diff --git a/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v2.h b/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v2.h
index 2cdffc1a36..6023338f7e 100644
--- a/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v2.h
+++ b/common/serialization/subtitles/subtitles_v2.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class GameSubtitleBank {
   std::optional<std::string> m_file_base_path;
 
   std::map<std::string, GameSubtitleSceneInfo> m_base_scenes;
-  std::map<std::string, GameSubtitleSceneInfo> m_lang_scenes;
   std::map<std::string, GameSubtitleSceneInfo> m_scenes;
   bool scene_exists(const std::string& name) const { return m_scenes.find(name) != m_scenes.end(); }
   GameSubtitleSceneInfo new_scene_from_meta(
diff --git a/goal_src/jak2/engine/scene/scene.gc b/goal_src/jak2/engine/scene/scene.gc
index a709216240..3a126fcab8 100644
--- a/goal_src/jak2/engine/scene/scene.gc
+++ b/goal_src/jak2/engine/scene/scene.gc
@@ -728,7 +728,11 @@
         ;; og:preserve-this send a movie-no-subtitle message so the pc subtitle system at least knows there's a movie playing
         (#when PC_PORT
             (if (= (-> self type) scene-player)
-                (send-event (ppointer->process *subtitle2*) 'movie-no-subtitle (-> (the scene-player self) anim name) #f (ja-aframe-num 0))))
+                (send-event (ppointer->process *subtitle2*) 'movie-no-subtitle (-> (the scene-player self) anim name) #f (ja-aframe-num 0)))
+            ;; if this isn't a default language -- get out before you crash!
+            (when (> (the-as int (-> *setting-control* user-current subtitle-language))
+                     (the-as int (language-enum uk-english)))
+              (return #f)))
         (let ((gp-0 (res-lump-struct (-> v1-9 extra) 'subtitle-range (array subtitle-range))))
           (when gp-0
             (let ((f30-0 (ja-aframe-num 0))
diff --git a/goal_src/jak2/pc/pckernel.gc b/goal_src/jak2/pc/pckernel.gc
index e81c80618c..460a320a63 100644
--- a/goal_src/jak2/pc/pckernel.gc
+++ b/goal_src/jak2/pc/pckernel.gc
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@
   (format file "  (minimap-force-north ~A)~%" (-> obj minimap-force-north))
   (format file "  (hires-clouds? ~A)~%" (-> obj hires-clouds?))
   (format file "  (text-language ~D)~%" (-> obj text-language))
-  (format file "  (subtitle-language ~D)~%" (-> obj text-language))
+  (format file "  (subtitle-language ~D)~%" (-> obj subtitle-language))
   (format file "  (controller-led-status? ~A)~%" (-> obj controller-led-status?))
   (format file "  (controller-swap-r1-r2? ~A)~%" (-> obj controller-swap-r1-r2?))
   (format file "  (speedrunner-mode-custom-bind ~D)~%" (-> obj speedrunner-mode-custom-bind))