diff --git a/example/music-bot/index.js b/example/music-bot/index.js
index adad69f..d02659d 100644
--- a/example/music-bot/index.js
+++ b/example/music-bot/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require("dotenv").config({
     path: __dirname+"/.env"
 });
-require("discord-player/smoothVolume");
 const { Client, GuildMember, Intents } = require("discord.js");
 const config = require("./config");
 const { Player, QueryType, QueueRepeatMode } = require("discord-player");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 142b768..970b8b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
       "require": "./dist/index.js",
       "import": "./dist/index.mjs"
     },
-    "./smoothVolume": "./dist/smoothVolume.js"
+    "./smoothVolume": "./dist/smoothVolume.js",
+    "./src/*": "./dist/*",
+    "./dist/*": "./dist/*"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "cd example/test && ts-node index.ts",
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.4.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.4.0",
     "discord-api-types": "^0.24.0",
-    "discord.js": "^13.3.1",
+    "discord.js": "^13.6.0",
     "eslint": "^8.3.0",
     "gen-esm-wrapper": "^1.1.3",
     "husky": "^7.0.4",
diff --git a/src/Player.ts b/src/Player.ts
index 0703894..92d6b20 100644
--- a/src/Player.ts
+++ b/src/Player.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter<PlayerEvents> {
          */
         this.client = client;
 
-        if (!new Intents(this.client.options.intents).has(Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_VOICE_STATES)) {
+        if (this.client?.options?.intents && !new Intents(this.client?.options?.intents).has(Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_VOICE_STATES)) {
             throw new PlayerError('client is missing "GUILD_VOICE_STATES" intent');
         }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter<PlayerEvents> {
 
         const _meta = queueInitOptions.metadata;
         delete queueInitOptions["metadata"];
-        queueInitOptions.volumeSmoothness ??= 0.1;
+        queueInitOptions.volumeSmoothness ??= 0.08;
         queueInitOptions.ytdlOptions ??= this.options.ytdlOptions;
         const queue = new Queue(this, guild, queueInitOptions);
         queue.metadata = _meta;
diff --git a/src/Structures/Queue.ts b/src/Structures/Queue.ts
index be23ac9..b546e6f 100644
--- a/src/Structures/Queue.ts
+++ b/src/Structures/Queue.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import YouTube from "youtube-sr";
 import AudioFilters from "../utils/AudioFilters";
 import { PlayerError, ErrorStatusCode } from "./PlayerError";
 import type { Readable } from "stream";
+import { VolumeTransformer } from "../VoiceInterface/VolumeTransformer";
 
 class Queue<T = unknown> {
     public readonly guild: Guild;
@@ -154,8 +155,7 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
         if (!["GUILD_STAGE_VOICE", "GUILD_VOICE"].includes(_channel?.type))
             throw new PlayerError(`Channel type must be GUILD_VOICE or GUILD_STAGE_VOICE, got ${_channel?.type}!`, ErrorStatusCode.INVALID_ARG_TYPE);
         const connection = await this.player.voiceUtils.connect(_channel, {
-            deaf: this.options.autoSelfDeaf,
-            maxTime: this.player.options.connectionTimeout || 20000
+            deaf: this.options.autoSelfDeaf
         });
         this.connection = connection;
 
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
             }
         });
 
+        await this.player.voiceUtils.enterReady(this.connection.voiceConnection, {
+            maxTime: this.player.options.connectionTimeout || 30_000
+        });
+
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -703,8 +707,9 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
         if (options.seek) this._streamTime = options.seek;
         this._filtersUpdate = options.filtersUpdate;
 
-        if (resource.volume && typeof this.options.volumeSmoothness === "number") {
-            Reflect.set(resource.volume, "_smoothing", this.options.volumeSmoothness || 0);
+        const volumeTransformer = resource.volume as VolumeTransformer;
+        if (volumeTransformer?.hasSmoothness && typeof this.options.volumeSmoothness === "number") {
+            if (typeof volumeTransformer.setSmoothness === "function") volumeTransformer.setSmoothness(this.options.volumeSmoothness || 0);
         }
 
         this.setVolume(this.options.initialVolume);
diff --git a/src/VoiceInterface/VoiceUtils.ts b/src/VoiceInterface/VoiceUtils.ts
index 7de4433..f926c0a 100644
--- a/src/VoiceInterface/VoiceUtils.ts
+++ b/src/VoiceInterface/VoiceUtils.ts
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ class VoiceUtils {
             maxTime?: number;
         }
     ) {
-        let conn = joinVoiceChannel({
+        const conn = joinVoiceChannel({
             guildId: channel.guild.id,
             channelId: channel.id,
             adapterCreator: channel.guild.voiceAdapterCreator as unknown as DiscordGatewayAdapterCreator,
             selfDeaf: Boolean(options.deaf)
         });
 
