diff --git a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/audio.js b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/audio.js
index 0f82c7c..fe186a6 100644
--- a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/audio.js
+++ b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/audio.js
@@ -1630,5 +1630,6 @@ const Audio = function(tp, record) {
 };
 
 export {
-    Audio
+    Audio,
+    AudioLayer
 }
diff --git a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/main.js b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/main.js
index 4c31f84..68bc313 100644
--- a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/main.js
+++ b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/main.js
@@ -52,31 +52,34 @@ import {
     Config
 } from './config.js';
 
-window.uploadFile = uploadFile;
-window.downloadFile = downloadFile;
-window.isInitialized = false;
-window.hashFromString = hashFromString;
 
 const config = new Config();
-window.config = config;
 const tp = new TheatrePlay();
-window.tp = tp;
 const layers = [];
 const layersById = {};
 const layerOrder = new LayerOrder();
-window.layerOrder = layerOrder;
 const fontsAndAxes = [];
 let artboard;
 const exporter = new Exporter();
 const interactor = new Interactor();
 const moduleFS = new ModuleFS();
-window.moduleFS = moduleFS;
 const record = new Record(tp);
-window.record = record;
 const audio = new Audio(tp, record);
-window.audio = audio;
 
+// globally reachables
+// classes
+window.config = config;
+window.tp = tp;
+window.layerOrder = layerOrder;
+window.moduleFS = moduleFS;
+window.record = record;
+window.audio = audio;
+// utilities
+window.uploadFile = uploadFile;
+window.downloadFile = downloadFile;
+window.isInitialized = false;
 window.panelFinderTimeout = false;
+
 const sequenceEventBuffer = {};
 
 //const midiController = new MidiController();
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ window.onload = () => {
             }
             tp.studio.onSelectionChange((newSelection) => {
                 if (newSelection.length > 0) {
-                    [getArtboard(), getLayers()].flat().forEach((e) => {
+                    [getArtboard(), getLayers(), getAudioLayer()].flat().forEach((e) => {
                         if (e.id() === newSelection[0].address.objectKey) {
                             if (e.id().indexOf('layer-') === 0) {
                                 e.findInjectPanel();
@@ -257,6 +260,8 @@ window.onload = () => {
                                 }, 60);
                             } else if (e.id() === 'artboard') {
                                 e.findInjectPanel();
+                            } else if (e.id().indexOf('audio') === 0) {
+                                e.findInjectPanel();
                             }
                         }
                     });
@@ -454,7 +459,8 @@ window.getLayer = (layerID = tp.studio.selection[0].address.objectKey) => {
     if (layerID === 'artboard') {
         return artboard;
     } else {
-        return layers.find((layer) => layer.id() === layerID);
+        //return layers.find((layer) => layer.id() === layerID);
+        return layersById[layerID];
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/theatre-play.js b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/theatre-play.js
index fbfbd67..7e2dacc 100644
--- a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/theatre-play.js
+++ b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/theatre-play.js
@@ -724,6 +724,13 @@ const TheatrePlay = function(autoInit = false) {
                         window.project_fontsHashMap = project.fontsHashMap;
                         layerPromises.push(window.addExistingLayer(layerId, objects[layerId]));
                     });
+                Object.keys(objects)
+                    .filter((e) => e.indexOf('audio-') === 0)
+                    .forEach((layerId) => {
+                        window.setLoadingTask(`setting up the sounds of ${layerId} to come`, 90);
+                        window.project_fontsHashMap = project.fontsHashMap;
+                        layerPromises.push(window.addExistingLayer(layerId, objects[layerId]));
+                    });
                 Promise.all(layerPromises).then(() => {
                     window.layerOrder.set(project.layerOrder);
                     this.duration = this.core.val(this.sheet.sequence.pointer.length);