diff --git a/jamendody/src/api.rs b/jamendody/src/api.rs
index 995f8c2..5933acd 100644
--- a/jamendody/src/api.rs
+++ b/jamendody/src/api.rs
@@ -260,22 +260,26 @@ impl Jam for JamApi {
     }
 
     async fn track_stream(&self, id: &str) -> Result<String, FetchError> {
-        let dtos: Vec<TrackDto> = self
-            .get(
-                "tracks",
-                &[
-                    ("id", id.to_string()),
-                    ("audioformat", self.audioformat.clone()),
-                ],
-            )
-            .await?;
-        let audio = dtos
-            .into_iter()
-            .next()
-            .and_then(|t| t.audio)
-            .filter(|u| !u.is_empty())
-            .ok_or(FetchError::NotStreamable)?;
-        Ok(audio)
+        // Try the configured format first, then fall back to Jamendo's native
+        // default (mp31): some formats — notably mp32 — return an empty `audio`
+        // URL for many tracks, and an empty stream must degrade to the freely
+        // streamable one rather than skip the track.
+        let mut attempts: Vec<Vec<(&str, String)>> = vec![vec![
+            ("id", id.to_string()),
+            ("audioformat", self.audioformat.clone()),
+        ]];
+        if !self.audioformat.is_empty() {
+            attempts.push(vec![("id", id.to_string())]);
+        }
+        for query in &attempts {
+            let dtos: Vec<TrackDto> = self.get("tracks", query).await?;
+            if let Some(audio) = dtos.into_iter().next().and_then(|t| t.audio) {
+                if !audio.is_empty() {
+                    return Ok(audio);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Err(FetchError::NotStreamable)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/jamendody/src/lib.rs b/jamendody/src/lib.rs
index 27c6981..4069ec6 100644
--- a/jamendody/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jamendody/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ pub const DEFAULT_SEARCH_RESULTS: usize = 50;
 pub const DEFAULT_ALBUM_TRACKS: usize = 200;
 /// Default per-request timeout in seconds.
 pub const DEFAULT_CALL_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 30;
-/// Default requested audio format (`mp32` = higher-bitrate MP3).
-pub const DEFAULT_AUDIOFORMAT: &str = "mp32";
+/// Default requested audio streaming format. `mp31` is Jamendo's freely
+/// streamable MP3; `mp32` (higher bitrate) is *not* reliably provisioned for the
+/// streaming `audio` URL and comes back empty for many tracks, so it is a poor
+/// default (a Pro account can still set it explicitly).
+pub const DEFAULT_AUDIOFORMAT: &str = "mp31";
 
 /// Provider settings, persisted as `jamendo.toml`. `client_id` is **required**:
 /// without it the provider does not mount (D5). The rest have defaults.