diff --git a/README b/README
index fc7eb80..3db8d54 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Dependencied:
 			-- libsdl-image1.2
 			-- libgl1-mesa-dri
 			-- libopenal0a
+      -- libalut0
 			-- libvorbis0a
 			-- libvorbisfile3
 			-- libxml2
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Dependencied:
 			-- libsdl-image1.2-dev
 			-- libgl1-mesa-dev
 			-- libopenal-dev
+      -- libalut-dev
 			-- libvorbis-dev
 			-- libxml2-dev
 			-- libfreetype6-dev
diff --git a/bin/Makefile b/bin/Makefile
index 8319b12..b807117 100644
--- a/bin/Makefile
+++ b/bin/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CLUA = -I../lib/lua
 CSDL = $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 CXML = $(shell xml2-config --cflags)
 CTTF = $(shell freetype-config --cflags)
-CAL  = -lopenal
+CAL  = -lopenal $(shell freealut-config --cflags)
 CVORBIS =
 CGL  =
 CFLAGS = $(CLUA) $(CPLUTO) $(CSDL) $(CXML) $(CTTF) $(CGL) $(CAL) $(CVORBIS) $(VERSION) -D$(OS) -fgnu89-inline
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ LDSDL = $(shell sdl-config --libs) -lSDL_image
 LDXML = $(shell xml2-config --libs)
 LDTTF = $(shell freetype-config --libs)
 LDGL	= -lGL
-LDAL  = -lopenal
+LDAL  = -lopenal $(shell freealut-config --libs)
 LDVORBIS = -lvorbisfile
 LDPNG   = -lpng
 LDFLAGS = -lm $(LDLUA) $(LDPLUTO) $(LDSDL) $(LDXML) $(LDTTF) $(LDGL) $(LDPNG) $(LDAL) $(LDVORBIS)
diff --git a/src/player.c b/src/player.c
index e8f543e..e0656b5 100644
--- a/src/player.c
+++ b/src/player.c
@@ -1391,12 +1391,12 @@ void player_afterburnOver(void) {
 // Start accelerating.
 void player_accel(double acc) {
   player_acc = acc;
-  //player_playSound(player->ship->sound, 0);
+  player_playSound(player->ship->sound, 0);
 }
 
 void player_accelOver(void) {
   player_acc = 0;
-  //player_stopSound();
+  player_stopSound();
 }
 
 // Take a screenshot.
diff --git a/src/sound.c b/src/sound.c
index b670639..08f97ae 100644
--- a/src/sound.c
+++ b/src/sound.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <AL/alc.h>
+#include <AL/alut.h>
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <SDL_thread.h>
 
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ int sound_init(void) {
   sound_lock = SDL_CreateMutex();
   soundLock();
 
+  // Initialize alut - I think it's worth it.
+  alutInitWithoutContext(NULL, NULL);
+
   const ALchar* device = alcGetString(NULL, ALC_DEFAULT_DEVICE_SPECIFIER);
   // Open the default device.
   al_device = alcOpenDevice(NULL);
@@ -330,8 +334,10 @@ static int sound_load(ALuint* buffer, char* filename) {
   soundLock();
 
   // Bind to OpenAL buffer.
-  alGenBuffers(1, buffer);
-  alBufferData(*buffer, AL_FORMAT_MONO16, wavdata, size, 22050);
+  (*buffer) = alutCreateBufferFromFileImage(wavdata, size);
+  if((*buffer) == AL_NONE) WARN("FAILURE: %s", alutGetErrorString(alutGetError()));
+  //alGenBuffers(1, buffer);
+  //alBufferData(*buffer, AL_FORMAT_MONO16, wavdata, size, 22050);
 
   // Errors?
   if((err = alGetError()) != AL_NO_ERROR) {