diff --git a/src/js/captions.js b/src/js/captions.js
index 6682d6f0..63674b95 100644
--- a/src/js/captions.js
+++ b/src/js/captions.js
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import controls from './controls';
 import i18n from './i18n';
 import support from './support';
 import browser from './utils/browser';
-import { createElement, emptyElement, getAttributesFromSelector, insertAfter, removeElement, toggleClass } from './utils/elements';
+import { createElement, emptyElement, getAttributesFromSelector, insertAfter, removeElement, toggleClass, toggleState } from './utils/elements';
 import { on, triggerEvent } from './utils/events';
 import fetch from './utils/fetch';
 import is from './utils/is';
+import { dedupe } from './utils/arrays';
 import { getHTML } from './utils/strings';
 import { parseUrl } from './utils/urls';
 
@@ -63,21 +64,34 @@ const captions = {
             });
         }
 
-        // Try to load the value from storage
-        let active = this.storage.get('captions');
+        // Get and set initial data
+        // The "preferred" options are not realized unless / until the wanted language has a match
+        // * languages: Array of user's browser languages.
+        // * language:  The language preferred by user settings or config
+        // * active:    The state preferred by user settings or config
+        // * toggled:   The real captions state
 
-        // Otherwise fall back to the default config
+        const languages = dedupe(Array.from(navigator.languages || navigator.userLanguage)
+            .map(language => language.split('-')[0]));
+
+        let language = this.storage.get('language') || this.config.captions.language;
+
+        // Use first browser language when language is 'auto'
+        if (language === 'auto') {
+            [language] = languages;
+        }
+
+        let active = this.storage.get('captions');
         if (!is.boolean(active)) {
             ({ active } = this.config.captions);
         }
 
-        // Get language from storage, fallback to config
-        let language = this.storage.get('language') || this.config.captions.language;
-        if (language === 'auto') {
-            [language] = (navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage).split('-');
-        }
-        // Set language and show if active
-        captions.setLanguage.call(this, language, active);
+        Object.assign(this.captions, {
+            toggled: false,
+            active,
+            language,
+            languages,
+        });
 
         // Watch changes to textTracks and update captions menu
         if (this.isHTML5) {
@@ -89,10 +103,12 @@ const captions = {
         setTimeout(captions.update.bind(this), 0);
     },
 
+    // Update available language options in settings based on tracks
     update() {
         const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this, true);
         // Get the wanted language
-        const { language, meta } = this.captions;
+        const { active, language, meta, currentTrackNode } = this.captions;
+        const languageExists = Boolean(tracks.find(track => track.language === language));
 
         // Handle tracks (add event listener and "pseudo"-default)
         if (this.isHTML5 && this.isVideo) {
@@ -111,12 +127,10 @@ const captions = {
             });
         }
 
-        const trackRemoved = !tracks.find(track => track === this.captions.currentTrackNode);
-        const firstMatch = this.language !== language && tracks.find(track => track.language === language);
-
-        // Update language if removed or first matching track added
-        if (trackRemoved || firstMatch) {
-            captions.setLanguage.call(this, language, this.config.captions.active);
+        // Update language first time it matches, or if the previous matching track was removed
+        if ((languageExists && this.language !== language) || !tracks.includes(currentTrackNode)) {
+            captions.setLanguage.call(this, language);
+            captions.toggle.call(this, active && languageExists);
         }
 
         // Enable or disable captions based on track length
@@ -128,12 +142,69 @@ const captions = {
         }
     },
 
-    set(index, setLanguage = true, show = true) {
+    // Toggle captions display
+    // Used internally for the toggleCaptions method, with the passive option forced to false
+    toggle(input, passive = true) {
+        // If there's no full support
+        if (!this.supported.ui) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const { toggled } = this.captions; // Current state
+        const activeClass = this.config.classNames.captions.active;
+
+        // Get the next state
+        // If the method is called without parameter, toggle based on current value
+        const active = is.nullOrUndefined(input) ? !toggled : input;
+
+        // Update state and trigger event
+        if (active !== toggled) {
+            // Force language if the call isn't passive and there is no matching language to toggle to
+            if (!this.language && active && !passive) {
+                const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this);
+                const track = captions.findTrack.call(this, [
+                    this.captions.language,
+                    ...this.captions.languages,
+                ], true);
+
+                // Override user preferences to avoid switching languages if a matching track is added
+                this.captions.language = track.language;
+
+                // Set caption, but don't store in localStorage as user preference
+                captions.set.call(this, tracks.indexOf(track));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Toggle state
+            toggleState(this.elements.buttons.captions, active);
+
+            // Add class hook
+            toggleClass(this.elements.container, activeClass, active);
+
+            this.captions.toggled = active;
+
+            // Update settings menu
+            controls.updateSetting.call(this, 'captions');
+
+            // When passive, don't override user preferences
+            if (!passive) {
+                this.captions.active = active;
+                this.storage.set({ captions: active });
+            }
+
+            // Trigger event (not used internally)
+            triggerEvent.call(this, this.media, active ? 'captionsenabled' : 'captionsdisabled');
+        }
+    },
+
+    // Set captions by track index
+    // Used internally for the currentTrack setter with the passive option forced to false
+    set(index, passive = true) {
         const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this);
 
