diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 24a5dd1..b79b1f5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         "kysely-codegen": "^0.13.1",
         "postcss": "^8",
         "tailwindcss": "^3.3.0",
+        "type-fest": "^4.12.0",
         "typescript": "^5"
       }
     },
@@ -4267,6 +4268,18 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/boxen/node_modules/type-fest": {
+      "version": "0.20.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.20.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ne+eE4r0/iWnpAxD852z3A+N0Bt5RN//NjJwRd2VFHEmrywxf5vsZlh4R6lixl6B+wz/8d+maTSAkN1FIkI3LQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/boxen/node_modules/wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "7.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz",
@@ -6811,6 +6824,18 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/globals/node_modules/type-fest": {
+      "version": "0.20.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.20.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ne+eE4r0/iWnpAxD852z3A+N0Bt5RN//NjJwRd2VFHEmrywxf5vsZlh4R6lixl6B+wz/8d+maTSAkN1FIkI3LQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/globalthis": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/globalthis/-/globalthis-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -10967,12 +10992,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/type-fest": {
-      "version": "0.20.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.20.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Ne+eE4r0/iWnpAxD852z3A+N0Bt5RN//NjJwRd2VFHEmrywxf5vsZlh4R6lixl6B+wz/8d+maTSAkN1FIkI3LQ==",
+      "version": "4.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-4.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5Y2/pp2wtJk8o08G0CMkuFPCO354FGwk/vbidxrdhRGZfd0tFnb4Qb8anp9XxXriwBgVPjdWbKpGl4J9lJY2jQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10"
+        "node": ">=16"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e1ab3d..913381d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "kysely-codegen": "^0.13.1",
     "postcss": "^8",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.3.0",
+    "type-fest": "^4.12.0",
     "typescript": "^5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/chuni/userbox.tsx b/src/components/chuni/userbox.tsx
index 7ff8ab1..053cdb6 100644
--- a/src/components/chuni/userbox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chuni/userbox.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { ChuniAvatar } from '@/components/chuni/avatar';
 import { CHUNI_VOICE_LINES } from '@/helpers/chuni/voice';
 import { PlayIcon, StopIcon } from '@heroicons/react/24/solid';
 import { SaveIcon } from '@/components/save-icon';
+import { useAudio } from '@/helpers/use-audio';
+import { useIsMounted } from 'usehooks-ts';
 
 export type ChuniUserboxProps = {
 	profile: ChuniUserData,
@@ -44,12 +46,20 @@ export const ChuniUserbox = ({ profile, userboxItems }: ChuniUserboxProps) => {
 			.find(i => ('id' in i ? i.id : i.avatarAccessoryId) === profile?.[profileKey])])) as EquippedItem);
 	const [equipped, setEquipped] = useState<EquippedItem>(initialEquipped.current);
 	const [saved, setSaved] = useState<SavedItem>(Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(ITEM_KEYS).map(k => [k, true])) as any);
-	const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
 	const [playingVoice, setPlayingVoice] = useState(false);
 	const [selectedLine, setSelectedLine] = useState(new Set(['0035']));
-	const [playPreviews, setPlayPreviews] = useState(true);
+	const [playPreviews, _setPlayPreviews] = useState(true);
 	const [selectingVoice, setSelectingVoice] = useState<EquippedItem['systemVoice'] | null>(null);
 
+	const setPlayPreviews = (play: boolean) => {
+		_setPlayPreviews(play);
+		localStorage.setItem('chuni-userbox-play-previews', play ? '1' : '');
+	}
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		_setPlayPreviews(!!(localStorage.getItem('chuni-userbox-play-previews') ?? 1));
+	}, []);
+
 	const equipItem = <K extends keyof RequiredUserbox>(k: K, item: RequiredUserbox[K][number] | undefined | null) => {
 		if (!item || equipped[k] === item) return;
 
@@ -63,28 +73,11 @@ export const ChuniUserbox = ({ profile, userboxItems }: ChuniUserboxProps) => {
 				.entries(initialEquipped.current).filter(([k]) => items.includes(k as any))) }))
 	};
 
-	useEffect(() => {
-		const audio = audioRef.current;
-		if (!audio) return;
-		audio.volume = 0.25;
-
-		const setPlay = () => {
-			setPlayingVoice(true);
-		};
-		const setStop = () => {
-			setPlayingVoice(false);
-		};
-		audio.addEventListener('play', setPlay);
-		audio.addEventListener('ended', setStop);
-		audio.addEventListener('pause', setStop)
-
-		return () => {
-			audio.removeEventListener('play', setPlay);
-			audio.removeEventListener('ended', setStop);
-			audio.removeEventListener('pause', setStop);
-			audio.pause();
-		};
-	}, []);
+	const audioRef = useAudio({
+		play: () => setPlayingVoice(true),
+		ended: () => setPlayingVoice(false),
+		pause: () => setPlayingVoice(false)
+	}, audio => audio.volume = 0.25);
 
 	const play = (src: string) => {
 		if (!audioRef.current || !playPreviews) return;
@@ -202,8 +195,6 @@ export const ChuniUserbox = ({ profile, userboxItems }: ChuniUserboxProps) => {
 
