diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 7d8a87db..210cd168 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ android {
         compileSdkVersion 31
         buildToolsVersion '29.0.2'
         useLibrary  'org.apache.http.legacy'
-        versionCode 125
-        versionName "1.7.10"
+        versionCode 126
+        versionName "1.7.11"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/AutomationService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/AutomationService.java
index 5d754dfb..0119b5f7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/AutomationService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/jens/automation2/AutomationService.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.jens.automation2.receivers.PhoneStatusListener;
 
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class AutomationService extends Service implements OnInitListener
 {
 	protected TextToSpeech ttsEngine = null;
+	protected int ttsStatus = -1;
 	protected final static int notificationId = 1000;
 	protected final static int notificationIdRestrictions = 1005;
 	protected final static int notificationIdLocationRestriction = 1006;
@@ -97,6 +99,11 @@ public class AutomationService extends Service implements OnInitListener
 		this.lockSoundChangesEnd = lockSoundChangesEnd;
 	}
 
+	public int getTtsStatus()
+	{
+		return ttsStatus;
+	}
+
 	protected final IBinder myBinder = new LocalBinder();
 
 	protected LocationProvider myLocationProvider;
@@ -317,8 +324,26 @@ public class AutomationService extends Service implements OnInitListener
 		if (Settings.useTextToSpeechOnNormal || Settings.useTextToSpeechOnSilent || Settings.useTextToSpeechOnVibrate || Rule.isAnyRuleUsing(Action.Action_Enum.speakText))
 		{
 			if (ttsEngine == null)
-				ttsEngine = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
-		} else
+			{
+				ttsEngine = new TextToSpeech(this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener()
+				{
+					@Override
+					public void onInit(int status)
+					{
+						ttsStatus = status;
+
+						if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS)
+						{
+							ttsEngine.setLanguage(Locale.getDefault());
+							Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TTS engine", "TTS engine available.", 3);
+						}
+						else
+							Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TTS engine", "TTS engine not available. Status: " + String.valueOf(status), 3);
+					}
+				});
+			}
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			if (ttsEngine != null)
 				ttsEngine.shutdown();
@@ -673,25 +698,26 @@ public class AutomationService extends Service implements OnInitListener
 				{
 					try
 					{
-						for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+						for(int i = 0; i < 60; i++)
 						{								
-							if(ttsEngine != null)
-							{
-								break;
-							}
-							else
+							if(ttsEngine == null || ttsStatus != TextToSpeech.SUCCESS)
 							{
 								try
 								{
 									Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TTS", "Waiting for a moment to give the TTS service time to load...", 4);
-									Thread.sleep(1000);	// give the tts engine time to load
+									Thread.sleep(500);	// give the tts engine time to load
 								}
 								catch(Exception e)
 								{}
 							}
+							else
+							{
+								Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TextToSpeech", "Speaking \"" + text + "\" in language " + ttsEngine.getLanguage().toLanguageTag(), 3);
+								this.ttsEngine.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
+								break;
+							}
 						}
-						Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TextToSpeech", "Speaking " + text + " in language " + ttsEngine.getLanguage().toLanguageTag(), 3);
-						this.ttsEngine.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
+						Miscellaneous.logEvent("i", "TextToSpeech", "TTS engine not available after waiting 30 seconds, yet. Aborting.", 3);
 					}
 					catch(Exception e)
 					{
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/125.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/125.txt
index f1ddad82..19539b88 100644
--- a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/125.txt
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/125.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 * Fixed: Now allowing negative integers as intent data
-* Fixed: Multiple time frames with reoccurence configured would trigger to early executions
+* Fixed: Multiple time frames with reoccurrence configured would trigger to early executions
 * Fixed: Automatic app start at boot might fail in some cases
 * Translations updated
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diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/126.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/126.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..603c9da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/126.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* Fixed: TTS engine wouldn't always speak, especially at the startup of the app
+* Added: Possibility to disable toasts for e.g. announcing rule activations
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