diff --git a/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c b/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
index 1107454..bf5fddd 100644
--- a/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
+++ b/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ _get_aacfileinfo(char *file, struct song_metadata *psong)
 	aac_object_type_t profile_id = 0;
 
 	psong->vbr_scale = -1;
+	psong->channels = 2; // A "normal" default in case we can't find this information
 
 	if(!(infile = fopen(file, "rb")))
 	{
@@ -334,6 +335,11 @@ _get_aacfileinfo(char *file, struct song_metadata *psong)
 		{
 			psong->bitrate = atom_length * 1000 / psong->song_length / 128;
 		}
+		/* If this is an obviously wrong bitrate, try something different */
+		if((psong->bitrate < 16000) && (psong->song_length))
+		{
+			psong->bitrate = (file_size * 8) / (psong->song_length / 1000);
+		}
 	}
 
 	//DPRINTF(E_DEBUG, L_METADATA, "Profile ID: %u\n", profile_id);