diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/PlaybackEngine.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/PlaybackEngine.cpp
index a13189b..a097da6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/PlaybackEngine.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/PlaybackEngine.cpp
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ void PlaybackEngine::playMusic(int fd, long long offset, long long length) {
         closeMusicFile();
     }
     android_fd = fd;
-    musicFile.reset(mp3file_open_fd(android_fd, offset, length, 0));
+    if(fd != 0)
+        musicFile.reset(mp3file_open_fd(android_fd, offset, length, 0));
     if(musicFile) {
         timeRatio.store(((double) playbackRate.load()) / ((double) musicFile->rate));
         haveTimeRatio.store(true);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/lockstep/app/LstForegroundService.java b/app/src/main/java/at/lockstep/app/LstForegroundService.java
index b95ce3d..411d3e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/lockstep/app/LstForegroundService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/lockstep/app/LstForegroundService.java
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public class LstForegroundService extends Service implements SensorEventListener
                 try {
                     if(contentUri != null) {
                         PlaybackEngine.playMusic(uriToFd(contentUri), this, R.raw.track_beat);
+                    } else {
+                        PlaybackEngine.playMusic(0, this, R.raw.track_beat);
                     }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     // TODO proper error handling