diff --git a/src/main/external-player.js b/src/main/external-player.js
index 0f4648f3..57f4487f 100644
--- a/src/main/external-player.js
+++ b/src/main/external-player.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function spawn (path, url, title) {
   // Try to find and use VLC if external player is not specified
   vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
     if (err) return windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
-    var args = ['--play-and-exit', '--video-on-top', '--no-video-title-show', '--quiet', `--meta-title=${title}`, url]
+    var args = ['--play-and-exit', '--video-on-top', '--quiet', `--meta-title=${JSON.stringify(title)}`, url]
     spawnExternal(vlcPath, args)
   })
 }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function kill () {
 function spawnExternal (path, args) {
   log('Running external media player:', path + ' ' + args.join(' '))
 
-  proc = cp.spawn(path, args)
+  proc = cp.spawn(path, args, {stdio: 'ignore'})
 
   // If it works, close the modal after a second
   var closeModalTimeout = setTimeout(() =>
diff --git a/src/renderer/controllers/playback-controller.js b/src/renderer/controllers/playback-controller.js
index f68115e9..c1781895 100644
--- a/src/renderer/controllers/playback-controller.js
+++ b/src/renderer/controllers/playback-controller.js
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ module.exports = class PlaybackController {
         return this.update()
       }
 
+      state.window.title = torrentSummary.files[state.playing.fileIndex].name
+
       // play in VLC if set as default player (Preferences / Playback / Play in VLC)
       if (this.state.saved.prefs.openExternalPlayer) {
         dispatch('openExternalPlayer')
@@ -250,7 +252,6 @@ module.exports = class PlaybackController {
       }
 
       // otherwise, play the video
-      state.window.title = torrentSummary.files[state.playing.fileIndex].name
       this.update()
 
       ipcRenderer.send('onPlayerOpen')
diff --git a/src/renderer/controllers/subtitles-controller.js b/src/renderer/controllers/subtitles-controller.js
index cb63d7ce..d67e433e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/controllers/subtitles-controller.js
+++ b/src/renderer/controllers/subtitles-controller.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const parallel = require('run-parallel')
 
+const remote = electron.remote
+
 const {dispatch} = require('../lib/dispatcher')
 
 module.exports = class SubtitlesController {
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = class SubtitlesController {
   }
 
   openSubtitles () {
-    electron.remote.dialog.showOpenDialog({
+    remote.dialog.showOpenDialog({
       title: 'Select a subtitles file.',
       filters: [ { name: 'Subtitles', extensions: ['vtt', 'srt'] } ],
       properties: [ 'openFile' ]
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/migrations.js b/src/renderer/lib/migrations.js
index 3b9bd03b..fe29f413 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/migrations.js
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/migrations.js
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ function run (state) {
 }
 
 function migrate_0_7_0 (saved) {
-  console.log('migrate to 0.7.0')
-
   var fs = require('fs-extra')
   var path = require('path')
 
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ function migrate_0_7_0 (saved) {
     // * Finally, now we're getting rid of torrentPath altogether
     var src, dst
     if (ts.torrentPath) {
-      console.log('replacing torrentPath %s', ts.torrentPath)
       if (path.isAbsolute(ts.torrentPath) || ts.torrentPath.startsWith('..')) {
         src = ts.torrentPath
       } else {
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ function migrate_0_7_0 (saved) {
 
     // Replace posterURL with posterFileName
     if (ts.posterURL) {
-      console.log('replacing posterURL %s', ts.posterURL)
       var extension = path.extname(ts.posterURL)
       src = path.isAbsolute(ts.posterURL)
         ? ts.posterURL
@@ -95,7 +91,7 @@ function migrate_0_7_0 (saved) {
 }
 
 function migrate_0_7_2 (saved) {
-  if (!saved.prefs) {
+  if (saved.prefs == null) {
     saved.prefs = {
       downloadPath: config.DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_PATH
     }
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ function migrate_0_7_2 (saved) {
 }
 
 function migrate_0_11_0 (saved) {
-  if (saved.prefs.isFileHandler === undefined) {
+  if (saved.prefs.isFileHandler == null) {
     // The app used to make itself the default torrent file handler automatically
     saved.prefs.isFileHandler = true
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/telemetry.js b/src/renderer/lib/telemetry.js
index 3d80ff4f..a53cadc4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/telemetry.js
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/telemetry.js
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ function getApproxNumTorrents (state) {
 
 // An uncaught error happened in the main process or in one of the windows
 function logUncaughtError (procName, err) {
-  console.error('uncaught error', procName, err)
-
   // Not initialized yet? Ignore.
   // Hopefully uncaught errors immediately on startup are fixed in dev
   if (!telemetry) return