diff --git a/ferretro_components/src/provided/sdl2/audio_thread.rs b/ferretro_components/src/provided/sdl2/audio_thread.rs
index 139eef7..e059483 100644
--- a/ferretro_components/src/provided/sdl2/audio_thread.rs
+++ b/ferretro_components/src/provided/sdl2/audio_thread.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use sdl2::Sdl;
 use sdl2::audio::{AudioCallback, AudioDevice, AudioSpecDesired};
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct SimpleSdl2AudioThreadComponent {
 struct MySdlAudio {
     must_resample: bool,
     reader: Consumer<i16>,
+    timing: SystemTiming,
 }
 
 impl AudioCallback for MySdlAudio {
@@ -27,8 +29,17 @@ impl AudioCallback for MySdlAudio {
         }
         let buf_len = data.len();
         let mut remaining = buf_len;
+        let mut dead_frames = 0;
         while remaining > 0 {
-            remaining -= self.reader.pop_slice(&mut data[buf_len - remaining..]);
+            let read = self.reader.pop_slice(&mut data[buf_len - remaining..]);
+            remaining -= read;
+            if read == 0 {
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs_f64(1.0 / self.timing.fps));
+                dead_frames += 1;
+                if dead_frames > self.timing.fps as usize / 2 {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -88,6 +99,7 @@ impl SimpleSdl2AudioThreadComponent {
                 MySdlAudio {
                     must_resample, // todo: include freqs from & to
                     reader,
+                    timing: timing.clone(),
                 }
             })?;
         device.resume();