diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/SwiftFortuneWheel.swift b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/SwiftFortuneWheel.swift
index f965513..2a40864 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/SwiftFortuneWheel.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/SwiftFortuneWheel.swift
@@ -415,7 +415,9 @@ public extension SwiftFortuneWheel {
         self.animator.addRotationAnimation(fullRotationsCount: 0,
                                            animationDuration: animationDuration,
                                            rotationOffset: rotation,
-                                           completionBlock: nil)
+                                           completionBlock: { _ in
+            self.pauseAllSound()
+        })
     }
     
     
@@ -429,7 +431,9 @@ public extension SwiftFortuneWheel {
         self.animator.addRotationAnimation(fullRotationsCount: 0,
                                            animationDuration: animationDuration,
                                            rotationOffset: rotationOffset,
-                                           completionBlock: nil)
+                                           completionBlock: { _ in
+            self.pauseAllSound()
+        })
     }
     
     
@@ -443,7 +447,13 @@ public extension SwiftFortuneWheel {
         
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             self.stopRotation()
-            self.animator.addRotationAnimation(fullRotationsCount: fullRotationsCount, animationDuration: animationDuration, rotationOffset: rotationOffset, completionBlock: completion, onEdgeCollision: { [weak self] progress in                        self?.impactIfNeeded(for: .edge)
+            self.animator.addRotationAnimation(fullRotationsCount: fullRotationsCount, animationDuration: animationDuration, rotationOffset: rotationOffset, completionBlock: { finished in
+                if finished {
+                    self.pauseAllSound()
+                }
+                completion?(finished)
+            }, onEdgeCollision: { [weak self] progress in
+                self?.impactIfNeeded(for: .edge)
                 self?.onEdgeCollision?(progress)
             })
             { [weak self] (progress) in
@@ -523,6 +533,7 @@ public extension SwiftFortuneWheel {
     /// Stops rotation animation
     func stopRotation() {
         self.animator.stop()
+        self.pauseAllSound()
     }
     
     /// Starts rotation animation and stops rotation at the specified index and rotation angle offset
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayable.swift b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayable.swift
index 6f7aa49..4414e0a 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayable.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayable.swift
@@ -47,4 +47,9 @@ extension AudioPlayable {
         guard let _audioFile = audioFile else { return }
         playSound(audioFile: _audioFile)
     }
+    
+    /// Pause sound(s)
+    func pauseAllSound() {
+        audioPlayerManager.pauseAll()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayerManager.swift b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayerManager.swift
index 51cbb8b..d938b59 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayerManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFortuneWheel/Utils/Audio/AudioPlayerManager.swift
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ class AudioPlayerManager {
         for _ in 0..<AudioPlayerManager.defaultStartingPlayerCount {
             players.append(createNewPlayerAttachedToEngine())
         }
-        
-        do {
-            try engine.start()
-        } catch {
-            handleNonFatalError(error)
-        }
     }
     
     // MARK: - Loading Sounds
@@ -82,9 +76,17 @@ class AudioPlayerManager {
     ///   - sound: Sound's identifier
     ///   - allowOverlap: Allow overlap sound each other
     func play(_ sound: SoundIdentifier, allowOverlap: Bool = true) {
-        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async { [weak self] in
-            self?.performSoundPlayback(sound, allowOverlap: allowOverlap)
-        }
+        // modified to run on the current queue (i.e. main queue) instead of global queue
+        // to prevent crash at the time of subsequent rotation of spin wheel
+        performSoundPlayback(sound, allowOverlap: allowOverlap)
+    }
+    
+    func pauseAll() {
+        // according to `AVAudioEngine` documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/avaudioengine
+        // pause/stop needs to be done on player & engine both
+        // we will stop the player(s) but keep our engine paused, because it's highly likely that the engine is going to be used again in a moment 
+        players.synchronizedArray.forEach { $0.node.stop() }
+        engine.pause()
     }
     
     // MARK: - Internal Functions
@@ -101,8 +103,15 @@ class AudioPlayerManager {
         
         func performPlaybackOnFirstAvailablePlayer() {
             guard let player = firstAvailablePlayer() else { return }
-            
-            player.play(audio, identifier: sound)
+            do {
+                engine.connect(player.node, to: engine.mainMixerNode, format: nil)
+                if !engine.isRunning {
+                    try engine.start()
+                }
+                player.play(audio, identifier: sound)
+            } catch {
+                handleNonFatalError(error)
+            }
         }
         
         if allowOverlap {
@@ -144,7 +153,9 @@ class AudioPlayerManager {
     private func createNewPlayerAttachedToEngine() -> AudioPlayer {
         let player = AudioPlayer()
         engine.attach(player.node)
-        engine.connect(player.node, to: engine.mainMixerNode, format: nil)
+        // according to this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/55505717/3687801, we will defer connecting nodes to engine up until play command of player node
+        // connect is done in the performPlaybackOnFirstAvailablePlayer() function
+        // engine.connect(player.node, to: engine.mainMixerNode, format: nil)
         return player
     }