diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f46e8df..f1a49a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -285,12 +285,6 @@ version = "3.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bytecount"
-version = "0.6.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "175812e0be2bccb6abe50bb8d566126198344f707e304f45c648fd8f2cc0365e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.25.0"
@@ -312,37 +306,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "camino"
-version = "1.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e629a66d692cb9ff1a1c664e41771b3dcaf961985a9774c0eb0bd1b51cf60a48"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cargo-platform"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e35af189006b9c0f00a064685c727031e3ed2d8020f7ba284d78cc2671bd36ea"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.14.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4acbb09d9ee8e23699b9634375c72795d095bf268439da88562cf9b501f181fa"
-dependencies = [
- "camino",
- "cargo-platform",
- "semver",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.2.56"
@@ -719,20 +682,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dashmap"
-version = "5.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "978747c1d849a7d2ee5e8adc0159961c48fb7e5db2f06af6723b80123bb53856"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "lock_api",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot_core",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dashmap"
 version = "6.1.0"
@@ -966,15 +915,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "error-chain"
-version = "0.12.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d2f06b9cac1506ece98fe3231e3cc9c4410ec3d5b1f24ae1c8946f0742cdefc"
-dependencies = [
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.1"
@@ -1246,12 +1186,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "polyval",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cc23270f6e1808e30a928bdc84dea0b9b4136a8bc82338574f23baf47bbd280"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -1896,21 +1830,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mini-moka"
-version = "0.10.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c325dfab65f261f386debee8b0969da215b3fa0037e74c8a1234db7ba986d803"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "dashmap 5.5.3",
- "skeptic",
- "smallvec",
- "tagptr",
- "triomphe",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.8.9"
@@ -2354,17 +2273,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pulldown-cmark"
-version = "0.9.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "57206b407293d2bcd3af849ce869d52068623f19e1b5ff8e8778e3309439682b"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "memchr",
- "unicase",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -3007,10 +2915,6 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_core",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -3160,9 +3064,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "command_attr",
- "dashmap 5.5.3",
  "flate2",
  "futures",
  "levenshtein",
@@ -3170,7 +3072,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
  "reqwest 0.12.28",
- "rustc-hash",
  "secrecy",
  "serde",
  "serde_cow",
@@ -3181,7 +3082,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-tungstenite 0.21.0",
  "tracing",
  "typemap_rev",
- "typesize",
  "url",
  "uwl",
 ]
@@ -3298,21 +3198,6 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "skeptic"
-version = "0.13.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16d23b015676c90a0f01c197bfdc786c20342c73a0afdda9025adb0bc42940a8"
-dependencies = [
- "bytecount",
- "cargo_metadata",
- "error-chain",
- "glob",
- "pulldown-cmark",
- "tempfile",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -3359,7 +3244,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "crypto-common",
- "dashmap 6.1.0",
+ "dashmap",
  "derivative",
  "discortp",
  "either",
@@ -4023,12 +3908,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strength_reduce",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "triomphe"
-version = "0.1.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd69c5aa8f924c7519d6372789a74eac5b94fb0f8fcf0d4a97eb0bfc3e785f39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -4174,35 +4053,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typesize"
-version = "0.1.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7da66c62c5b7017a2787e77373c03e6a5aafde77a73bff1ff96e91cd2e128179"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "dashmap 5.5.3",
- "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "mini-moka",
- "parking_lot",
- "secrecy",
- "serde_json",
- "time",
- "typesize-derive",
- "url",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "typesize-derive"
-version = "0.1.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "536b6812192bda8551cfa0e52524e328c6a951b48e66529ee4522d6c721243d6"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.9.0"
diff --git a/apps/worker/Cargo.toml b/apps/worker/Cargo.toml
index 719aec8..6456958 100644
--- a/apps/worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ async-nats = { version = "0.46.0" }
 futures = { version = "0.3.32" }
 futures-executor = { version = "0.3.32" }
 postcard = { version = "1.1.3", features = ["use-std"] }
-serenity = { version = "0.12.5" }
-songbird = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = true }
+serenity = { version = "0.12.5", default-features = false, features = [
+    "client",
+    "standard_framework",
+    "voice",
+] }
+songbird = { version = "0.5.0" }
 tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 types = { path = "../../libs/types" }
 which = { version = "8.0.0" }
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/workers/play.rs b/apps/worker/src/workers/play.rs
index 2c0b380..9a0b56c 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/workers/play.rs
+++ b/apps/worker/src/workers/play.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use serenity::async_trait;
 use songbird::Songbird;
+use songbird::events::{Event, EventContext, EventHandler as VoiceEventHandler, TrackEvent};
+use songbird::input::File;
 use types::jobs::{JobResponse, PlayJob, PlayResponse};
 
 pub async fn play(
@@ -10,11 +13,36 @@ pub async fn play(
     println!("job: {:?}", job);
 
     if let Some(voice_manager) = voice_manager {
-        if let Err(why) = voice_manager.join(job.guild_id, job.channel_id).await {
-            println!("{why}:?");
-            return Err(format!("{why}"));
+        if let Ok(handler_lock) = voice_manager.join(job.guild_id, job.channel_id).await {
+            // Attach an event handler to see notifications of all track errors.
+            let mut handler = handler_lock.lock().await;
+            handler.add_global_event(TrackEvent::Error.into(), TrackErrorNotifier);
+        }
+
+        let handler_lock = match voice_manager.get(job.guild_id) {
+            Some(handler) => handler,
+            None => {
+                return Ok(JobResponse {
+                    content: Some(PlayResponse {}),
+                    error: None,
+                });
+            }
         };
 
+        let mut handler = handler_lock.lock().await;
+
+        let src = File::new("output/sQaKWttol58.opus").clone();
+
+        let track_handle = handler.play_input(src.into());
+
+        println!("before info");
+
+        println!("{:?}", track_handle.get_info().await);
+
+        println!("after info");
+
+        let _ = track_handle.play();
+
         Ok(JobResponse {
             content: Some(PlayResponse {}),
             error: None,
@@ -23,3 +51,22 @@ pub async fn play(
         Err("No voice_manager defined".to_string())
     }
 }
+
+struct TrackErrorNotifier;
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl VoiceEventHandler for TrackErrorNotifier {
+    async fn act(&self, ctx: &EventContext<'_>) -> Option<Event> {
+        if let EventContext::Track(track_list) = ctx {
+            for (state, handle) in *track_list {
+                println!(
+                    "Track {:?} encountered an error: {:?}",
+                    handle.uuid(),
+                    state.playing
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+}