         // Disable captions if setting to -1
         if (index === -1) {
-            this.toggleCaptions(false);
+            captions.toggle.call(this, false, passive);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -149,15 +220,19 @@ const captions = {
 
         if (this.captions.currentTrack !== index) {
             this.captions.currentTrack = index;
-            const track = captions.getCurrentTrack.call(this);
+            const track = tracks[index];
             const { language } = track || {};
 
             // Store reference to node for invalidation on remove
             this.captions.currentTrackNode = track;
 
-            // Prevent setting language in some cases, since it can violate user's intentions
-            if (setLanguage) {
+            // Update settings menu
+            controls.updateSetting.call(this, 'captions');
+
+            // When passive, don't override user preferences
+            if (!passive) {
                 this.captions.language = language;
+                this.storage.set({ language });
             }
 
             // Handle Vimeo captions
@@ -175,12 +250,12 @@ const captions = {
         }
 
         // Show captions
-        if (show) {
-            this.toggleCaptions(true);
-        }
+        captions.toggle.call(this, true, passive);
     },
 
-    setLanguage(language, show = true) {
+    // Set captions by language
+    // Used internally for the language setter with the passive option forced to false
+    setLanguage(language, passive = true) {
         if (!is.string(language)) {
             this.debug.warn('Invalid language argument', language);
             return;
@@ -190,8 +265,8 @@ const captions = {
 
         // Set currentTrack
         const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this);
-        const track = captions.getCurrentTrack.call(this, true);
-        captions.set.call(this, tracks.indexOf(track), false, show);
+        const track = captions.findTrack.call(this, [language]);
+        captions.set.call(this, tracks.indexOf(track), passive);
     },
 
     // Get current valid caption tracks
@@ -208,19 +283,30 @@ const captions = {
         ].includes(track.kind));
     },
 
-    // Get the current track for the current language
-    getCurrentTrack(fromLanguage = false) {
+    // Match tracks based on languages and get the first
+    findTrack(languages, force = false) {
         const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this);
         const sortIsDefault = track => Number((this.captions.meta.get(track) || {}).default);
         const sorted = Array.from(tracks).sort((a, b) => sortIsDefault(b) - sortIsDefault(a));
-        return (!fromLanguage && tracks[this.currentTrack]) || sorted.find(track => track.language === this.captions.language) || sorted[0];
+        let track;
+        languages.every(language => {
+            track = sorted.find(track => track.language === language);
+            return !track; // Break iteration if there is a match
+        });
+        // If no match is found but is required, get first
+        return track || (force ? sorted[0] : undefined);
+    },
+
+    // Get the current track
+    getCurrentTrack() {
+        return captions.getTracks.call(this)[this.currentTrack];
     },
 
     // Get UI label for track
     getLabel(track) {
         let currentTrack = track;
 
-        if (!is.track(currentTrack) && support.textTracks && this.captions.active) {
+        if (!is.track(currentTrack) && support.textTracks && this.captions.toggled) {
             currentTrack = captions.getCurrentTrack.call(this);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/js/controls.js b/src/js/controls.js
index 0e28c222..e601a03a 100644
--- a/src/js/controls.js
+++ b/src/js/controls.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { repaint, transitionEndEvent } from './utils/animation';
 import { dedupe } from './utils/arrays';
 import browser from './utils/browser';
 import { createElement, emptyElement, getAttributesFromSelector, getElement, getElements, hasClass, removeElement, setAttributes, toggleClass, toggleHidden, toggleState } from './utils/elements';
-import { once } from './utils/events';
+import { on, off } from './utils/events';
 import is from './utils/is';
 import loadSprite from './utils/loadSprite';
 import { extend } from './utils/objects';
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ const controls = {
         // Generate options data
         const options = tracks.map((track, value) => ({
             value,
-            checked: this.captions.active && this.currentTrack === value,
+            checked: this.captions.toggled && this.currentTrack === value,
             title: captions.getLabel.call(this, track),
             badge: track.language && controls.createBadge.call(this, track.language.toUpperCase()),
             list,
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ const controls = {
         // Add the "Disabled" option to turn off captions
         options.unshift({
             value: -1,
-            checked: !this.captions.active,
+            checked: !this.captions.toggled,
             title: i18n.get('disabled', this.config),
             list,
             type: 'language',
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ const controls = {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Are we targetting a tab? If not, bail
+        // Are we targeting a tab? If not, bail
         const isTab = pane.getAttribute('role') === 'tabpanel';
         if (!isTab) {
             return;
@@ -1065,10 +1065,12 @@ const controls = {
                 container.style.width = '';
                 container.style.height = '';
 
