diff --git a/src/main/providers/local/index.ts b/src/main/providers/local/index.ts
index 22c6ffd2..ffd0ed71 100644
--- a/src/main/providers/local/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/providers/local/index.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class LocalFiles {
         let metadatalist = []
         let metadatalistart = []
         let numid = 0;
-        
+
         for (var audio of audiofiles) {
             try {
                 const metadata = await mm.parseFile(audio);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class LocalFiles {
                             "assetUrl": "file:///" + audio,
                             "contentAdvisory": "",
                             "releaseDateTime": `${metadata?.common?.year ?? '2022'}-05-13T00:23:00Z`,
-                            "durationInMillis": Math.floor((metadata.format.duration ?? 0) * 1000),
+                            "durationInMillis": Math.floor((metadata.format.duration ?? 0) * 1000),       
                             "bitrate": Math.floor((metadata.format?.bitrate ?? 0) / 1000),
                             "offers": [
                                 {
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ export class LocalFiles {
                             "contentRating": "clean"
                         },
                         flavor: Math.floor((metadata.format?.bitrate ?? 0) / 1000),
+                        localFilesMetadata: {
+                            lossless: metadata.format?.lossless,
+                            container: metadata.format?.container,
+                            bitDepth: metadata.format?.bitsPerSample ?? 0,
+                            sampleRate: metadata.format?.sampleRate ?? 0,         
+                        },                    
                     };
                     let art = {
                         id: "ciderlocal" + lochash,
diff --git a/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js b/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
index 8e8a1652..c7ebedd5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
+++ b/src/renderer/main/vueapp.js
@@ -969,12 +969,12 @@ const app = new Vue({
                         localStorage.setItem("playingBitrate", app.mk.nowPlayingItem.flavor)
                     }
                 } catch (e) {
-                    console.error(e)
-                    localStorage.setItem("playingBitrate", "256")
+                    localFiles = true;
+                    localStorage.setItem("playingBitrate", app.mk.nowPlayingItem.flavor)
                 }
                 if (!app.cfg.audio.normalization) { CiderAudio.hierarchical_loading(); }
    
-                if (app.cfg.audio.normalization) {
+                else {
                     // get unencrypted audio previews to get SoundCheck's normalization tag
                     try {
                         let previewURL = null
@@ -988,11 +988,14 @@ const app = new Vue({
                         }
                         if (previewURL == null && ((app.mk.nowPlayingItem?._songId ?? (app.mk.nowPlayingItem["songId"] ?? app.mk.nowPlayingItem.relationships.catalog.data[0].id)) != -1)) {
                             app.mk.api.v3.music(`/v1/catalog/${app.mk.storefrontId}/songs/${app.mk.nowPlayingItem?._songId ?? (app.mk.nowPlayingItem["songId"] ?? app.mk.nowPlayingItem.relationships.catalog.data[0].id)}`).then((response) => {
-                                previewURL = response.data.data[0].attributes.previews[0].url
+                                previewURL = response.data.data[0].attributes.previews[0].url ?? false;
                                 if (previewURL) {
                                     console.debug("[Cider][MaikiwiSoundCheck] previewURL response.data.data[0].attributes.previews[0].url: " + previewURL)
                                     ipcRenderer.send('getPreviewURL', previewURL)
                                 }
+                                else { 
+                                    if (localFiles === true) {CiderAudio.audioNodes.gainNode.gain = 0.8222426499470}
+                                }
                             })
                         } else {
                             if (previewURL) {