diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkgenerator.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkgenerator.cpp
index 6dc0cebc19..ecb39cad2f 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkgenerator.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkgenerator.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ TalkGenerator::Status TalkGenerator::voiceList(QList<TalkEntry>* list,int wavtri
 
         // voice entry
         QString error;
-        qDebug() << "[TalkGenerator] voicing: " << list->at(i).toSpeak << "to" << list->at(i).wavfilename;
+        qDebug() << "[TalkGenerator] voicing: " << list->at(i).toSpeak
+                 << "to" << list->at(i).wavfilename;
         TTSStatus status = m_tts->voice(list->at(i).toSpeak,list->at(i).wavfilename, &error);
         if(status == Warning)
         {
@@ -162,11 +163,17 @@ TalkGenerator::Status TalkGenerator::voiceList(QList<TalkEntry>* list,int wavtri
         else
            (*list)[i].voiced = true;
 
-        //wavetrim if needed
+        // wavtrim if needed
         if(wavtrimth != -1)
         {
             char buffer[255];
-            wavtrim(list->at(i).wavfilename.toLocal8Bit().data(),wavtrimth,buffer,255);
+            if(wavtrim(list->at(i).wavfilename.toLocal8Bit().data(),
+                       wavtrimth, buffer, 255))
+            {
+                qDebug() << "[TalkGenerator] wavtrim returned error on"
+                         << list->at(i).wavfilename;
+                return eERROR;
+            }
         }
 
         emit logProgress(++m_progress,progressMax);
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/voicefile.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/voicefile.cpp
index ebabf9e8f6..2cc9f18c25 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/voicefile.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/voicefile.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void VoiceFileCreator::downloadDone(bool error)
         connect(&generator,SIGNAL(logProgress(int,int)),this,SIGNAL(logProgress(int,int)));
         connect(this,SIGNAL(aborted()),&generator,SLOT(abort()));
     
-        if(generator.process(&m_talkList) == TalkGenerator::eERROR)
+        if(generator.process(&m_talkList, m_wavtrimThreshold) == TalkGenerator::eERROR)
         {
             cleanup();
             emit logProgress(0,1);