diff --git a/src/clock.rs b/src/clock.rs
index ef3eabf..0cd35bf 100644
--- a/src/clock.rs
+++ b/src/clock.rs
@@ -410,14 +410,8 @@ impl Clock {
             use awedio::Sound;
             trace!("playing bundled sound");
 
-            // only 30 KiB, so let's just include it in the binary and not worry about reading it
-            // from the fs and somehow making the file be there
-            let sound: Cursor<_> = std::io::Cursor::new(include_bytes!("../data/media/alarm.mp3"));
-
-            let (mut manager, _backend) = awedio::start()?;
-            let decoder = awedio::sounds::decoders::Mp3Decoder::new(sound);
-
-            manager.play(Box::new(decoder.into_memory_sound()?));
+            let (mut manager, backend) = awedio::start()?;
+            manager.play(awedio::sounds::open_file("../data/media/alarm.mp3")?);
 
             debug!("played bundled sound");
         }