diff --git a/classes/AudioBuffer.js b/classes/AudioBuffer.js
index a61cdc6..ac227e5 100644
--- a/classes/AudioBuffer.js
+++ b/classes/AudioBuffer.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
             paused: false,
             hiccups: 0
         };
+        this.audiosettings = settings?.audio;
         this.#setupBuffer(settings?.threshold);
-        this.#setupStreams(stream, settings?.audio);
+        this.#setupStreams(stream);
     }
 
     play() {
@@ -62,25 +63,32 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
         }
     }
 
-    #setupStreams(stream, audioSettings) {
+    #setupStreams(stream) {
         if (stream === undefined) {
             return;
         }
         this.streams = {
             input: stream,
-            output: new NodeSpeaker({
-                channels: audioSettings?.channels || 2,
-                bitDepth: audioSettings?.bitDepth || 16,
-                sampleRate: audioSettings?.sampleRate || 44100,
-            }),
             buffer: new Readable()
         };
         this.streams.buffer._read = () => { };
+        this.#createOutputStream();
         this.#handleBufferStream();
         this.#handleInputStream();
         this.#handleOutputStream();
     }
 
+    #createOutputStream() {
+        if (this.streams.output !== undefined) {
+            this.streams.output.destroy();
+        }   
+        this.streams.output = new NodeSpeaker({
+            channels: audioSettings?.channels || 2,
+            bitDepth: audioSettings?.bitDepth || 16,
+            sampleRate: audioSettings?.sampleRate || 44100,
+        });
+    }
+
     #isThresholdReached() {
         return this.streams.buffer.readableLength >= this.threshold.value;
     }
@@ -185,6 +193,7 @@ class StreamBuffer extends EventEmitter {
         }
         this.streams.output.on('error', (error) => {
             logger.error('output stream encountered an error: ' + error);
+            this.#createOutputStream();
         });
         this.streams.output.on('written', (bytes) => {
             this.#writeBufferedChunk(bytes);