diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cac8b7d..ba8a629 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ categories = ["date-and-time"]
 [features]
 default = ["desktop", "sound"]
 desktop = ["dep:notify-rust"]
-sound = ["dep:rodio", "desktop"]
+sound = ["dep:awedio", "desktop"]
 
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
+awedio = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+	"cpal",
+	"rmp3-mp3",
+] }
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 humantime = "2.1.0"
 libpt = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["cli"] }
 notify-rust = { version = "4.11.0", optional = true }
 ratatui = "0.27.0"
-rodio = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
 tui-big-text = "0.4.5"
diff --git a/src/clock.rs b/src/clock.rs
index 194c30b..ef3eabf 100644
--- a/src/clock.rs
+++ b/src/clock.rs
@@ -407,17 +407,18 @@ impl Clock {
         Self::beep()?;
         #[cfg(feature = "sound")]
         {
+            use awedio::Sound;
             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"));
 
-            // 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 (mut manager, _backend) = awedio::start()?;
+            let decoder = awedio::sounds::decoders::Mp3Decoder::new(sound);
+
+            manager.play(Box::new(decoder.into_memory_sound()?));
+
             debug!("played bundled sound");
         }
         #[cfg(feature = "desktop")]