diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b7da287..5d803e3 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from os.path import join
 
 from flask import Flask, render_template
 from markupsafe import escape
-from playsound import playsound
+from subprocess import check_output
+
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ for f in samplefiles:
         samples.append(f.replace(".wav", ""))
 
 
+output = check_output(['amixer', 'sset', 'Master', 'unmute'])  
+
 @app.route("/")
 def hello():
     return render_template("index.html", samples=samples)
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ def hello():
 @app.route("/play/<sample>")
 def door(sample):
     if sample in samples:
-        playsound(join("samples", f"{sample}.wav"))
+        play_output = check_output(['aplay', '-D', 'hw:0,0', join("samples", f"{sample}.wav")])
         return f"<h1>{escape(sample)}!</h1>"
     else:
         return "no such sample"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4c5a8d0..147ddd0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 Flask
 Gunicorn
-playsound
-pygobject