diff --git a/pysplit/client/curses_timer.py b/pysplit/client/curses_timer.py
index c103001..6fde6db 100644
--- a/pysplit/client/curses_timer.py
+++ b/pysplit/client/curses_timer.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import signal
 import datetime
 import traceback
+from functools import partial
 from time import sleep
 from os.path import isfile
-from threading import Thread
-from subprocess import check_call
 from pysplit.client import records
 from pysplit.config import cfg
+from multiprocessing import Process
+from playsound import playsound
 
 
 def now():
@@ -213,9 +214,8 @@ def print(self, string):
 
     @staticmethod
     def play_sound(sound_file):
-        if isfile(sound_file):
-            t = Thread(target=check_call, args=(['afplay', sound_file],))
-            t.start()
+        if sound_file and isfile(sound_file):
+            Process(target=partial(playsound, sound_file)).start()
 
 
 class Descriptor:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d22f05..4f46a4e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     name='PySplit',
     version=pysplit.__version__,
     packages=['pysplit', 'pysplit.client'],
+    install_requires=['requests>=2.20.0', 'PyYAML>=5.3.1',
+                      'Flask>=1.1.2', 'tornado>=5.1', 'playsound>=1.2'],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': ['pysplit = pysplit.runner:main']
     }