diff --git a/classes/AudioBuffer.js b/classes/AudioBuffer.js
index 42da365..ff2d321 100644
--- a/classes/AudioBuffer.js
+++ b/classes/AudioBuffer.js
@@ -6,24 +6,27 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
 
     constructor(stream, settings) {
         super();
+        this.size = settings.size;
         this.times = {
             start: Date.now()
         };
         this.playback = {
             paused: false,
-            progress: 0,
             hiccups: 0
         };
         this.#setupBuffer(settings?.threshold);
         this.#setupStreams(stream, settings?.audio);
     }
 
-    resume() {
+    play() {
         this.#writeBufferedChunk(4096, true);
     }
 
     pause() {
         this.playback.paused = true;
+        this.threshold.announced = false;
+        this.streams.buffer._readableState.buffer.clear();
+        this.streams.buffer._readableState.length = 0;
     }
 
     stop() {
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     getProgress() {
-        return this.playback.progress;
+        return this.streams.output?.bytesWritten || 0;
     }
 
     getHiccups() {
@@ -189,12 +192,15 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
         });
         this.streams.output.on('drain', () => {
             this.times.drained = Date.now();
-            logger.debug('output stream is drained, file should be completely written to the speaker after ' + (this.times.drained - this.times.start) + 'ms');
+            logger.debug('output stream is drained, wrote ' + this.streams.output.bytesWritten + '/' + this.size + ' bytes to the speaker after ' + (this.times.drained - this.times.start) + 'ms');
+            if (this.streams.output.bytesWritten < this.size) {
+                return;
+            }
             this.#destroy();
         });
-        this.streams.output.on('progress', (progress) => {
-            this.playback.progress = progress;
-        });
+        // this.streams.output.on('progress', (progress) => {
+        //     this.playback.progress = progress;
+        // });
         this.streams.output.on('hiccup', () => {
             this.playback.hiccups++;
             logger.warn('hiccup ' + this.playback.hiccups + ' detected...');
diff --git a/classes/Audiostream.js b/classes/Audiostream.js
index 7a1f2fd..37ddef6 100644
--- a/classes/Audiostream.js
+++ b/classes/Audiostream.js
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ class Audiostream {
             logger.debug('handling event \'audio:initialize\'...');
             this.#initialize(data);
         });
-        this.eventParser.on(constants.AUDIO_PLAY, (data) => {
+        this.eventParser.on(constants.AUDIO_PLAY, () => {
             logger.debug('handling event \'' + constants.AUDIO_PLAY + '\'...');
             global.player.play();
         });
-        this.eventParser.on(constants.AUDIO_PAUSE, (data) => {
+        this.eventParser.on(constants.AUDIO_RESUME, () => {
+            logger.debug('handling event \'' + constants.AUDIO_RESUME + '\'...');
+            global.player.resume();
+        });
+        this.eventParser.on(constants.AUDIO_PAUSE, () => {
             logger.debug('handling event \'' + constants.AUDIO_PAUSE + '\'...');
             global.player.pause();
         });
diff --git a/classes/Player.js b/classes/Player.js
index 30d7fc7..055bed4 100644
--- a/classes/Player.js
+++ b/classes/Player.js
@@ -11,24 +11,24 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter {
 
     async prepare(stream, settings) {
         logger.debug('preparing audio player...');
-        this.#reset();
-        this.audiobuffer = new AudioBuffer(stream, settings);
+        this.settings = settings;
+        this.audiobuffer = new AudioBuffer(stream, this.settings);
         this.audiobuffer.on(constants.THRESHOLD, () => {
             this.#setState(constants.READY);
         });
-        this.audiobuffer.on('close', () => {
-            this.#setState(constants.STOPPED);
-        });
         this.audiobuffer.on('play', () => {
             this.#setState(constants.PLAYING);
         });
         this.audiobuffer.on('pause', () => {
             this.#setState(constants.PAUSED);
-        })
+        });
+        this.audiobuffer.on('close', () => {
+            this.#setState(constants.STOPPED);
+        });
     }
 
     play() {
-        this.audiobuffer.resume();
+        this.audiobuffer.play();
     }
 
     pause() {
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter {
 
     async stop() {
         this.audiobuffer.stop();
-        this.#reset();
-        this.#setState(constants.STOPPED);
     }
 
     isReady() {
@@ -62,28 +60,21 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     getProgress() {
-        return this.audiobuffer?.getProgress();
+        return this.audiobuffer?.getProgress() || 0;
     }
 
     #setState(state, data) {
-        if (this.state === state) {
-            return;
-        }
         this.state = state;
         logger.debug('setting state of audio player to \'' + state + '\'...');
-        if (this.events.includes(state)) {
-            return;
-        }
+        // if (this.events.includes(state)) {
+            // return;
+        // }
         logger.debug('emitting state \'' + state + '\' of audio player...');
         this.emit(this.state, { data: data });
         this.emit(constants.STATECHANGE, { state: this.state, progress: this.getProgress() });
         this.events.push(state);
     }
 
-    #reset() {
-        this.events = [];
-    }
-
 }
 
 module.exports = Player;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/constants.js b/libs/constants.js
index ef66372..96ad9ff 100644
--- a/libs/constants.js
+++ b/libs/constants.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
     PROGRESS: 'progress',
 
     AUDIO_PLAY: 'audio:play',
+    AUDIO_RESUME: 'audio:resume',
     AUDIO_PAUSE: 'audio:pause',
     AUDIO_STOP: 'audio:stop',
     AUDIO_STATE: 'audio:state',
diff --git a/libs/speaker/index.js b/libs/speaker/index.js
index 857a316..350d0af 100644
--- a/libs/speaker/index.js
+++ b/libs/speaker/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Speaker extends Writable {
     this.on('unpipe', this._unpipe)
 
     // total bytes written
-    this.bytesWritten = 0;
+    this.bytesWritten = 0
   }
 
   /**
@@ -206,9 +206,8 @@ class Speaker extends Writable {
     }
 
     const onwrite = (r) => {
-      this.bytesWritten += r;
-      this.emit('written', r);
-      this.emit('progress', this.bytesWritten);
+      this.bytesWritten += r
+      this.emit('written', r)
       debug('wrote %o bytes', r)
       if (r === 0) {
         this.emit('hiccup');