diff --git a/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs b/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
index b0a2241..b775b39 100644
--- a/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
+++ b/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
       .Spinner(Spinner.Known.Dots)
       .StartAsync("Extracting audio...", async _ => await _audioExtractor.ExtractMp3FromMp4Async(videoStream, audioStream));
 
-    if (audioStream is null)
-    {
-      _console.MarkupLine("[red]Failed[/] to extract audio from the stream.");
-      return (int)ExitCode.FailedToExtractAudio;
-    }
-
     _console.MarkupLine($"[blue]Audio extracted[/] [green]successfully![/]");
 
     List<TranscriptionSegment> transcriptionSegments = [];
@@ -199,7 +193,6 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
   private enum ExitCode
   {
-    FailedToExtractAudio,
     FailedToAnalyzeTranscript,
     SuccessFullyProcessedStream,
   }
diff --git a/src/StreamShorts.Library/Media/Audio/AudioExtractor.cs b/src/StreamShorts.Library/Media/Audio/AudioExtractor.cs
index ca21e86..c49ea01 100644
--- a/src/StreamShorts.Library/Media/Audio/AudioExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/StreamShorts.Library/Media/Audio/AudioExtractor.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public sealed class AudioExtractor : IAudioExtractor
 
     if (IsVideoStreamUsable(video) is false)
     {
-      throw new ArgumentException("Stream must be non-null, readable, and seekable", nameof(video));
+      throw new ArgumentException("Stream must be readable and seekable", nameof(video));
     }
 
     if (audio is null)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public sealed class AudioExtractor : IAudioExtractor
 
     if (IsAudioStreamUsable(audio) is false)
     {
-      throw new ArgumentException("Stream must be non-null, writable, and seekable", nameof(audio));
+      throw new ArgumentException("Stream must be writable and seekable", nameof(audio));
     }
 
     var originalPosition = video.Position;