diff --git a/libflac/flac-decoder.rkt b/libflac/flac-decoder.rkt
index ee1d78a..8afdfa6 100644
--- a/libflac/flac-decoder.rkt
+++ b/libflac/flac-decoder.rkt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
            flac-read
            flac-read-meta
            flac-stream-state
+           flac-stop
            (all-from-out "flac-definitions.rkt")
            kinds
            last-buffer last-buf-len
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
   (define (flac-read handle)
     (let* ((ffi-handler (flac-handle-ffi-decoder-handler handle))
            (state (ffi-handler 'state)))
+      (set-flac-handle-stop-reading! handle #f)
       (letrec ((reader (lambda (frame-nr)
                          (let* ((st (ffi-handler 'state)))
                            (ffi-handler 'process-single)
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@
                               (format "Now in state ~a (frame-nr = ~a) (int-state = ~a)"
                                       st frame-nr (ffi-handler 'int-state)))
                              )
+                           (when (flac-handle-stop-reading handle)
+                             'stopped-reading)
                            (when (ffi-handler 'has-errno?)
                              (displayln
                               (format "Error in stream: ~a" (ffi-handler 'errno)))
@@ -124,5 +128,8 @@
                          (lambda (meta) (process-meta handle meta)))
             (flac-handle-stream-info handle))
           #f)))
+
+  (define (flac-stop handle)
+    (set-flac-handle-stop-reading! handle #t))
                          
   ); end of module
diff --git a/libflac/flac-definitions.rkt b/libflac/flac-definitions.rkt
index 70c01ed..9443961 100644
--- a/libflac/flac-definitions.rkt
+++ b/libflac/flac-definitions.rkt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
            set-flac-handle-cb-stream-info!
            flac-handle-cb-audio
            set-flac-handle-cb-audio!
+           flac-handle-stop-reading
+           set-flac-handle-stop-reading!
 
            flac-handle->string
 
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
      [cb-stream-info #:auto #:mutable]
      [cb-audio #:auto #:mutable]
      [stream-info #:auto #:mutable]
+     [stop-reading #:auto #:mutable]
      )
      #:auto-value #f
      ;#:transparent
diff --git a/play-test.rkt b/play-test.rkt
index 0684ba6..ae2304b 100644
--- a/play-test.rkt
+++ b/play-test.rkt
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@
   (displayln meta))
 
 (define (play)
+  (set! ao-h #f)
   (let ((flac-h (flac-open test-file3 flac-meta flac-play)))
     (flac-read flac-h)
-    (ao-close ao-h)))
+    (ao-close ao-h)
+    (set! ao-h #f)))
     ;(sleep 1.0)
     ;(play)))