diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/components/TaskRunnerModal.tsx b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/components/TaskRunnerModal.tsx
index 62aeda4c..4691de1b 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/components/TaskRunnerModal.tsx
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/components/TaskRunnerModal.tsx
@@ -318,15 +318,17 @@ const TaskInputForm = ({ inputDefs, values, onChange, autoFilledKeys, audioTrack
                       const e = entryFor(t);
                       return (
                         <div key={t.id} className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                          <input
-                            type="checkbox"
-                            checked={e.keep}
-                            onChange={() => update(t.id, { keep: !e.keep })}
-                            className="accent-duck-teal cursor-pointer shrink-0"
-                          />
-                          <span className="text-[10px] font-mono uppercase w-9 shrink-0 text-duck-dark/40 dark:text-foreground/40">
-                            {t.lang || 'und'}
-                          </span>
+                          <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer shrink-0">
+                            <input
+                              type="checkbox"
+                              checked={e.keep}
+                              onChange={() => update(t.id, { keep: !e.keep })}
+                              className="accent-duck-teal cursor-pointer"
+                            />
+                            <span className="text-[10px] font-mono uppercase w-9 text-duck-dark/40 dark:text-foreground/40">
+                              {t.lang || 'und'}
+                            </span>
+                          </label>
                           <input
                             type="text"
                             value={e.label}
@@ -559,9 +561,9 @@ const pickerKinds = (defs: Record<string, TaskInputDef> | null): PickerKinds =>
 });
 
 const defaultGroupSel = (g: FolderTrackGroup): GroupSel => ({
-  audio: g.audioTracks.map((t) => t.id).join(','), // keep all
-  subs: g.subtitleTracks.map((t) => t.id).join(','), // keep all
-  subEdit: g.subtitleTracks.map((t) => ({ id: t.id, keep: true, label: trackLabel(t) })),
+  audio: g.audioTracks.map((t) => t.id).join(','), // audio: keep all
+  subs: 'none', // subtitles: keep none by default — you usually want only a few of many
+  subEdit: g.subtitleTracks.map((t) => ({ id: t.id, keep: false, label: trackLabel(t) })),
 });
 
 // Does a group's selection change anything vs keep-all + original labels?
@@ -693,8 +695,10 @@ const PerGroupTrackConfig = ({ groups, has, sel, onChange, probing }: PerGroupTr
                     const e = entryFor(t);
                     return (
                       <div key={t.id} className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                        <input type="checkbox" checked={e.keep} onChange={() => updateEdit(t.id, { keep: !e.keep })} className="accent-duck-teal cursor-pointer shrink-0" />
-                        <span className="text-[10px] font-mono uppercase w-9 shrink-0 text-duck-dark/40 dark:text-foreground/40">{t.lang || 'und'}</span>
+                        <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer shrink-0">
+                          <input type="checkbox" checked={e.keep} onChange={() => updateEdit(t.id, { keep: !e.keep })} className="accent-duck-teal cursor-pointer" />
+                          <span className="text-[10px] font-mono uppercase w-9 text-duck-dark/40 dark:text-foreground/40">{t.lang || 'und'}</span>
+                        </label>
                         <input
                           type="text"
                           value={e.label}
@@ -802,7 +806,7 @@ const ScriptRunner = ({ taskDirName, autoInputs, context, cwd, entryType, filePa
             if (def.type === 'audio_tracks') next[key] = aud.map((t) => t.id).join(',') || 'none';
             if (def.type === 'subtitle_tracks') next[key] = 'none';
             if (def.type === 'subtitle_edit')
-              next[key] = JSON.stringify(sub.map((t) => ({ id: t.id, keep: true, label: trackLabel(t) })));
+              next[key] = JSON.stringify(sub.map((t) => ({ id: t.id, keep: false, label: trackLabel(t) })));
           }
           return next;
         });