diff --git a/include/audio/impl/channel.hpp b/include/audio/impl/channel.hpp
index 944911e..fd0939b 100644
--- a/include/audio/impl/channel.hpp
+++ b/include/audio/impl/channel.hpp
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ namespace audio::impl{
 		bool m_stopped;
 
 		//audio thread access only!
-		struct{
-			mixdata data;
-			size_t offset;
-		}m_playing_chunk = {};
+		struct alignas(64){
+			mixdata data = {};
+			size_t offset = 0;
+		}m_playing_chunk;
 
 	public:
 		channel();
diff --git a/include/audio/stream.hpp b/include/audio/stream.hpp
index 6cc28f0..957ae67 100644
--- a/include/audio/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/audio/stream.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace audio{
 		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,
-		                               int fmt, double samplerate,
+		                               long unsigned int fmt, double samplerate,
 		                               size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb);
 		static int callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
 		                    const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* /*timeInfo*/, PaStreamCallbackFlags /*statusFlags*/,
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 559753b..acd18f9 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	CC::=gcc
 	CXX::=g++
 	LDLIBS::=
-	LDFLAGS::= -lglfw -lgl3w -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lasound -lsndfile
+	LDFLAGS::= -lglfw -lgl3w -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lasound -lsndfile -lpthread
 	STRIP::=strip
 	RANLIB::=ranlib
 	AR::=ar
diff --git a/src/audio/stream.cpp b/src/audio/stream.cpp
index b9fb4ba..38bcf53 100644
--- a/src/audio/stream.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/stream.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <portaudio.h>
 
+#define PORTAUDIO_FIXED_LATENCY 0.030
+
 namespace audio{
 
 	stream::~stream(){
@@ -69,10 +71,14 @@ namespace audio{
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 	int stream::open_default_stream(PaStream** stream, int in_c, int out_c,
-	                                int fmt, double samplerate,
+	                                long unsigned int fmt, double samplerate,
 	                                size_t bufsize, detail::callback_iface* cb)
 	{
-		return Pa_OpenDefaultStream(stream, in_c, out_c, fmt, samplerate, bufsize, callback, cb);
+		PaStreamParameters out = {Pa_GetDefaultOutputDevice(), out_c, fmt, PORTAUDIO_FIXED_LATENCY, nullptr};
+		PaStreamParameters in = {Pa_GetDefaultInputDevice(), in_c, fmt, PORTAUDIO_FIXED_LATENCY, nullptr};
+		PaStreamParameters* outp = out_c ? &out : nullptr;
+		PaStreamParameters* inp = in_c ? &in : nullptr;
+		return Pa_OpenStream(stream, inp, outp, samplerate, paFramesPerBufferUnspecified, paNoFlag, callback, cb);
 	}
 	int stream::callback(const void* input, void* output, unsigned long framecount,
 	                    const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* /*timeInfo*/, PaStreamCallbackFlags /*statusFlags*/,
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2db38fe..c5412c2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <ctime>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <atomic>
 
 #include "render.hpp"
 #include "game_state.hpp"
 #include "math/math.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
+#include "audio/sndrd.hpp"
+#include "audio/mixdata.hpp"
+#include "audio/mixer.hpp"
 
 //	0 | 1 | 2
 //	---------
@@ -85,10 +93,6 @@ int exists_empty_tile(const game_state& gs){
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void play_audio(){
-	system("mpv assets/moans/$(ls assets/moans/ | sort -R | head -n 1) > /dev/null");
-}
-
 void handle_window_close(){
 	debug_print("[II] Window close event triggered\n");
 	running = false;
@@ -100,19 +104,61 @@ void handle_input_events(GLFWwindow*, int key, int, int, int){
 		manager.request_exit();
 }
 
+audio::mixchunk read_audio_file(const char* filename){
+	debug_print("!!!!filename!!!! %s\n", filename);
+	audio::sndrd f(filename, audio::sndrd::mode::r);
+	if(!f.valid()){
+		return {};
+	}
+	return f.read_all();
+}
+std::string select_audio_file(){
+	size_t filecnt = 0;
+	for(std::filesystem::directory_iterator i("assets/moans");i != std::filesystem::directory_iterator();++i){
+		std::filesystem::directory_entry e = *i;
+		if(!e.is_directory())
+			++filecnt;
+	}
+
+	size_t selection = rand() % filecnt;
+	for(std::filesystem::directory_iterator i("assets/moans");i != std::filesystem::directory_iterator();++i){
+		std::filesystem::directory_entry e = *i;
+		if(selection == 0){
+			return e.path().native();
+		}
+		if(!e.is_directory())
+			--selection;
+	}
+	return {};
+}
+
+void gay_thread(audio::mixer& m, std::atomic_bool& should_gay_thread_stop){
+	while(!should_gay_thread_stop){
+		audio::mixchunk ch = read_audio_file(select_audio_file().c_str());
+		m.get_channel(0).play(ch);
+		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
+	}
+}
+
 int main(){
 	srand(time(NULL));
+	audio::mixer mix(audio::mixer::mode::STEREO, 1);
+	audio::mixchunk ch = read_audio_file(select_audio_file().c_str());
 	game_state gs = {};
 
-	play_audio();
 	manager.init(640, 480, "Tic-Tac-Gugh");
 	manager.handle_window_close_event(handle_window_close);
 	manager.handle_keypress_event(handle_input_events);
 
+	std::atomic_bool should_gay_thread_stop = false;
+	std::thread t(gay_thread, std::ref(mix), std::ref(should_gay_thread_stop));
+
 	while(running)
 		manager.update();
 
+	should_gay_thread_stop = true;
 	while(exists_empty_tile(gs) && gs.turn != -1){
 		game_turn(gs, get_player_input());
 	}
+	t.join();
 }