diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2701ca5..e77539e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ results/*
 reddit-bot-351418-5560ebc49cac.json
 /.idea
 *.pyc
-/video_creation/data/videos.json
\ No newline at end of file
+video_creation/data/videos.json
diff --git a/TTS/swapper.py b/TTS/swapper.py
index f4717b1..a6c089f 100644
--- a/TTS/swapper.py
+++ b/TTS/swapper.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ CHOICE_DIR = {"tiktok": TikTok, "gtts": GTTS, 'polly': POLLY}
 class TTS:
     def __new__(cls):
         load_dotenv()
-        CHOICE = getenv("TTsChoice").casefold()
+        try:
+            CHOICE = getenv("TTsChoice").casefold()
+        except AttributeError:
+            print_substep("None defined. Defaulting to 'polly.'")
+            CHOICE = "polly"
         valid_keys = [key.lower() for key in CHOICE_DIR.keys()]
         if CHOICE not in valid_keys:
             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/utils/subreddit.py b/utils/subreddit.py
index 2a1114a..7d578c4 100644
--- a/utils/subreddit.py
+++ b/utils/subreddit.py
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ def get_subreddit_undone(submissions: List, subreddit):
         if already_done(done_videos, submission):
             continue
         if submission.over_18:
-            if getenv("ALLOW_NSFW").casefold() == "false":
-                print_substep("NSFW Post Detected. Skipping...")
+            try:
+                if getenv("ALLOW_NSFW").casefold() == "false":
+                    print_substep("NSFW Post Detected. Skipping...")
+                    continue
+            except AttributeError:
+                print_substep("NSFW settings not defined. Skipping NSFW post...")
                 continue
         return submission
     print('all submissions have been done going by top submission order')