diff --git a/src/audio.cpp b/src/audio.cpp
index e926e013..d182db14 100644
--- a/src/audio.cpp
+++ b/src/audio.cpp
@@ -135,10 +135,16 @@ namespace audio {
       return;
     }
 
+    auto init_failure_fg = util::fail_guard([&shutdown_event]() {
+      BOOST_LOG(error) << "Unable to initialize audio capture. The stream will not have audio."sv;
+
+      // Wait for shutdown to be signalled if we fail init.
+      // This allows streaming to continue without audio.
+      shutdown_event->view();
+    });
+
     auto &control = ref->control;
     if (!control) {
-      shutdown_event->view();
-
       return;
     }
 
@@ -181,6 +187,15 @@ namespace audio {
       }
     }
 
+    auto frame_size = config.packetDuration * stream->sampleRate / 1000;
+    auto mic = control->microphone(stream->mapping, stream->channelCount, stream->sampleRate, frame_size);
+    if (!mic) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Audio is initialized, so we don't want to print the failure message
+    init_failure_fg.disable();
+
     // Capture takes place on this thread
     platf::adjust_thread_priority(platf::thread_priority_e::critical);
 
@@ -194,16 +209,8 @@ namespace audio {
       shutdown_event->view();
     });
 
-    auto frame_size = config.packetDuration * stream->sampleRate / 1000;
     int samples_per_frame = frame_size * stream->channelCount;
 
-    auto mic = control->microphone(stream->mapping, stream->channelCount, stream->sampleRate, frame_size);
-    if (!mic) {
-      BOOST_LOG(error) << "Couldn't create audio input"sv;
-
-      return;
-    }
-
     while (!shutdown_event->peek()) {
       std::vector<std::int16_t> sample_buffer;
       sample_buffer.resize(samples_per_frame);
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/audio.cpp b/src/platform/windows/audio.cpp
index cc31c0c5..7da6b9a7 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/audio.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/windows/audio.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,13 @@ namespace platf::audio {
       for (int x = 0; x < (int) ERole_enum_count; ++x) {
         auto status = policy->SetDefaultEndpoint(wstring_device_id->c_str(), (ERole) x);
         if (status) {
-          BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Couldn't set ["sv << sink << "] to role ["sv << x << ']';
+          // Depending on the format of the string, we could get either of these errors
+          if (status == HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_NOT_FOUND) || status == E_INVALIDARG) {
+            BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Audio sink not found: "sv << sink;
+          }
+          else {
+            BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Couldn't set ["sv << sink << "] to role ["sv << x << "]: 0x"sv << util::hex(status).to_string_view();
+          }
 
           ++failure;
         }