diff --git a/src/clock.rs b/src/clock.rs
index 194c30b..947b15f 100644
--- a/src/clock.rs
+++ b/src/clock.rs
@@ -407,17 +407,19 @@ impl Clock {
         Self::beep()?;
         #[cfg(feature = "sound")]
         {
+            use rodio::{Decoder, OutputStream, Sink};
             trace!("playing bundled sound");
-            use rodio::{source::Source, Decoder, OutputStream};
 
             // 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"));
+            trace!("bundled sound: {sound:X?}");
 
             // Get an output stream handle to the default physical sound device
             let (_stream, stream_handle) = OutputStream::try_default().unwrap();
             let source = Decoder::new(sound).expect("could not load the included sound");
-            stream_handle.play_raw(source.convert_samples())?; // the sound plays in another thread
+            let sink = Sink::try_new(&stream_handle).expect("could not create an audio sink");
+            sink.append(source);
             debug!("played bundled sound");
         }
         #[cfg(feature = "desktop")]