diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs
index 6db35310..927c0921 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/alsa.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ use std::process::exit;
 pub struct AlsaSink(Option<PCM>, String);
 
 fn list_outputs() {
-    for t in &["pcm", "ctl", "rawmidi", "timer", "seq", "hwdep"] {
+    for t in &["pcm", "ctl", "hwdep"] {
         println!("{} devices:", t);
         let i = HintIter::new(None, &*CString::new(*t).unwrap()).unwrap();
         for a in i {
-            println!("  {:?}", a)
+            if let Some(Direction::Playback) = a.direction {
+                println!("{:#?}", a)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ fn open_device(dev_name: &str) -> Result<(PCM), Box<Error>> {
     // latency = period_size * periods / (rate * bytes_per_frame)
     // For 16 Bit stereo data, one frame has a length of four bytes.
     // 500ms  = buffer_size / (44100 * 4)
-    // buffer_size = 0.5 * 44100 = 22050 frames
+    // buffer_size_bytes = 0.5 * 44100 / 4
+    // buffer_size_frames = 0.5 * 44100 = 22050
     {
         // Set hardware parameters: 44100 Hz / Stereo / 16 bit
         let hwp = HwParams::any(&pcm)?;
@@ -34,37 +37,16 @@ fn open_device(dev_name: &str) -> Result<(PCM), Box<Error>> {
         hwp.set_format(Format::s16())?;
         hwp.set_rate(44100, ValueOr::Nearest)?;
         hwp.set_channels(2)?;
-        // hwp.set_period_size_near(256, ValueOr::Nearest)?;
-        hwp.set_buffer_size_near(11025 * 2)?; // ~ 0.25 x 2 s latency
+        hwp.set_buffer_size_near(22050)?; // ~ 0.5s latency
 
         pcm.hw_params(&hwp)?;
     }
 
-    // Additional software paramters + check
-    if env::var("LIBRESPOT_DEBUG").is_ok() {
-        let hwp = pcm.hw_params_current()?;
-        let swp = pcm.sw_params_current()?;
-        let (bufsize, periodsize) = (hwp.get_buffer_size()?, hwp.get_period_size()?);
-        let periods = hwp.get_periods()?;
-        info!(
-            "periods: {:?} buffer_size: {:?} period_size {:?}",
-            periods, bufsize, periodsize
-        );
-        // Not required now that buffer size is set properly
-        // swp.set_start_threshold(bufsize - periodsize)?;
-        // swp.set_avail_min(periodsize)?;
-        // pcm.sw_params(&swp).unwrap();
-        info!(
-            "Opened audio output {:?} with parameters: {:?}, {:?}",
-            dev_name, hwp, swp
-        );
-    }
-
     Ok(pcm)
 }
 
 impl Open for AlsaSink {
-   fn open(device: Option<String>) -> AlsaSink {
+    fn open(device: Option<String>) -> AlsaSink {
         info!("Using alsa sink");
 
         let name = match device.as_ref().map(AsRef::as_ref) {
@@ -116,7 +98,6 @@ impl Sink for AlsaSink {
         match io.writei(&data) {
             Ok(_) => (),
             Err(err) => pcm.try_recover(err, false).unwrap(),
-            // Err(err) => println!("{:?}",err),
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs b/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs
index c34d839c..36256268 100644
--- a/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs
+++ b/playback/src/mixer/alsamixer.rs
@@ -10,29 +10,31 @@ pub struct AlsaMixer {
 }
 
 impl AlsaMixer {
+    fn map_volume(&self, set_volume: Option<u16>) -> Result<(u16), Box<Error>> {
+        let mixer = alsa::mixer::Mixer::new(&self.config.card, false)?;
+        let sid = alsa::mixer::SelemId::new(&*self.config.mixer, self.config.index);
 
-    fn map_volume(&self, set_volume:Option<u16>) -> Result<(u16),Box<Error>> {
-        let mixer  = alsa::mixer::Mixer::new(&self.config.card, false)?;
-        let sid    = alsa::mixer::SelemId::new(&*self.config.mixer, self.config.index);
-
-        let selem = mixer.find_selem(&sid).expect("Coundn't find SelemId");
+        let selem = mixer.find_selem(&sid).expect("Couldn't find SelemId");
         let (min, max) = selem.get_playback_volume_range();
-        let cur_vol = selem.get_playback_volume(alsa::mixer::SelemChannelId::mono()).expect("Couldn't get current volume");
+        let cur_vol = selem
+            .get_playback_volume(alsa::mixer::SelemChannelId::mono())
+            .expect("Couldn't get current volume");
         let range = (max - min) as f64;
 
-        let new_vol:u16;
+        let new_vol: u16;
 
         if let Some(vol) = set_volume {
-            let alsa_volume:i64 = ((vol as f64 / 0xFFFF as f64) * range) as i64 + min;
-            debug!("Maping volume {:?} [u16] ->> Alsa {:?} [i64]",vol,alsa_volume);
-            selem.set_playback_volume_all(alsa_volume).expect("Couldn't set alsa volume");
-            new_vol = vol; // Meh
+            let alsa_volume: i64 = ((vol as f64 / 0xFFFF as f64) * range) as i64 + min;
+            debug!("Mapping volume {:?} [u16] ->> alsa {:?} [i64]", vol, alsa_volume);
+            selem
+                .set_playback_volume_all(alsa_volume)
+                .expect("Couldn't set alsa volume");
+            new_vol = vol;
         } else {
-            new_vol =  (((cur_vol - min) as f64 / range) * 0xFFFF as f64) as u16;
-            debug!("Maping volume {:?} [u16] <<- Alsa {:?} [i64]",new_vol, cur_vol);
+            new_vol = (((cur_vol - min) as f64 / range) * 0xFFFF as f64) as u16;
+            debug!("Mapping volume {:?} [u16] <<- alsa {:?} [i64]", new_vol, cur_vol);
         }
 
-
         Ok(new_vol)
     }
 }
@@ -47,26 +49,24 @@ impl Mixer for AlsaMixer {
         AlsaMixer { config: config }
     }
 
-    fn start(&self) {
-    }
+    fn start(&self) {}
 
-    fn stop(&self) {
-    }
+    fn stop(&self) {}
 
     fn volume(&self) -> u16 {
-
-        match self.map_volume(None){
-                Ok(vol) => vol,
-                Err(e)  => {
-                        error!("Error getting volume for <{}>, {:?}",self.config.card, e);
-                        0 }
+        match self.map_volume(None) {
+            Ok(vol) => vol,
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!("Error getting volume for <{}>, {:?}", self.config.card, e);
+                0
+            }
         }
     }
 
     fn set_volume(&self, volume: u16) {
-        match self.map_volume(Some(volume)){
-                Ok(_) => (),
-                Err(e)  => error!("Error setting volume for <{}>, {:?}",self.config.card, e),
+        match self.map_volume(Some(volume)) {
+            Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(e) => error!("Error setting volume for <{}>, {:?}", self.config.card, e),
         }
     }