diff --git a/ephemera.sc b/ephemera.sc
index 264a78d..97da937 100644
--- a/ephemera.sc
+++ b/ephemera.sc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if ( ~now.year == 1970,
     ~file.postln;
 
     // cue file form disk then play
-    Buffer.cueSoundFile (s, ~prefix++~file); ~play1.value;
+	b=Buffer.cueSoundFile (s, ~prefix++~file); ~play1.value(b);
 };
 
 ~foreground = {