diff --git a/src/tts.ts b/src/tts.ts
index b7b976a..e6aab05 100644
--- a/src/tts.ts
+++ b/src/tts.ts
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ async function main() {
 
   const home = os.homedir();
   const cwd = path.join(home, ".ttsc");
-  const firstRun = await (async () => {
-    try {
-      await fs.access(cwd, fs.constants.F_OK);
-      return false;
-    } catch {
-      return true;
-    }
-  })();
 
   if (editContent) {
     const file = path.join(cwd, "input.txt");
@@ -98,7 +90,7 @@ async function main() {
     cwd,
     input,
     stdout: "pipe",
-    stderr: firstRun ? "inherit" : "ignore",
+    stderr: "inherit",
   })`uv run -- python -u main.py`;
 
   if (!waitAndCombine) {
@@ -147,7 +139,7 @@ async function main() {
         stdin: "ignore",
         stdout: "inherit",
         stderr: "inherit",
-      })`mpv ${pausePlayer ? ["--pause"] : []} ${file}`;
+      })`mpv${pausePlayer ? " --pause" : ""} ${file}`;
     }
   }
 
@@ -182,7 +174,7 @@ async function main() {
     stdin: "ignore",
     stdout: "inherit",
     stderr: "inherit",
-  })`mpv ${pausePlayer ? ["--pause"] : []} output.wav`;
+  })`mpv${pausePlayer ? " --pause" : ""} output.wav`;
 }
 
 main().catch(handleTopLevel);