diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 901d315..b40224c 100755
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from os.path import isfile, join
 from inspect import isfunction
 from xdg import BaseDirectory
 from setproctitle import setproctitle
-import pygame
+import pyglet
 import pyperclip
 import random
 import re
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ def speak(text, interupt = True):
 
 def exit_game():
     if speechProvider == "speechd": spd.close()
-    pygame.mixer.music.stop()
-    pygame.quit()
-    exit()
+    # Close the pyglet window
+    pyglet.app.exit()
 
 def initialize_gui(gameTitle):
     # Check for, and possibly create, storm-games path    
@@ -142,24 +141,16 @@ def initialize_gui(gameTitle):
     global gameName
     gameName = gameTitle
     setproctitle(str.lower(str.replace(gameTitle, " ", "")))
-    # start pygame
-    pygame.init()
-    # start the display (required by the event loop)
-    pygame.display.set_mode((320, 200))
-    pygame.display.set_caption(gameTitle)
-    # Set 32 channels for sound by default
-    pygame.mixer.init()
-    pygame.mixer.set_num_channels(32)
-    # Reserve the cut scene channel
-    pygame.mixer.set_reserved(0)
-    # Load sounds from the sound directory and creates a list like that {'bottle': 'bottle.ogg'}
+    # init pyglet window
+    window = pyglet.window.Window(500, 300, gameTitle)
+    # Load sounds from the sound directory and creates a list like {'bottle': 'bottle.ogg'}
     soundFiles = [f for f in listdir("sounds/") if isfile(join("sounds/", f)) and (f.split('.')[1].lower() in ["ogg","wav"])]
-    #lets make a dict with pygame.mixer.Sound() objects {'bottle':<soundobject>}
+    # make a dict with pyglet media {'bottle':<soundobject>}
     soundData = {}
     for f in soundFiles:
-        soundData[f.split('.')[0]] = pygame.mixer.Sound("sounds/" + f)
+        soundData[f.split('.')[0]] = pyglet.media.load("sounds/" + f, streaming = False)
     soundData['game-intro'].play()
-    time.sleep(soundData['game-intro'].get_length())
+    time.sleep(soundData['game-intro'].duration)
     return soundData
 
 def cut_scene(sounds, soundName):