diff --git a/transcribe.py b/transcribe.py
index 9c4d784..9e91f66 100644
--- a/transcribe.py
+++ b/transcribe.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False):
     if "language" not in item.data:
-        logger.error("skip item without language %s", item.public_id)
         language = None
     else:
         language = ox.iso.langTo2Code(item.data["language"][0])
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False):
     if not annotations:
         logger.error("no subtitles detected %s", item.public_id)
         return True
-    if language != "en":
+    if language and language != "en":
         for annotation in annotations:
             annotation["value"] = '<span lang="%s">%s</span>' % (language, annotation["value"])