diff --git a/@applications/web/src/worklets/pcm-player.js b/@applications/web/src/worklets/pcm-player.js
index 8e3b8f2..a3d5e97 100644
--- a/@applications/web/src/worklets/pcm-player.js
+++ b/@applications/web/src/worklets/pcm-player.js
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
  */
 
 const INPUT_SAMPLE_RATE = 22050;
-/** Ring buffer capacity in samples (≈1.5 seconds at 22050Hz) */
-const RING_CAPACITY = 32768; // must be power of 2
+/** Ring buffer capacity in samples (≈5.95 seconds at 22050Hz).
+ *  Must be a power of 2. Sized to hold a full TTS segment (typically 2–4s). */
+const RING_CAPACITY = 131072; // 2^17
 
 class PcmPlayerProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
   constructor() {
@@ -59,20 +60,25 @@ class PcmPlayerProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     const int16 = new Int16Array(buffer);
     const incoming = int16.length;
 
-    // Check for overrun — drop oldest samples to make room
+    // If the incoming chunk is larger than the ring, keep only the last RING_CAPACITY samples
+    // (i.e. drop the oldest part of a very long chunk rather than corrupting state).
+    const srcOffset = incoming > RING_CAPACITY ? incoming - RING_CAPACITY : 0;
+    const writeCount = incoming - srcOffset;
+
+    // Drop oldest buffered samples to make room — never go below zero
     const freeSpace = RING_CAPACITY - this._available;
-    if (incoming > freeSpace) {
-      const drop = incoming - freeSpace;
+    if (writeCount > freeSpace) {
+      const drop = Math.min(writeCount - freeSpace, this._available);
       this._readHead = (this._readHead + drop) & (RING_CAPACITY - 1);
       this._available -= drop;
     }
 
     // Write Int16 → Float32 into ring
-    for (let i = 0; i < incoming; i++) {
-      this._ring[this._writeHead] = int16[i] / 32768.0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < writeCount; i++) {
+      this._ring[this._writeHead] = int16[srcOffset + i] / 32768.0;
       this._writeHead = (this._writeHead + 1) & (RING_CAPACITY - 1);
     }
-    this._available += incoming;
+    this._available += writeCount;
   }
 
   /**