diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index 0e98880..64d5225 100644
Binary files a/.DS_Store and b/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/assets/.DS_Store b/assets/.DS_Store
index 491eedd..9bdcbed 100644
Binary files a/assets/.DS_Store and b/assets/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/assets/audio.go b/assets/audio.go
index b2a06de..1daf086 100644
--- a/assets/audio.go
+++ b/assets/audio.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio"
+	"github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio/mp3"
 	"github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio/wav"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func loadTracksForSong(sng int) map[int]*audio.Player {
 
 var SFXLibrary = map[string]*audio.Player{
 	"newLevel":    LoadWavAudioFile("audio/portal2.wav", false),
-	"colourMatch": LoadWavAudioFile("audio/portal.wav", false),
+	"colourMatch": LoadMP3AudioFile("audio/portal.mp3", false),
 	"gameOver":    LoadWavAudioFile("audio/gameOver.wav", false),
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +65,36 @@ func LoadWavAudioFile(filePath string, loop bool) *audio.Player {
 
 }
 
+func LoadMP3AudioFile(filePath string, loop bool) *audio.Player {
+
+	audioData, err := fs.ReadFile(embeddedFiles, filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	stream, err := mp3.DecodeWithSampleRate(sampleRate, bytes.NewReader(audioData))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to decode audio: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var player *audio.Player
+
+	if loop {
+		lengthOfAudioData := int64(len(audioData))
+		loopingStream := audio.NewInfiniteLoop(stream, lengthOfAudioData)
+		player, err = audioContext.NewPlayer(loopingStream)
+
+	} else {
+		player, err = audioContext.NewPlayer(stream)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return player
+
+}
+
 func SilenceSongTracks() {
 	for _, song := range SongTracks {
 		song.SetVolume(0)
diff --git a/assets/audio/portal.mp3 b/assets/audio/portal.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97ee0a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/audio/portal.mp3 differ
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 27d9081..b5a59cd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ module src.robn.tv/MrDonuts/RGB
 
 go 1.21.3
 
-require github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.2
+require github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.3
+
+require github.com/hajimehoshi/go-mp3 v0.3.4 // indirect
 
 require (
 	github.com/ebitengine/oto/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 45fbaa3..a534d42 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ github.com/hajimehoshi/bitmapfont/v3 v3.0.0 h1:r2+6gYK38nfztS/et50gHAswb9hXgxXEC
 github.com/hajimehoshi/bitmapfont/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:+CxxG+uMmgU4mI2poq944i3uZ6UYFfAkj9V6WqmuvZA=
 github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.2 h1:tVa3ZJbp4Uz/VSjmpgtQIOvwd7aQH290XehHBLr2iWk=
 github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.2/go.mod h1:TZtorL713an00UW4LyvMeKD8uXWnuIuCPtlH11b0pgI=
+github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.3 h1:xJ5klESxhflZbPUx3GdIPoITzgPgamsyv8aZCVguXGI=
+github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.6.3/go.mod h1:TZtorL713an00UW4LyvMeKD8uXWnuIuCPtlH11b0pgI=
+github.com/hajimehoshi/go-mp3 v0.3.4 h1:NUP7pBYH8OguP4diaTZ9wJbUbk3tC0KlfzsEpWmYj68=
+github.com/hajimehoshi/go-mp3 v0.3.4/go.mod h1:fRtZraRFcWb0pu7ok0LqyFhCUrPeMsGRSVop0eemFmo=
+github.com/hajimehoshi/oto/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:seWLbgHH7AyUMYKfKYT9pg7PhUu9/SisyJvNTT+ASQo=
 github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0 h1:wnpxJzP1+rkbGclEkmwpVFQWpuE2PUGNUzP8SbfFobk=
 github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0/go.mod h1:nrhwO0FX/enq75I7Y7G8iN1ubpSGZEiA3v9e9GyRFlk=
 golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63 h1:3AGKexOYqL+ztdWdkB1bDwXgPBuTS/S8A4WzuTvJ8Cg=
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20230922142353-e2f452493d57 h1:Q6NT8ckDYNcwmi/bmxe+Xb
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20230922142353-e2f452493d57/go.mod h1:wEyOn6VvNW7tcf+bW/wBz1sehi2s2BZ4TimyR7qZen4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220712014510-0a85c31ab51e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
diff --git a/states/playLevelState.go b/states/playLevelState.go
index a9eb6b5..075b27b 100644
--- a/states/playLevelState.go
+++ b/states/playLevelState.go
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ func (s *PlayLevelState) Update() {
 	}
 
 	geom.MainPlayer.Update()
-	if geom.CurrentEnergy == 0 {
-		SM.Transition("game over")
-	}
+
 	if geom.GameGrid.ColouredSquaresRemaining() == 0 {
 		//go to next level
 		newRowSize := min(rand.Intn(5+geom.CurrentLevel)+2, geom.MaxGridDimension)
@@ -60,6 +58,12 @@ func (s *PlayLevelState) Update() {
 		SM.Transition("load")
 		assets.SFXLibrary["newLevel"].Rewind()
 		assets.SFXLibrary["newLevel"].Play()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if geom.CurrentEnergy == 0 {
+		SM.Transition("game over")
+		return
 	}
 
 }