diff --git a/lua/main_menu.lua b/lua/main_menu.lua
index a6b46a8a..f95b0360 100644
--- a/lua/main_menu.lua
+++ b/lua/main_menu.lua
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ return widgets.MenuScreen:new {
       })
     end)
     files_btn:Image { src = img.files }
+    widgets.Description(files_btn, "File browser")
     theme.set_style(files_btn, "menu_icon")
 
     local settings_btn = bottom_bar:Button {}
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ return widgets.MenuScreen:new {
       backstack.push(require("settings"):new())
     end)
     settings_btn:Image { src = img.settings }
+    widgets.Description(settings_btn, "Settings")
     theme.set_style(settings_btn, "menu_icon")
   end,
 }
diff --git a/src/codecs/wav.cpp b/src/codecs/wav.cpp
index f5b9d789..746f44ca 100644
--- a/src/codecs/wav.cpp
+++ b/src/codecs/wav.cpp
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ auto WavDecoder::OpenStream(std::shared_ptr<IStream> input, uint32_t offset)
   // uint32_t file_size = bytes_to_u32(buffer_span.subspan(4, 4)) + 8;
 
   std::string fmt_header = bytes_to_str(buffer_span.subspan(12, 4));
-  ESP_LOGI(kTag, "fmt header found? %s",
-           (fmt_header.starts_with("fmt")) ? "yes" : "no");
   if (!fmt_header.starts_with("fmt")) {
     ESP_LOGW(kTag, "Could not find format chunk");
     return cpp::fail(Error::kMalformedData);
diff --git a/src/tangara/audio/fatfs_stream_factory.cpp b/src/tangara/audio/fatfs_stream_factory.cpp
index 735ec134..94f22ae9 100644
--- a/src/tangara/audio/fatfs_stream_factory.cpp
+++ b/src/tangara/audio/fatfs_stream_factory.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ auto FatfsStreamFactory::create(std::string path, uint32_t offset)
     -> std::shared_ptr<TaggedStream> {
   auto tags = tag_parser_.ReadAndParseTags(path);
   if (!tags) {
-    ESP_LOGE(kTag, "failed to read tags");
     return {};
   }
 
diff --git a/src/tangara/tts/player.cpp b/src/tangara/tts/player.cpp
index a803ce57..46e8c48a 100644
--- a/src/tangara/tts/player.cpp
+++ b/src/tangara/tts/player.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ Player::Player(tasks::WorkerPool& worker,
       stream_playing_(false),
       stream_cancelled_(false) {}
 
-auto Player::playFile(const std::string& path) -> void {
-  ESP_LOGI(kTag, "playing '%s'", path.c_str());
-
+auto Player::playFile(const std::string& text, const std::string& file)
+    -> void {
   bg_.Dispatch<void>([=, this]() {
-    // Interrupt current playback
     {
       std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> lock{new_stream_mutex_};
       if (stream_playing_) {
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ auto Player::playFile(const std::string& path) -> void {
       stream_playing_ = true;
     }
 
-    openAndDecode(path);
+    openAndDecode(text, file);
 
     if (!stream_cancelled_) {
       events::Audio().Dispatch(audio::TtsPlaybackChanged{.is_playing = false});
@@ -56,10 +54,11 @@ auto Player::playFile(const std::string& path) -> void {
   });
 }
 
-auto Player::openAndDecode(const std::string& path) -> void {
+auto Player::openAndDecode(const std::string& text, const std::string& path)
+    -> void {
   auto stream = stream_factory_.create(path);
   if (!stream) {
-    ESP_LOGE(kTag, "creating stream failed");
+    ESP_LOGW(kTag, "missing '%s' for '%s'", path.c_str(), text.c_str());
     return;
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ auto Player::openAndDecode(const std::string& path) -> void {
   // proper subset of 'low memory' decoders that can all be used for TTS
   // playback.
   if (stream->type() != codecs::StreamType::kWav) {
-    ESP_LOGE(kTag, "stream was unsupported type");
+    ESP_LOGE(kTag, "'%s' has unsupported encoding", path.c_str());
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/tangara/tts/player.hpp b/src/tangara/tts/player.hpp
index 47479007..d28da474 100644
--- a/src/tangara/tts/player.hpp
+++ b/src/tangara/tts/player.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Player {
  public:
   Player(tasks::WorkerPool&, drivers::PcmBuffer&, audio::FatfsStreamFactory&);
 
-  auto playFile(const std::string& path) -> void;
+  auto playFile(const std::string& text, const std::string& path) -> void;
 
   // Not copyable or movable.
   Player(const Player&) = delete;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Player {
   std::atomic<bool> stream_playing_;
   std::atomic<bool> stream_cancelled_;
 
-  auto openAndDecode(const std::string& path) -> void;
+  auto openAndDecode(const std::string& text, const std::string& path) -> void;
   auto decodeToSink(const codecs::ICodec::OutputFormat&,
                     std::unique_ptr<codecs::ICodec>) -> void;
 };
diff --git a/src/tangara/tts/provider.cpp b/src/tangara/tts/provider.cpp
index 2b1dd4e6..d19500e0 100644
--- a/src/tangara/tts/provider.cpp
+++ b/src/tangara/tts/provider.cpp
@@ -49,9 +49,18 @@ auto Provider::feed(const Event& e) -> void {
       // ESP_LOGI(kTag, "new selection: '%s', interactive? %i",
       // ev.new_selection->description.value_or("").c_str(),
       // ev.new_selection->is_interactive);
-      std::string new_desc = ev.new_selection->description.value_or("");
+      auto text = ev.new_selection->description;
+      if (!text) {
+        ESP_LOGW(kTag, "missing description for element");
+        return;
+      }
+      auto file = textToFile(*text);
+      if (!file) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       if (player_) {
-        player_->playFile(textToFile(new_desc).value_or(""));
+        player_->playFile(*text, *file);
       }
     }
   }