diff --git a/ios/RCTVideo.m b/ios/RCTVideo.m
index 00b3ceb1..c1a1bc9a 100644
--- a/ios/RCTVideo.m
+++ b/ios/RCTVideo.m
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
                            atTime:kCMTimeZero
                             error:nil];
 
+  NSMutableArray* validTextTracks = [NSMutableArray array];
   for (int i = 0; i < _textTracks.count; ++i) {
     AVURLAsset *textURLAsset;
     NSString *textUri = [_textTracks objectAtIndex:i][@"uri"];
@@ -420,6 +421,8 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
       textURLAsset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:[self urlFilePath:textUri] options:nil];
     }
     AVAssetTrack *textTrackAsset = [textURLAsset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeText].firstObject;
+    if (!textTrackAsset) continue; // fix when there's no textTrackAsset
+    [validTextTracks addObject:[_textTracks objectAtIndex:i]];
     AVMutableCompositionTrack *textCompTrack = [mixComposition
                                                 addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeText
                                                 preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
@@ -428,6 +431,9 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
                                 atTime:kCMTimeZero
                                  error:nil];
   }
+  if (validTextTracks.count != _textTracks.count) {
+    [self setTextTracks:validTextTracks];
+  }
 
   return [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:mixComposition];
 }
@@ -848,7 +854,10 @@ static int const RCTVideoUnset = -1;
         selectedTrackIndex = index;
       }
     }
-  } else { // type "system"
+  }
+  
+  // in the situation that a selected text track is not available (eg. specifies a textTrack not available)
+  if (![type isEqualToString:@"disabled"] && selectedTrackIndex == RCTVideoUnset) {
     CFArrayRef captioningMediaCharacteristics = MACaptionAppearanceCopyPreferredCaptioningMediaCharacteristics(kMACaptionAppearanceDomainUser);
     NSArray *captionSettings = (__bridge NSArray*)captioningMediaCharacteristics;
     if ([captionSettings containsObject:AVMediaCharacteristicTranscribesSpokenDialogForAccessibility]) {