diff --git a/include/audio/stream.hpp b/include/audio/stream.hpp
index 8a1f893..90c73b4 100644
--- a/include/audio/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/audio/stream.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace audio{
 	private:
 		static PaStream* initialize_global_instance();
 		//to avoid using portaudio functions in the header
-		static int open_default_stream(PaStream*, int in_c, int out_c,
+		static int open_default_stream(PaStream**, int in_c, int out_c,
 		                               stream_fmt fmt, double samplerate,
 		                               size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb);
 		static int callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
diff --git a/src/audio/stream.cpp b/src/audio/stream.cpp
index 27d737c..1d16ee7 100644
--- a/src/audio/stream.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/stream.cpp
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ namespace audio{
 		static pa_system sys;
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	int stream::open_default_stream(PaStream* stream, int in_c, int out_c,
+	int stream::open_default_stream(PaStream** stream, int in_c, int out_c,
 	                                stream_fmt fmt, double samplerate,
 	                                size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb)
 	{
-		return Pa_OpenDefaultStream(&stream, in_c, out_c, static_cast<int>(fmt), samplerate, bufsize, callback, cb);
+		return Pa_OpenDefaultStream(stream, in_c, out_c, static_cast<int>(fmt), samplerate, bufsize, callback, cb);
 	}
 	int stream::callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
 	                    const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* /*timeInfo*/, PaStreamCallbackFlags /*statusFlags*/,