diff --git a/playback/Cargo.toml b/playback/Cargo.toml
index b806d014..cfe87302 100644
--- a/playback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/playback/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ log = "0.4"
 byteorder = "1.3"
 shell-words = "0.1.0"
 
-alsa            = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
-portaudio-rs    = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
+alsa            = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
+portaudio-rs    = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 libpulse-sys    = { version = "0.0.0", optional = true }
-jack            = { version = "0.5.3", optional = true }
+jack            = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 libc            = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 rodio           = { version = "0.9", optional = true, default-features = false }
 cpal            = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 sdl2            = { version = "0.32", optional = true }
-gstreamer       = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
-gstreamer-app   = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
-glib            = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
-zerocopy        = { version = "0.2.8", optional = true }
+gstreamer       = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
+gstreamer-app   = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
+glib            = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
+zerocopy        = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 alsa-backend = ["alsa"]
diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
index 51edb15b..c7181bc4 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/gstreamer.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 use super::{Open, Sink};
-use std::{io, thread, time, process::exit};
+use std::{io, thread};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, SyncSender};
 use gst::prelude::*;
 use gst::*;
-use gst_app::*;
-use glib::MainLoop;
 use zerocopy::*;
 
 pub struct GstreamerSink {
-    tx: SyncSender<Vec<u8>>,
-    pipeline: gst::Pipeline
+    tx: SyncSender<Vec<u8>>
 }
 
 impl Open for GstreamerSink {
     fn open(device: Option<String>) -> GstreamerSink {
-        gst::init();
+        gst::init().expect("Failed to init gstreamer!");
         let pipeline_str_preamble = r#"appsrc caps="audio/x-raw,format=S16LE,layout=interleaved,channels=2,rate=44100" block=true max-bytes=4096 name=appsrc0 "#;
         let pipeline_str_rest = r#" ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink"#;
         let pipeline_str : String = match device {
@@ -26,10 +23,10 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
         gst::init().unwrap();
         let pipelinee = gst::parse_launch(&*pipeline_str).expect("New Pipeline error");
         let pipeline = pipelinee.dynamic_cast::<gst::Pipeline>().expect("Couldn't cast pipeline element at runtime!");
-        let mut bus = pipeline.get_bus().expect("Couldn't get bus from pipeline");
-        let mut mainloop = glib::MainLoop::new(None, false);
-        let mut appsrce : gst::Element = pipeline.get_by_name("appsrc0").expect("Couldn't get appsrc from pipeline");
-        let mut appsrc : gst_app::AppSrc = appsrce.dynamic_cast::<gst_app::AppSrc>().expect("Couldn't cast AppSrc element at runtime!");
+        let bus = pipeline.get_bus().expect("Couldn't get bus from pipeline");
+        let mainloop = glib::MainLoop::new(None, false);
+        let appsrce : gst::Element = pipeline.get_by_name("appsrc0").expect("Couldn't get appsrc from pipeline");
+        let appsrc : gst_app::AppSrc = appsrce.dynamic_cast::<gst_app::AppSrc>().expect("Couldn't cast AppSrc element at runtime!");
         let bufferpool = gst::BufferPool::new();
         let appsrc_caps = appsrc.get_caps().expect("get appsrc caps failed");
         let mut conf = bufferpool.get_config();
@@ -40,49 +37,45 @@ impl Open for GstreamerSink {
         let (tx, rx) = sync_channel::<Vec<u8>>(128);
         thread::spawn(move || {
             for data in rx {
-                let mut buffer = bufferpool.acquire_buffer(None);
-                if(!buffer.is_err()) {
+                let buffer = bufferpool.acquire_buffer(None);
+                if !buffer.is_err() {
                     let mut okbuffer = buffer.unwrap();
                     let mutbuf = okbuffer.make_mut();
                     mutbuf.set_size(data.len());
-                    mutbuf.copy_from_slice(0, data.as_bytes());
-                    let eat = appsrc.push_buffer(okbuffer);
+                    mutbuf.copy_from_slice(0, data.as_bytes()).expect("Failed to copy from slice");
+                    let _eat = appsrc.push_buffer(okbuffer);
                 }
             }
         });
 
         thread::spawn(move || {
-            unsafe {
-                let thread_mainloop = mainloop;
-                let watch_mainloop = thread_mainloop.clone();
-                bus.add_watch(move |_, msg| {
-                    use gst::MessageView;
-                    match msg.view() {
-                        MessageView::Eos(..) => watch_mainloop.quit(),
-                        MessageView::Error(err) => {
-                            println!(
-                                "Error from {:?}: {} ({:?})",
-                                err.get_src().map(|s| s.get_path_string()),
-                                err.get_error(),
-                                err.get_debug()
-                            );
-                            watch_mainloop.quit();
-                        }
-                        _ => (),
-                    };
-            
-                    glib::Continue(true)
-                })
-                .expect("Failed to add bus watch");
-                thread_mainloop.run();
-            }
+            let thread_mainloop = mainloop;
+            let watch_mainloop = thread_mainloop.clone();
+            bus.add_watch(move |_, msg| {
+                match msg.view() {
+                    MessageView::Eos(..) => watch_mainloop.quit(),
+                    MessageView::Error(err) => {
+                        println!(
+                            "Error from {:?}: {} ({:?})",
+                            err.get_src().map(|s| s.get_path_string()),
+                            err.get_error(),
+                            err.get_debug()
+                        );
+                        watch_mainloop.quit();
+                    }
+                    _ => (),
+                };
+        
+                glib::Continue(true)
+            })
+            .expect("Failed to add bus watch");
+            thread_mainloop.run();
         });
 
         pipeline.set_state(gst::State::Playing).expect("Unable to set the pipeline to the `Playing` state");
 
         GstreamerSink {
-            tx: tx,
-            pipeline: pipeline
+            tx: tx
         }
     }
 }