diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d462e16..49b5993 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ exclude = ["src/main.rs"]
 version = "0.35.2"
 features = ["image", "ttf"]
 
+[dependencies]
+rodio = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true}
+
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["audio"]
 static = ["sdl2/static-link", "sdl2/bundled"]
+audio = ["dep:rodio"]
diff --git a/output.mp3 b/output.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99ba4f1
Binary files /dev/null and b/output.mp3 differ
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a34cec4..c44058c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ use std::{
     path::Path,
     slice::IterMut,
 };
-
+use std::{thread};
 use sdl2::{
     image::ImageRWops,
     mouse::MouseButton,
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ use sdl2::{
     video::{Window, WindowBuildError, WindowContext},
     EventPump, IntegerOrSdlError,
 };
-
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufReader;
+#[cfg(feature = "audio")]
+use rodio::{self, Decoder, OutputStream, source::Source};
 use vec2::Vec2Int;
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
@@ -758,7 +761,7 @@ impl Game {
 
         Ok(())
     }
-
+    
     /// Stops the game loop. This method should be called inside the closure that you passed to [`Self::run()`].
     /// ```
     /// # use cat_box::Game;
@@ -770,3 +773,23 @@ impl Game {
         self.stopped.set(true);
     }
 }
+/// Plays an audio file given the path of file and plays it for y seconds
+/// ```
+/// play(String::from("/path/to/song.mp3", 15));
+/// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "audio")]
+pub fn play<P: AsRef<Path> + std::marker::Send + 'static>(x: P, y: u64) -> thread::JoinHandle<()> {
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let (_stream, stream_handle) = OutputStream::try_default().unwrap();
+            // Load a sound from a file, using a path relative to Cargo.toml
+            let file = BufReader::new(File::open(x).unwrap());
+            // Decode that sound file into a source
+            let source = Decoder::new(file).unwrap();
+            // Play the sound directly on the device
+            stream_handle.play_raw(source.convert_samples()).unwrap();
+
+            // The sound plays in a separate audio thread,
+            // so we need to keep the main thread alive while it's playing.
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(y));
+        })
+    }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 77599ea..2c2b047 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 
-use cat_box::{draw_text, get_keyboard_state, get_mouse_state, Game, Sprite, SpriteCollection};
+use cat_box::{draw_text, get_keyboard_state, get_mouse_state, Game, Sprite, SpriteCollection, play};
 use sdl2::keyboard::Scancode;
 
 fn main() {
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fn main() {
             coll.push(x);
         }
     }
+    play(String::from("output.mp3"), 120);
     game.run(|ctx| {
         i = (i + 1) % 255;
         ctx.set_background_colour(i as u8, 64, 255);