diff --git a/src/audio/backend.rs b/src/audio/backend.rs
index 583edf6..236807d 100644
--- a/src/audio/backend.rs
+++ b/src/audio/backend.rs
@@ -1,125 +1,30 @@
 use librespot::playback::audio_backend::{Sink, SinkAsBytes, SinkResult};
 use librespot::playback::convert::Converter;
 use librespot::playback::decoder::AudioPacket;
-use log::{error, trace};
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::thread::JoinHandle;
-use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::ipc;
 use crate::ipc::packet::IpcPacket;
 
 pub struct StdoutSink {
   client: ipc::Client,
-  buffer: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
-  is_stopped: Arc<Mutex<bool>>,
-  handle: Option<JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
 
-const BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 7680;
-
 impl StdoutSink {
-  pub fn start_writer(&mut self) {
-    // With 48khz, 32-bit float, 2 channels, 1 second of audio is 384000 bytes
-    // 384000 / 50 = 7680 bytes per 20ms
-
-    let buffer = self.buffer.clone();
-    let is_stopped = self.is_stopped.clone();
-    let client = self.client.clone();
-
-    let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
-      let mut output = std::io::stdout();
-      let mut act_buffer = [0u8; BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-      // Use closure to make sure lock is released as fast as possible
-      let is_stopped = || {
-        let is_stopped = is_stopped.lock().unwrap();
-        *is_stopped
-      };
-
-      // Start songbird's playback
-      client.send(IpcPacket::StartPlayback).unwrap();
-
-      loop {
-        if is_stopped() {
-          break;
-        }
-
-        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(15));
-
-        let mut buffer = buffer.lock().unwrap();
-        let to_drain: usize;
-
-        if buffer.len() < BUFFER_SIZE {
-          // Copy the buffer into the action buffer
-          // Fill remaining length with zeroes
-          act_buffer[..buffer.len()].copy_from_slice(&buffer[..]);
-          act_buffer[buffer.len()..].fill(0);
-
-          to_drain = buffer.len();
-        } else {
-          act_buffer.copy_from_slice(&buffer[..BUFFER_SIZE]);
-          to_drain = BUFFER_SIZE;
-        }
-
-        output.write_all(&act_buffer).unwrap_or(());
-        buffer.drain(..to_drain);
-      }
-    });
-
-    self.handle = Some(handle);
-  }
-
-  pub fn stop_writer(&mut self) -> std::thread::Result<()> {
-    // Use closure to avoid deadlocking the mutex
-    let set_stopped = |value| {
-      let mut is_stopped = self.is_stopped.lock().unwrap();
-      *is_stopped = value;
-    };
-
-    // Notify thread to stop
-    set_stopped(true);
-
-    // Wait for thread to stop
-    let result = match self.handle.take() {
-      Some(handle) => handle.join(),
-      None => Ok(()),
-    };
-
-    // Reset stopped value
-    set_stopped(false);
-
-    result
-  }
-
   pub fn new(client: ipc::Client) -> Self {
-    StdoutSink {
-      client,
-      is_stopped: Arc::new(Mutex::new(false)),
-      buffer: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
-      handle: None,
-    }
+    StdoutSink { client }
   }
 }
 
 impl Sink for StdoutSink {
   fn start(&mut self) -> SinkResult<()> {
-    self.start_writer();
+    // TODO: Handle error
+    self.client.send(IpcPacket::StartPlayback).unwrap();
 
     Ok(())
   }
 
   fn stop(&mut self) -> SinkResult<()> {
-    // Stop the writer thread
-    // This is done before pausing songbird, because else the writer thread
-    //  might hang on writing to stdout
-    if let Err(why) = self.stop_writer() {
-      error!("Failed to stop stdout writer: {:?}", why);
-    } else {
-      trace!("Stopped stdout writer");
-    }
-
     // Stop songbird's playback
     self.client.send(IpcPacket::StopPlayback).unwrap();
 
@@ -140,7 +45,11 @@ impl Sink for StdoutSink {
         &samples_f32,
       )
       .unwrap();
-      self.write_bytes(resampled.as_bytes())?;
+
+      let samples_i16 =
+        &converter.f64_to_s16(&resampled.iter().map(|v| *v as f64).collect::<Vec<f64>>());
+
+      self.write_bytes(samples_i16.as_bytes())?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -149,18 +58,7 @@ impl Sink for StdoutSink {
 
 impl SinkAsBytes for StdoutSink {
   fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> SinkResult<()> {
-    let get_buffer_len = || {
-      let buffer = self.buffer.lock().unwrap();
-      buffer.len()
-    };
-
-    while get_buffer_len() > BUFFER_SIZE * 2 {
-      std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(15));
-    }
-
-    let mut buffer = self.buffer.lock().unwrap();
-
-    buffer.extend_from_slice(data);
+    std::io::stdout().write_all(data).unwrap();
 
     Ok(())
   }
diff --git a/src/session/mod.rs b/src/session/mod.rs
index dbc96bb..915c931 100644
--- a/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use serenity::{
 };
 use songbird::{
   create_player,
-  input::{children_to_reader, Input},
+  input::{children_to_reader, Codec, Container, Input},
   tracks::TrackHandle,
   Call, Event, EventContext, EventHandler,
 };
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ impl SpoticordSession {
     let reader = children_to_reader::<f32>(vec![child]);
 
     // Create track (paused, fixes audio glitches)
-    let (mut track, track_handle) = create_player(Input::float_pcm(true, reader));
+    let (mut track, track_handle) =
+      create_player(Input::new(true, reader, Codec::Pcm, Container::Raw, None));
     track.pause();
 
     // Set call audio to track
@@ -549,6 +550,9 @@ impl SpoticordSession {
       loop {
         timer.tick().await;
 
+        // Make sure this task has not been aborted, if it has this will automatically stop execution.
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+
         let is_playing = {
           let pbi = pbi.read().await;