diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cbd9f47..d15a6d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	fyne.io/fyne/v2 v2.4.2
-	github.com/ebitengine/oto/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ebitengine/oto/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b4ce960..b0f85a3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RR
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v0.0.0-20180701023420-4b7aa43c6742/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
-github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 h1:3I4Kt4BQjOR54NavqnDogx/MIoWBFa0StPA8ELUXHmA=
-github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2/go.mod h1:3XuTXfFS2VjM+HTLZY9Ak0l6eUKfijIfMUZ4EgX0QYo=
 github.com/neelance/astrewrite v0.0.0-20160511093645-99348263ae86/go.mod h1:kHJEU3ofeGjhHklVoIGuVj85JJwZ6kWPaJwCIxgnFmo=
 github.com/neelance/sourcemap v0.0.0-20200213170602-2833bce08e4c/go.mod h1:Qr6/a/Q4r9LP1IltGz7tA7iOK1WonHEYhu1HRBA7ZiM=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
@@ -504,7 +502,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220204135822-1c1b9b1eba6a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220908164124-27713097b956/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -514,7 +511,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3ba6a6b..f2e8d49 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/muesli/cancelreader"
-
 	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
 	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/app"
 	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/canvas"
@@ -70,10 +68,6 @@ const (
 	Stopped
 )
 
-// Cancel Reader
-
-var reader cancelreader.CancelReader
-
 // helper
 func check(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
@@ -159,10 +153,10 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("Starting the app")
 
 	// Create the status channel, to read from StreamPlayer and the pipe to send commands to it
-	pipe_chan := make(chan io.ReadCloser)
+	// pipe_chan := make(chan io.ReadCloser)
 
 	// Create our StreamPlayer instance
-	streamPlayer := StreamPlayer{player_name: PLAYER_CMD, pipe_chan: pipe_chan}
+	streamPlayer := StreamPlayer{player_name: PLAYER_CMD}
 
 	// Create our app and window
 	app := app.New()
@@ -217,7 +211,7 @@ func main() {
 		// Here we control each time the button is pressed and update its
 		// appearance anytime it is clicked. We make the player start playing
 		// or pause.
-		if !streamPlayer.IsPlaying() && !streamPlayer.paused {
+		if !streamPlayer.IsPlaying() {
 			playButton.SetIcon(theme.MediaStopIcon())
 			playButton.SetText("(Buffering)")
 			streamPlayer.Load(RADIOSPIRAL_STREAM)
@@ -227,9 +221,8 @@ func main() {
 			if playStatus == Playing {
 				playStatus = Stopped
 				playButton.SetIcon(theme.MediaPlayIcon())
-				streamPlayer.Pause()
+				streamPlayer.Stop()
 			} else {
-				reader.Cancel()
 				playStatus = Loading
 				playButton.SetText("(Buffering)")
 				playButton.SetIcon(theme.MediaStopIcon())
@@ -242,37 +235,37 @@ func main() {
 	// Process the output of ffmpeg here in a separate goroutine
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			out_pipe := <-pipe_chan
-			var err error
-			reader, err = cancelreader.NewReader(out_pipe)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println("Error opening reader")
-			}
-			for {
-				var data [255]byte
-				_, err := reader.Read(data[:])
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Println(err)
-					break
-				}
-				lines := strings.Split(string(data[:]), "\n")
-				for _, line := range lines {
-					// Log, if enabled, the output of StreamPlayer
-					if *loggingToFilePtr {
-						log.Print("[" + streamPlayer.player_name + "] " + line)
+			if streamPlayer.out != nil {
+				for {
+					var data [255]byte
+					_, err := streamPlayer.out.Read(data[:])
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Println(err)
+						break
 					}
-					if strings.Contains(line, "Output #0") {
-						playStatus = Playing
-						playButton.SetText("")
-					}
-					// Check if there's an updated title and reflect it on the
-					// GUI
-					if strings.Contains(line, "StreamTitle: ") {
-						log.Println("Found new stream title, updating GUI")
-						newTitleParts := strings.Split(line, "StreamTitle: ")
-						nowPlayingLabel.SetText(newTitleParts[1])
+					lines := strings.Split(string(data[:]), "\n")
+					for _, line := range lines {
+						// Log, if enabled, the output of StreamPlayer
+						if *loggingToFilePtr {
+							log.Print("[" + streamPlayer.player_name + "] " + line)
+						}
+						if strings.Contains(line, "Output #0") {
+							playStatus = Playing
+							playButton.SetText("")
+						}
+						// Check if there's an updated title and reflect it on the
+						// GUI
+						if strings.Contains(line, "StreamTitle: ") {
+							log.Println("Found new stream title, updating GUI")
+							newTitleParts := strings.Split(line, "StreamTitle: ")
+							nowPlayingLabel.SetText(newTitleParts[1])
+						}
 					}
 				}
+			} else {
+				// To avoid high CPU usage, we wait some milliseconds before testing
+				// again for the change in streamPlayer.out from nil to ReadCloser
+				time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/radioplayer.go b/radioplayer.go
index c8672db..0b9c769 100644
--- a/radioplayer.go
+++ b/radioplayer.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type RadioPlayer interface {
 	IsPlaying() bool
 	Play()
 	Mute()
-	Pause()
+	Stop()
 	IncVolume()
 	DecVolume()
 	Close()
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ type StreamPlayer struct {
 	in            io.WriteCloser
 	out           io.ReadCloser
 	audio         io.ReadCloser
-	pipe_chan     chan io.ReadCloser
 	otoContext    *oto.Context
 	otoPlayer     *oto.Player
 	currentVolume float64
-	paused        bool
 }
 
 func (player *StreamPlayer) IsPlaying() bool {
@@ -114,12 +112,6 @@ func (player *StreamPlayer) Load(stream_url string) {
 		player.otoPlayer = player.otoContext.NewPlayer(player.audio)
 		// Save current volume for the mute function
 		player.currentVolume = player.otoPlayer.Volume()
-
-		player.paused = false
-
-		go func() {
-			player.pipe_chan <- player.out
-		}()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +138,7 @@ func (player *StreamPlayer) Close() {
 		player.in.Close()
 		player.out.Close()
 		player.audio.Close()
+		player.out = nil
 
 		player.stream_url = ""
 	}
@@ -162,12 +155,9 @@ func (player *StreamPlayer) Mute() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (player *StreamPlayer) Pause() {
+func (player *StreamPlayer) Stop() {
 	if player.IsPlaying() {
-		if !player.paused {
-			player.paused = true
-			player.otoPlayer.Pause()
-		}
+		player.Close()
 	}
 }