diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 823ea46..d2c4378 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -1505,6 +1505,10 @@ async function generateArgs(url, type, options) {
         }
 
     }
+
+    // filter out incompatible args
+    downloadConfig = filterArgs(downloadConfig, is_audio);
+
     logger.verbose(`youtube-dl args being used: ${downloadConfig.join(',')}`);
     return downloadConfig;
 }
@@ -1535,6 +1539,13 @@ async function getVideoInfoByURL(url, args = [], download = null) {
     });
 }
 
+function filterArgs(args, isAudio) {
+    const video_only_args = ['--add-metadata', '--embed-subs', '--xattrs'];
+    const audio_only_args = ['-x', '--extract-audio', '--embed-thumbnail'];
+    const args_to_remove = isAudio ? video_only_args : audio_only_args;
+    return args.filter(x => !args_to_remove.includes(x));
+}
+
 // currently only works for single urls
 async function getUrlInfos(urls) {
     let startDate = Date.now();