 			{/* begin system voice */}
 			<div className="flex flex-col p-4 w-full col-span-full xl:col-span-6 sm:bg-content2 rounded-lg sm:shadow-inner items-center">
-				<audio ref={audioRef} />
-
 				<div className="text-2xl font-semibold mb-4 px-2 flex w-full h-10">
 					Voice
 
diff --git a/src/components/music-player.tsx b/src/components/music-player.tsx
index d2afbaa..0346e0c 100644
--- a/src/components/music-player.tsx
+++ b/src/components/music-player.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import { Button, Card, CardBody, Slider } from '@nextui-org/react';
 import { PauseCircleIcon, PlayCircleIcon } from '@heroicons/react/24/solid';
-import { ReactNode, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { ReactNode, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useAudio } from '@/helpers/use-audio';
 
 export type MusicPlayerProps = {
 	audio: string,
@@ -22,42 +23,24 @@ export const MusicPlayer = ({ audio, image, children, className }: MusicPlayerPr
 	const [duration, setDuration] = useState(NaN);
 	const [progress, setProgress] = useState(NaN);
 	const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);
-	const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
-
-	useEffect(() => {
-		const audio = audioRef.current;
-		if (!audio) return;
 
+	const audioRef = useAudio(audio, {
+		loadedmetadata() {
+			if (this.duration !== undefined)
+				setDuration(this.duration);
+			setProgress(0);
+		},
+		timeupdate() {
+			if (this.currentTime !== undefined)
+				setProgress(this.currentTime);
+		},
+		ended: () => setPlaying(false)
+	}, audio => {
 		if (!Number.isNaN(audio.duration)) {
 			setDuration(audio.duration)
 			setProgress(0);
 		}
-
-		const metadata = () => {
-			if (audio.duration !== undefined)
-				setDuration(audio.duration);
-			setProgress(0);
-		};
-		audio.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', metadata);
-
-		const timeupdate = () => {
-			if (audio.currentTime !== undefined)
-				setProgress(audio.currentTime);
-		};
-		audio.addEventListener('timeupdate', timeupdate);
-
-		const ended = () => {
-			setPlaying(false);
-		}
-		audio.addEventListener('ended', ended);
-
-		return () => {
-			audio.removeEventListener('loadedmetadata', metadata);
-			audio.removeEventListener('timeupdate', timeupdate);
-			audio.removeEventListener('ended', ended);
-			audio.pause();
-		};
-	}, []);
+	});
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		if (playing)
@@ -70,8 +53,6 @@ export const MusicPlayer = ({ audio, image, children, className }: MusicPlayerPr
 
 	return (<Card isBlurred radius="none" className={`border-none shadow-lg sm:rounded-2xl w-full max-w-full sm:max-w-[48rem] ${className ?? ''}`}>
 		<CardBody className="sm:rounded-2xl sm:p-4 bg-content1 sm:bg-content2">
-			<audio src={audio} ref={audioRef} />
-
 			<div className="grid grid-cols-12">
 				<div className="col-span-full sm:col-span-4 h-full flex items-center justify-center sm:justify-start">
 					<img src={image} alt="" className="aspect-square rounded-md shadow-2xl max-w-56 w-full border border-gray-500 sm:border-0" />
diff --git a/src/helpers/use-audio.ts b/src/helpers/use-audio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..254a873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/use-audio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+type UseAudioEvents = Partial<{
+	readonly [K in keyof HTMLMediaElementEventMap]: ((this: HTMLAudioElement, ev: HTMLMediaElementEventMap[K]) => any) |
+		[(this: HTMLAudioElement, ev: HTMLMediaElementEventMap[K]) => any,
+			options?: boolean | AddEventListenerOptions]
+}>;
+
+type UseAudioCallback = (audio: HTMLAudioElement) => any;
+
+type UseAudio = {
+	(src: string, events: UseAudioEvents, cb?: UseAudioCallback): RefObject<HTMLAudioElement | null>,
+	(events: UseAudioEvents, cb?: UseAudioCallback): RefObject<HTMLAudioElement | null>
+};
+
+export const useAudio: UseAudio = (srcOrEvents, eventsOrCb, cb?) => {
+	const src = typeof srcOrEvents === 'string' ? srcOrEvents : undefined;
+	const events = typeof eventsOrCb === 'object' ? eventsOrCb : (srcOrEvents as UseAudioEvents);
+	const callback = useCallback(typeof cb === 'function' ? cb : eventsOrCb as UseAudioCallback, []);
+
+	const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!audioRef.current)
+			audioRef.current = new Audio(src);
+		const audio = audioRef.current;
+
+		if (audio.src !== src && src) audio.src = src;
+
+		Object.entries(events).forEach(([name, listener]) => {
+			if (typeof listener === 'function')
+				audio.addEventListener(name, listener as any);
+			else
+				audio.addEventListener(name, ...(listener as [any, any]));
+		});
+
+		return () => {
+			Object.entries(events).forEach(([name, listener]) => {
+				if (typeof listener === 'function')
+					audio.removeEventListener(name, listener as any);
+				else
+					audio.removeEventListener(name, ...(listener as [any, any]));
+			});
+			audio.pause();
+		}
+	}, [src]);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (callback && audioRef.current) callback(audioRef.current);
+	}, [callback]);
+
+	return audioRef;
+};