diff --git a/bark/src/audio/output.rs b/bark/src/audio/output.rs
index dfe169d..11450e3 100644
--- a/bark/src/audio/output.rs
+++ b/bark/src/audio/output.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use alsa::{ValueOr, Direction};
 use alsa::pcm::{PCM, HwParams, Format, Access};
+use bark_protocol::CHANNELS;
 use bark_protocol::time::SampleDuration;
+use nix::errno::Errno;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub struct Output {
@@ -57,11 +59,46 @@ impl Output {
         Ok(Output { pcm })
     }
 
-    pub fn write(&self, audio: &[f32]) -> Result<(), WriteAudioError> {
-        self.pcm.io_f32()?.writei(audio)?;
+    pub fn write(&self, mut audio: &[f32]) -> Result<(), WriteAudioError> {
+        while audio.len() > 0 {
+            let n = self.write_partial(audio)?;
+            audio = &audio[n..];
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn write_partial(&self, audio: &[f32]) -> Result<usize, WriteAudioError> {
+        let io = unsafe {
+            // the checked versions of this function call
+            // snd_pcm_hw_params_current which mallocs under the hood
+            self.pcm.io_unchecked::<f32>()
+        };
+
+        loop {
+            // try to write audio
+            let err = match io.writei(audio) {
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    return Ok(n * CHANNELS.0 as usize);
+                }
+                Err(e) => e,
+            };
+
+            // handle recoverable errors
+            match err.errno() {
+                | Errno::EPIPE // underrun
+                | Errno::ESTRPIPE // stream suspended
+                | Errno::EINTR // interrupted syscall
+                => {
+                    eprintln!("recovering from error: {}", err.errno());
+                    // try to recover
+                    self.pcm.recover(err.errno() as i32, false)?;
+                }
+                _ => { return Err(err.into()); }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn delay(&self) -> Result<SampleDuration, alsa::Error> {
         let frames = self.pcm.delay()?;
         Ok(SampleDuration::from_frame_count(frames.try_into().unwrap()))