diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10e73277d..491cdf911 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ dist/
 .DS_Store
 MANIFEST
 *#*
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+/.vs/autosub/v15/.suo
+/.vs
+/autosub.sln
+/autosub.pyproj
+/.idea
diff --git a/autosub/__init__.py b/autosub/__init__.py
index 61019464b..0cc7777c0 100644
--- a/autosub/__init__.py
+++ b/autosub/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def __call__(self, region):
             start, end = region
             start = max(0, start - self.include_before)
             end += self.include_after
-            temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.flac')
+            temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.flac', delete=False)
             command = ["ffmpeg", "-ss", str(start), "-t", str(end - start),
                        "-y", "-i", self.source_path,
                        "-loglevel", "error", temp.name]
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def __call__(self, data):
                         line = json.loads(line)
                         line = line['result'][0]['alternative'][0]['transcript']
                         return line[:1].upper() + line[1:]
-                    except IndexError:
+                    except (ValueError, IndexError):
                         # no result
                         continue
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def __call__(self, data):
             return None
 
 
-class Translator(object): # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class Translator(object):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     """
     Class for translating a sentence from a one language to another.
     """
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ def is_exe(file_path):
     return None
 
 
+def ffmpeg_check():
+    """
+    Return the ffmpeg executable name. "null" returned when no executable exists.
+    """
+    if which("ffmpeg"):
+        return "ffmpeg"
+    if which("ffmpeg.exe"):
+        return "ffmpeg.exe"
+    return None
+
+
 def extract_audio(filename, channels=1, rate=16000):
     """
     Extract audio from an input file to a temporary WAV file.
@@ -171,10 +182,10 @@ def extract_audio(filename, channels=1, rate=16000):
     if not os.path.isfile(filename):
         print("The given file does not exist: {}".format(filename))
         raise Exception("Invalid filepath: {}".format(filename))
-    if not which("ffmpeg"):
+    if not ffmpeg_check():
         print("ffmpeg: Executable not found on machine.")
         raise Exception("Dependency not found: ffmpeg")
-    command = ["ffmpeg", "-y", "-i", filename,
+    command = [ffmpeg_check(), "-y", "-i", filename,
                "-ac", str(channels), "-ar", str(rate),
                "-loglevel", "error", temp.name]
     use_shell = True if os.name == "nt" else False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c9ac20c0a..f1b35f179 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     author='Anastasis Germanidis',
     author_email='agermanidis@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/agermanidis/autosub',
-    packages=['autosub'],
+    packages=[str('autosub')],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'autosub = autosub:main',