diff --git a/bin/sonic.js b/bin/sonic.js
index a1d06ff..899fa75 100755
--- a/bin/sonic.js
+++ b/bin/sonic.js
@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ function cleanup(exitCode = 0) {
   ]).then(() => process.exit(exitCode));
 }
 
+// A crash must still stop the music and give the terminal back.
+function crash(err) {
+  try { ui.cleanup(); } catch {}
+  if (player.proc) {
+    try { player.proc.kill('SIGKILL'); } catch {}
+  }
+  if (process.stdin.isTTY && process.stdin.isRaw) process.stdin.setRawMode(false);
+  console.error(`\nsonic hit a bug and stopped: ${err?.message || err}`);
+  console.error('please report it: https://github.com/sethmills21/sonic/issues');
+  if (process.env.SONIC_DEBUG) console.error(err?.stack);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', crash);
+process.on('unhandledRejection', crash);
 process.on('SIGINT', () => cleanup(0));
 process.on('SIGTERM', () => cleanup(0));
 process.on('exit', () => {
diff --git a/lib/ui.js b/lib/ui.js
index 073bdaa..2407c89 100644
--- a/lib/ui.js
+++ b/lib/ui.js
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ export class UI {
     const parts = [];
     if (typeof options.volume === 'number') {
       const steps = 10;
-      const filled = Math.round((options.volume / 100) * steps);
+      // mpv goes to 150; past 100 the meter stays full and the number keeps counting.
+      const filled = Math.max(0, Math.min(steps, Math.round((options.volume / 100) * steps)));
       const meter = chalk.hex(theme.accent)('━'.repeat(filled)) + chalk.hex(theme.muted)('─'.repeat(steps - filled));
       parts.push(`${chalk.hex(theme.muted)('vol')} ${meter} ${chalk.hex(theme.muted)(String(options.volume))}`);
     }