diff --git a/over-video.py b/over-video.py
index a964a86..bb59a9f 100755
--- a/over-video.py
+++ b/over-video.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		# --------------------------------------------------
 		# normalization pre-pass
 		
-		if (main.cfg.armed or main.cfg.dump_commands) and main.cfg.normalize and (not main.cfg.audio == 'drop'):
+		if audio_streams and main.cfg.normalize and (main.cfg.armed or main.cfg.dump_commands) and (not main.cfg.audio == 'drop'):
 			if main.cfg.normalize_override == 0.0:
 				_print('running normalization pre-pass')
 				
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 					info.volume_correction = main.cfg.normalize_target - info.mean_volume
 				else:
 					_print('§runexpected ffmpeg output§/, dump follows', prefix.fail, suffix=':\n')
-					print(output)
+					print(output.decode('utf-8'))
 					raise RuntimeError
 				
 				pb.blank()