diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f063dc0..cb2d155 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1167,9 +1167,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.5"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4979f22fdb869068da03c9f7528f8297c6fd2606bc3a4affe42e6a823fdb8da4"
+checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "windows-targets",
diff --git a/src/player/current.rs b/src/player/current.rs
index 5e0e193..2850e2e 100644
--- a/src/player/current.rs
+++ b/src/player/current.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     pub cover: DynamicImage,
     pub size: u32,
     pub bytes_received: u32,
+    pub bytes_handled: u32,
 }
 
 impl Metadata {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ impl Metadata {
             cover: default_cover(),
             size: 0,
             bytes_received: 0,
+            bytes_handled: 0,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/player/mod.rs b/src/player/mod.rs
index f5d1eee..b9ae20f 100644
--- a/src/player/mod.rs
+++ b/src/player/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use crate::{
     utils::Error,
 };
 
+pub const AUDIO_FILE_BUFFER: u32 = 5_000_000; // 5MB
+
 pub enum PlayerEvent {
     AddSongList(Vec<Song>),
     UpdateCover(DynamicImage),
diff --git a/src/player/player.rs b/src/player/player.rs
index 07862c6..1f40985 100644
--- a/src/player/player.rs
+++ b/src/player/player.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     utils::{default_cover, Error},
 };
 
-use super::{errors::PlayerError, Player, PlayerEvent};
+use super::{errors::PlayerError, Player, PlayerEvent, AUDIO_FILE_BUFFER};
 
 impl Player {
     pub fn begin(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ impl Player {
     }
 
     fn recv_chunk(&mut self, chunk: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if self.tui_root.metadata.bytes_received - self.tui_root.metadata.bytes_handled
+            > AUDIO_FILE_BUFFER
+        {
+            // requeue the new chunk since we don't need it decoded just yet. Mostly for massive hr+ files
+            self.player_chan_in
+                .send(PlayerEvent::AddAudioChunk(chunk))?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         self.tui_root.metadata.bytes_received += chunk.len() as u32;
         self.audio_chan.send(AudioEvent::DecodeChunk(chunk))?;
         if self.tui_root.metadata.bytes_pending() {