1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/ui/runview.py b/app/ui/runview.py
index d49d949..7ff7ab1 100644
--- a/app/ui/runview.py
+++ b/app/ui/runview.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import io
 import threading
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime
 from queue import Empty, Queue
 from typing import Callable, List, Optional
 
@@ -245,14 +246,30 @@ class RunView:
                 if self._cancel.is_set():
                     self._queue.put({"kind": "cancelled"})
                     return
+                # book_files/planned travel on the config fields; dropping
+                # any stray duplicates from kwargs keeps convert()'s call
+                # binding unambiguous.
+                kwargs = {key: value for key, value in config.kwargs.items()
+                          if key not in ("book_files", "planned")}
                 audiobook.convert(backend=config.backend,
                                   progress=self._queue.put,
                                   cancel=self._cancel,
                                   book_files=config.book_files,
                                   planned=config.planned,
-                                  **config.kwargs)
+                                  **kwargs)
         except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - reported to the view
             self._queue.put({"kind": "error", "message": f"{exc}"})
+            # The view points failures at the dated log; a crash that
+            # happens before the converter configures logging (e.g. bad
+            # arguments) must still leave its trace there.
+            if self.config.log_path:
+                try:
+                    with open(self.config.log_path, "a",
+                              encoding="utf-8") as logf:
+                        logf.write(f"{datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S} - "
+                                   f"ERROR - {exc}\n")
+                except (OSError, ValueError):
+                    pass
         finally:
             self._queue.put({"kind": "worker_exit"})