+                // Only listen once
+                off.call(this, container, transitionEndEvent, restore);
             };
 
             // Listen for the transition finishing and restore auto height/width
-            once.call(this, container, transitionEndEvent, restore);
+            on.call(this, container, transitionEndEvent, restore);
 
             // Set dimensions to target
             container.style.width = `${size.width}px`;
diff --git a/src/js/listeners.js b/src/js/listeners.js
index 283bd4a2..34cdc6fb 100644
--- a/src/js/listeners.js
+++ b/src/js/listeners.js
@@ -387,24 +387,6 @@ class Listeners {
             controls.updateSetting.call(this.player, 'quality', null, event.detail.quality);
         });
 
-        // Caption language change
-        on.call(this.player, this.player.media, 'languagechange', () => {
-            // Update UI
-            controls.updateSetting.call(this.player, 'captions');
-
-            // Save to storage
-            this.player.storage.set({ language: this.player.language });
-        });
-
-        // Captions toggle
-        on.call(this.player, this.player.media, 'captionsenabled captionsdisabled', () => {
-            // Update UI
-            controls.updateSetting.call(this.player, 'captions');
-
-            // Save to storage
-            this.player.storage.set({ captions: this.player.captions.active });
-        });
-
         // Proxy events to container
         // Bubble up key events for Edge
         on.call(this.player, this.player.media, this.player.config.events.concat([
@@ -477,7 +459,7 @@ class Listeners {
         );
 
         // Captions toggle
-        bind(this.player.elements.buttons.captions, 'click', this.player.toggleCaptions);
+        bind(this.player.elements.buttons.captions, 'click', () => this.player.toggleCaptions());
 
         // Fullscreen toggle
         bind(
diff --git a/src/js/plyr.js b/src/js/plyr.js
index 543291e7..80555829 100644
--- a/src/js/plyr.js
+++ b/src/js/plyr.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import Storage from './storage';
 import support from './support';
 import ui from './ui';
 import { closest } from './utils/arrays';
-import { createElement, hasClass, removeElement, replaceElement, toggleClass, toggleState, wrap } from './utils/elements';
+import { createElement, hasClass, removeElement, replaceElement, toggleClass, wrap } from './utils/elements';
 import { off, on, once, triggerEvent, unbindListeners } from './utils/events';
 import is from './utils/is';
 import loadSprite from './utils/loadSprite';
@@ -833,25 +833,7 @@ class Plyr {
      * @param {boolean} input - Whether to enable captions
      */
     toggleCaptions(input) {
-        // If there's no full support
-        if (!this.supported.ui) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If the method is called without parameter, toggle based on current value
-        const active = is.boolean(input) ? input : !this.elements.container.classList.contains(this.config.classNames.captions.active);
-
-        // Toggle state
-        toggleState(this.elements.buttons.captions, active);
-
-        // Add class hook
-        toggleClass(this.elements.container, this.config.classNames.captions.active, active);
-
-        // Update state and trigger event
-        if (active !== this.captions.active) {
-            this.captions.active = active;
-            triggerEvent.call(this, this.media, this.captions.active ? 'captionsenabled' : 'captionsdisabled');
-        }
+        captions.toggle.call(this, input, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -859,15 +841,15 @@ class Plyr {
      * @param {number} - Caption index
      */
     set currentTrack(input) {
-        captions.set.call(this, input);
+        captions.set.call(this, input, false);
     }
 
     /**
      * Get the current caption track index (-1 if disabled)
      */
     get currentTrack() {
-        const { active, currentTrack } = this.captions;
-        return active ? currentTrack : -1;
+        const { toggled, currentTrack } = this.captions;
+        return toggled ? currentTrack : -1;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -876,7 +858,7 @@ class Plyr {
      * @param {string} - Two character ISO language code (e.g. EN, FR, PT, etc)
      */
     set language(input) {
-        captions.setLanguage.call(this, input);
+        captions.setLanguage.call(this, input, false);
     }
 
     /**