diff --git a/clients/LastfmScrobbler.js b/clients/LastfmScrobbler.js
index b3b6baac..64ade333 100644
--- a/clients/LastfmScrobbler.js
+++ b/clients/LastfmScrobbler.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import dayjs from 'dayjs';
 
 import {
     buildTrackString,
-    playObjDataMatch,
+    playObjDataMatch, removeUndefinedKeys,
     setIntersection, sleep,
     sortByPlayDate,
     truncateStringToLength,
@@ -259,13 +259,19 @@ export default class LastfmScrobbler extends AbstractScrobbleClient {
 
         try {
             const response = await this.api.callApi(client => client.trackScrobble(
-                {
+                // i don't know if its lastfm-node-client building the request params incorrectly
+                // or the last.fm api not handling the params correctly...
+                //
+                // ...but in either case if any of the below properties is undefined (possibly also null??)
+                // then last.fm responds with an IGNORED scrobble and error code 1 (totally unhelpful)
+                // so remove all undefined keys from the object before passing to the api client
+                removeUndefinedKeys({
                     artist: artists.join(', '),
                     duration,
                     track,
                     album,
                     timestamp: playDate.unix(),
-                }));
+                })));
             const {
                 scrobbles: {
                     '@attr': {
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 3c6a4683..e6179bb3 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -327,3 +327,25 @@ export const spreadDelay = (retries, multiplier) => {
     }
     return s;
 }
+
+export const removeUndefinedKeys = (obj) => {
+    let newObj = {};
+    Object.keys(obj).forEach((key) => {
+        if(Array.isArray(obj[key])) {
+            newObj[key] = obj[key];
+        } else if (obj[key] === Object(obj[key])) {
+            newObj[key] = removeUndefinedKeys(obj[key]);
+        } else if (obj[key] !== undefined) {
+            newObj[key] = obj[key];
+        }
+    });
+    if(Object.keys(newObj).length === 0) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    Object.keys(newObj).forEach(key => {
+        if(newObj[key] === undefined || (null !== newObj[key] && typeof newObj[key] === 'object' && Object.keys(newObj[key]).length === 0)) {
+            delete newObj[key]
+        }
+    });
+    return newObj;
+}