diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/archive/command.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/archive/command.rs
index a048685..a09c1a3 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/archive/command.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/archive/command.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,14 @@ async fn get_format(
                     .subtitles
                     .get(s)
                     .cloned()
-                    .map(|l| (l, single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP))
+                    // the subtitle is probably not cc if the audio is japanese or more than one
+                    // subtitle exists for this stream
+                    .map(|l| {
+                        (
+                            l,
+                            single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP || stream.subtitles.len() > 1,
+                        )
+                    })
             })
             .collect();
 
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/download/command.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/download/command.rs
index 142bf9c..c1388f1 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/download/command.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/download/command.rs
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ async fn get_format(
         audios: vec![(audio, single_format.audio.clone())],
         subtitles: subtitle
             .clone()
-            .map_or(vec![], |s| vec![(s, single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP)]),
+            .map_or(vec![], |s| vec![(s, single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP || stream.subtitles.len() > 1)]),
     };
     let format = Format::from_single_formats(vec![(
         single_format.clone(),
         video,
-        subtitle.map_or(vec![], |s| vec![(s, single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP)]),
+        subtitle.map_or(vec![], |s| vec![(s, single_format.audio == Locale::ja_JP || stream.subtitles.len() > 1)]),
     )]);
 
     Ok((download_format, format))