diff --git a/bingus/Cargo.toml b/bingus/Cargo.toml
index 5030a22..41573b5 100644
--- a/bingus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bingus/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ thiserror = "2.0"
 derive-new = "0.7"
 strum = { version = "0.26", features = ["derive"] }
 derive_wrapper = "0.1"
-symphonia = { version = "0.5.4", features = ["all"] }
+symphonia = { version = "0.5", features = ["all"] }
 
 [dev_dependencies]
 project-root = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/bingus/src/snd/simphonia.rs b/bingus/src/snd/simphonia.rs
index d4b13b9..7c4430a 100644
--- a/bingus/src/snd/simphonia.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/snd/simphonia.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ impl Audio {
         let mss = MediaSourceStream::new(Box::new(mediasource), Default::default());
         let reader = probe
             .format(
-                &Default::default(),
+                &Hint::new().with_extension(
+                    path.as_ref()
+                        .extension()
+                        .map(|os_str| os_str.to_str())
+                        .flatten()
+                        .unwrap_or("mp3"),
+                ),
                 mss,
                 &Default::default(),
                 &Default::default(),
@@ -179,6 +185,16 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn open_sample_file() {
-        assert_eq!(Ok(include_bytes!("../../../testing material/sound/1938-04-30_BBC_Winston_Churchill_To_The_Royal_Academy_Of_Arts.mp3").to_vec()), Audio::open(get_project_root().expect("can't find project root!").join("testing material").join("sound").join("1938-04-30_BBC_Winston_Churchill_To_The_Royal_Academy_Of_Arts.mp3")).map(|audio| audio.into_data_bytes()));
+        assert_eq!(
+            Ok(include_bytes!("../../../testing material/sound/sample-3s.mp3").to_vec()),
+            Audio::open(
+                get_project_root()
+                    .expect("can't find project root!")
+                    .join("testing material")
+                    .join("sound")
+                    .join("sample-3s.mp3")
+            )
+            .map(|audio| audio.into_data_bytes())
+        );
     }
 }