diff --git a/static/player/episodes/nav.ts b/static/player/episodes/nav.ts
index c68d3c0..c61d3ca 100644
--- a/static/player/episodes/nav.ts
+++ b/static/player/episodes/nav.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { state } from '../state';
-import { SkipSegment } from '../types';
+import type { SkipSegment } from '../types';
 import { resolveActiveSegments, renderSegments } from '../skip/segments';
 import { updateSubtitleOptions } from '../subtitles';
 import { updateQualityOptions } from '../quality';
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export const goToNextEpisode = async (): Promise<void> => {
     const preferredQuality = localStorage.getItem('mal:preferred-quality') || 'best';
     state.video.src = `${state.streamURL}?mode=${encodeURIComponent(fallback)}&token=${encodeURIComponent(state.modeSources[fallback].token)}${preferredQuality !== 'best' ? `&quality=${encodeURIComponent(preferredQuality)}` : ''}`;
     state.video.load();
-    if (!state.video.paused) state.video.play().catch(() => {});
+    if (!state.video.paused) {
+      state.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
 
     state.pendingSeekTime = null;
     state.completionSent = false;
diff --git a/static/player/main.ts b/static/player/main.ts
index 17d20a9..6272cff 100644
--- a/static/player/main.ts
+++ b/static/player/main.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
   }
 
   const onLoadedMetadata = (): void => {
-    loading && (loading.style.display = 'none');
+    if (loading) {
+      loading.style.display = 'none';
+    }
     invalidateBounds();
 
     resolveActiveSegments();
@@ -136,7 +138,9 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
       state.transitionEpisode = null;
     }
     // autoplay if not already playing (inline script may have already called play())
-    if (state.shouldAutoPlay || state.video.paused) state.video.play().catch(() => {});
+    if (state.shouldAutoPlay || state.video.paused) {
+      state.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+    }
 
     updateTimeline(state.video.currentTime);
     updateSkipButton(state.video.currentTime);
@@ -150,10 +154,14 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
   }
 
   state.video.addEventListener('waiting', () => {
-    loading && (loading.style.display = 'flex');
+    if (loading) {
+      loading.style.display = 'flex';
+    }
   });
   state.video.addEventListener('playing', () => {
-    loading && (loading.style.display = 'none');
+    if (loading) {
+      loading.style.display = 'none';
+    }
   });
   // update progress bar during buffering
   state.video.addEventListener('progress', () => {
diff --git a/static/player/mode.ts b/static/player/mode.ts
index 99e069d..ea22806 100644
--- a/static/player/mode.ts
+++ b/static/player/mode.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ const loadVideo = (url: string): void => {
   state.video.src = url;
   state.video.load();
   state.pendingSeekTime = prevTime; // restored in loadedmetadata handler
-  if (wasPlaying) state.video.play().catch(() => {});
+  if (wasPlaying) {
+    state.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -51,13 +53,17 @@ export const updateModeButtons = (): void => {
   dub?.classList.toggle('text-foreground', m !== 'dub');
   dub?.classList.toggle('opacity-50', !state.availableModes.includes('dub'));
   dub?.classList.toggle('cursor-not-allowed', !state.availableModes.includes('dub'));
-  dub && (dub.disabled = !state.availableModes.includes('dub'));
+  if (dub) {
+    dub.disabled = !state.availableModes.includes('dub');
+  }
 
   sub?.classList.toggle('text-accent', m === 'sub');
   sub?.classList.toggle('text-foreground', m !== 'sub');
   sub?.classList.toggle('opacity-50', !state.availableModes.includes('sub'));
   sub?.classList.toggle('cursor-not-allowed', !state.availableModes.includes('sub'));
-  sub && (sub.disabled = !state.availableModes.includes('sub'));
+  if (sub) {
+    sub.disabled = !state.availableModes.includes('sub');
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/static/player/progress.ts b/static/player/progress.ts
index 3e19c87..e8dd688 100644
--- a/static/player/progress.ts
+++ b/static/player/progress.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const markEpisodeTransition = (episodeNumber: number): void => {
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
       keepalive: true,
       body: payload,
-    }).catch(() => {});
+    }).catch(() => undefined);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/static/player/quality.ts b/static/player/quality.ts
index e41d612..425b323 100644
--- a/static/player/quality.ts
+++ b/static/player/quality.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ const loadVideo = (url: string): void => {
   state.video.src = url;
   state.video.load();
   state.pendingSeekTime = prevTime;
-  if (wasPlaying) state.video.play().catch(() => {});
+  if (wasPlaying) {
+    state.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/static/player/skip/index.ts b/static/player/skip/index.ts
index cc08269..3f0256d 100644
--- a/static/player/skip/index.ts
+++ b/static/player/skip/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ export const updateSkipButton = (currentTime: number): void => {
  */
 export const updateAutoSkipButton = (): void => {
   const btn = document.querySelector('[data-autoskip]') as HTMLInputElement | null;
-  btn && (btn.checked = localStorage.getItem('mal:autoskip-enabled') === 'true');
+  if (!btn) return;
+  btn.checked = localStorage.getItem('mal:autoskip-enabled') === 'true';
 };
 
 /**