diff --git a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
index 55ff2eab..e936d38e 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/superdough.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { logger } from './logger.mjs';
 import { loadBuffer } from './sampler.mjs';
 
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_POLYPHONY = 128;
-export const DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE_NAME = 'System Standard';
+const DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE_NAME = 'System Standard';
 
 let maxPolyphony = DEFAULT_MAX_POLYPHONY;
 export function setMaxPolyphony(polyphony) {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function loadWorklets() {
 
 // this function should be called on first user interaction (to avoid console warning)
 export async function initAudio(options = {}) {
-  const { disableWorklets = false, maxPolyphony, audioDeviceName } = options;
+  const { disableWorklets = false, maxPolyphony, audioDeviceName = DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE_NAME } = options;
   setMaxPolyphony(maxPolyphony);
   if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
     return;
diff --git a/website/src/settings.mjs b/website/src/settings.mjs
index c50c31f6..1b4ba33f 100644
--- a/website/src/settings.mjs
+++ b/website/src/settings.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { persistentMap } from '@nanostores/persistent';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { register } from '@strudel/core';
 import { isUdels } from './repl/util.mjs';
-import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE_NAME } from '@strudel/webaudio';
 
 export const audioEngineTargets = {
   webaudio: 'webaudio',
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ export const defaultSettings = {
   isPanelOpen: true,
   togglePanelTrigger: 'click', //click | hover
   userPatterns: '{}',
-  audioDeviceName: DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE_NAME,
   audioEngineTarget: audioEngineTargets.webaudio,
   isButtonRowHidden: false,
   isCSSAnimationDisabled: false,