diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index bed8809..1e697ee 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -177,6 +177,28 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void ResizeGamestates(struct Game* game) {
 	}
 }
 
+SYMBOL_INTERNAL int SetupAudio(struct Game* game) {
+	int samplerate = strtol(GetConfigOptionDefault(game, "SuperDerpy", "samplerate", "44100"), NULL, 10);
+#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+	game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
+#else
+	game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_INT16, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
+	if (!game->audio.v) {
+		// fallback
+		game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
+	}
+#endif
+	al_set_default_voice(game->audio.v);
+
+	if (game->audio.v) {
+		al_attach_mixer_to_voice(game->audio.mixer, game->audio.v);
+	} else {
+		PrintConsole(game, "Could not create audio voice!");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 SYMBOL_INTERNAL void DrawConsole(struct Game* game) {
 	double game_time = al_get_time();
 	if (game->_priv.showconsole) {
@@ -572,7 +594,11 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void PauseExecution(struct Game* game) {
 		return;
 	}
 	game->_priv.paused = true;
-	al_detach_voice(game->audio.v);
+	if (game->audio.v) {
+		al_detach_voice(game->audio.v);
+	}
+	al_set_default_voice(NULL);
+	game->audio.v = NULL;
 	FreezeGamestates(game);
 	PrintConsole(game, "Engine halted.");
 }
@@ -606,7 +632,7 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void ResumeExecution(struct Game* game) {
 		return;
 	}
 	UnfreezeGamestates(game);
-	al_attach_mixer_to_voice(game->audio.mixer, game->audio.v);
+	SetupAudio(game);
 	game->_priv.paused = false;
 	game->_priv.timestamp = al_get_time();
 	PrintConsole(game, "Engine resumed.");
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 3bfeac5..d07705e 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void ReloadGamestates(struct Game* game);
 void FreezeGamestates(struct Game* game);
 void UnfreezeGamestates(struct Game* game);
 void ResizeGamestates(struct Game* game);
+int SetupAudio(struct Game* game);
 void DrawConsole(struct Game* game);
 void Console_Load(struct Game* game);
 void Console_Unload(struct Game* game);
diff --git a/src/libsuperderpy.c b/src/libsuperderpy.c
index b22d40d..4665b8d 100644
--- a/src/libsuperderpy.c
+++ b/src/libsuperderpy.c
@@ -283,20 +283,10 @@ SYMBOL_EXPORT struct Game* libsuperderpy_init(int argc, char** argv, const char*
 	}
 
 	int samplerate = strtol(GetConfigOptionDefault(game, "SuperDerpy", "samplerate", "44100"), NULL, 10);
-#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
-	game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
-#else
-	game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_INT16, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
-	if (!game->audio.v) {
-		// fallback
-		game->audio.v = al_create_voice(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
-	}
-#endif
 	game->audio.mixer = al_create_mixer(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
 	game->audio.fx = al_create_mixer(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
 	game->audio.music = al_create_mixer(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
 	game->audio.voice = al_create_mixer(samplerate, ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32, ALLEGRO_CHANNEL_CONF_2);
-	al_attach_mixer_to_voice(game->audio.mixer, game->audio.v);
 	al_attach_mixer_to_mixer(game->audio.fx, game->audio.mixer);
 	al_attach_mixer_to_mixer(game->audio.music, game->audio.mixer);
 	al_attach_mixer_to_mixer(game->audio.voice, game->audio.mixer);
@@ -304,6 +294,7 @@ SYMBOL_EXPORT struct Game* libsuperderpy_init(int argc, char** argv, const char*
 	al_set_mixer_gain(game->audio.music, game->config.music / 10.0);
 	al_set_mixer_gain(game->audio.voice, game->config.voice / 10.0);
 	al_set_mixer_gain(game->audio.mixer, game->config.mute ? 0.0 : 1.0);
+	SetupAudio(game);
 	al_set_default_mixer(game->audio.mixer);
 
 	setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
@@ -477,11 +468,12 @@ SYMBOL_EXPORT void libsuperderpy_destroy(struct Game* game) {
 	al_destroy_display(game->display);
 	al_destroy_user_event_source(&(game->event_source));
 	al_destroy_event_queue(game->_priv.event_queue);
+	al_set_default_mixer(NULL); // does not destroy anything
 	al_destroy_mixer(game->audio.fx);
 	al_destroy_mixer(game->audio.music);
 	al_destroy_mixer(game->audio.voice);
 	al_destroy_mixer(game->audio.mixer);
-	al_destroy_voice(game->audio.v);
+	al_set_default_voice(NULL); // destroys game->audio.v voice
 	al_destroy_cond(game->_priv.texture_sync_cond);
 	al_destroy_mutex(game->_priv.texture_sync_mutex);
 	al_destroy_cond(game->_priv.bsod_cond);