audio")->error("failed to initialize capture device");
-        m_ok = false;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    char playback_device_name[MA_MAX_DEVICE_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
-    ma_device_get_name(&m_playback_device, ma_device_type_playback, playback_device_name, sizeof(playback_device_name), nullptr);
-    spdlog::get("audio")->info("using {} as playback device", playback_device_name);
-
-    char capture_device_name[MA_MAX_DEVICE_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
-    ma_device_get_name(&m_capture_device, ma_device_type_capture, capture_device_name, sizeof(capture_device_name), nullptr);
-    spdlog::get("audio")->info("using {} as capture device", capture_device_name);
-
     Glib::signal_timeout().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &AudioManager::DecayVolumeMeters), 40);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/windows/voicewindow.cpp b/src/windows/voicewindow.cpp
index a4677c6..829a1b8 100644
--- a/src/windows/voicewindow.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/voicewindow.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ VoiceWindow::VoiceWindow(Snowflake channel_id)
     m_playback_combo.set_hexpand(true);
     m_playback_combo.set_halign(Gtk::ALIGN_FILL);
     m_playback_combo.set_model(Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetPlaybackDeviceModel());
-    m_playback_combo.set_active(Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetActivePlaybackDevice());
+    if (const auto iter = Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetActivePlaybackDevice()) {
+        m_playback_combo.set_active(iter);
+    }
     m_playback_combo.pack_start(*playback_renderer);
     m_playback_combo.add_attribute(*playback_renderer, "text", 0);
     m_playback_combo.signal_changed().connect([this]() {
@@ -151,7 +153,9 @@ VoiceWindow::VoiceWindow(Snowflake channel_id)
     m_capture_combo.set_hexpand(true);
     m_capture_combo.set_halign(Gtk::ALIGN_FILL);
     m_capture_combo.set_model(Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetCaptureDeviceModel());
-    m_capture_combo.set_active(Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetActiveCaptureDevice());
+    if (const auto iter = Abaddon::Get().GetAudio().GetDevices().GetActiveCaptureDevice()) {
+        m_capture_combo.set_active(iter);
+    }
     m_capture_combo.pack_start(*capture_renderer);
     m_capture_combo.add_attribute(*capture_renderer, "text", 0);
     m_capture_combo.signal_changed().connect([this]() {