+        return conn;
+    }
+
+    public async enterReady(conn: VoiceConnection, options: { maxTime?: number } = {}) {
         try {
             conn = await entersState(conn, VoiceConnectionStatus.Ready, options?.maxTime ?? 20000);
             return conn;
diff --git a/src/VolumeTransformer.ts b/src/VoiceInterface/VolumeTransformer.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from src/VolumeTransformer.ts
rename to src/VoiceInterface/VolumeTransformer.ts
index c619c80..b493dd1 100644
--- a/src/VolumeTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/VoiceInterface/VolumeTransformer.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export class VolumeTransformer extends Transform {
     private _chunk: Buffer;
     public volume: number;
     private _targetVolume: number;
+    public type: "s16le" | "s32le" | "s16be" | "s32be";
     constructor(options: VolumeTransformerOptions = {}) {
         super(options);
         switch (options.type) {
@@ -42,9 +43,11 @@ export class VolumeTransformer extends Transform {
             default:
                 throw new Error("VolumeTransformer type should be one of s16le, s16be, s32le, s32be");
         }
+        this.type = options.type;
         this._bytes = this._bits / 8;
         this._extremum = Math.pow(2, this._bits - 1);
-        this.volume = typeof options.volume === "undefined" ? 1 : options.volume;
+        this.volume = Number.isNaN(options.volume) ? 1 : Number(options.volume);
+        if (!Number.isFinite(this.volume)) this.volume = 1;
         this._targetVolume = this.volume;
         this._chunk = Buffer.alloc(0);
         this._smoothing = options.smoothness || 0;
@@ -57,14 +60,16 @@ export class VolumeTransformer extends Transform {
         return index;
     }
 
-    _transform(chunk: Buffer, encoding: BufferEncoding, done: () => unknown) {
-        if (this._smoothing > 0 && this.volume !== this._targetVolume) {
-            if (this.volume < this._targetVolume) {
-                this.volume = this.volume + this._smoothing >= this._targetVolume ? this._targetVolume : this.volume + this._smoothing;
-            } else if (this.volume > this._targetVolume) {
-                this.volume = this.volume - this._smoothing <= this._targetVolume ? this._targetVolume : this.volume - this._smoothing;
-            }
+    _applySmoothness() {
+        if (this.volume < this._targetVolume) {
+            this.volume = this.volume + this._smoothing >= this._targetVolume ? this._targetVolume : this.volume + this._smoothing;
+        } else if (this.volume > this._targetVolume) {
+            this.volume = this.volume - this._smoothing <= this._targetVolume ? this._targetVolume : this.volume - this._smoothing;
         }
+    }
+
+    _transform(chunk: Buffer, encoding: BufferEncoding, done: () => unknown) {
+        if (this.smoothingEnabled() && this.volume !== this._targetVolume) this._applySmoothness();
 
         if (this.volume === 1) {
             this.push(chunk);
@@ -94,6 +99,9 @@ export class VolumeTransformer extends Transform {
     }
 
     setVolume(volume: number) {
+        if (Number.isNaN(volume)) volume = 1;
+        if (typeof volume !== "number") volume = Number(volume);
+        if (!Number.isFinite(volume)) volume = volume < 0 ? 0 : 1;
         this._targetVolume = volume;
         if (this._smoothing <= 0) this.volume = volume;
     }
@@ -113,4 +121,24 @@ export class VolumeTransformer extends Transform {
     get volumeLogarithmic() {
         return Math.pow(this.volume, 1 / 1.660964);
     }
+
+    get smoothness() {
+        return this._smoothing;
+    }
+
+    setSmoothness(smoothness: number) {
+        this._smoothing = smoothness;
+    }
+
+    smoothingEnabled() {
+        return Number.isFinite(this._smoothing) && this._smoothing > 0;
+    }
+
+    get hasSmoothness() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static get hasSmoothing() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0e7198f..12a5300 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// try applying smooth volume patch on load
+import "./smoothVolume";
+
 export { AudioFilters } from "./utils/AudioFilters";
 export { ExtractorModel } from "./Structures/ExtractorModel";
 export { Playlist } from "./Structures/Playlist";
diff --git a/src/smoothVolume.ts b/src/smoothVolume.ts
index 7267a1f..d7c6af7 100644
--- a/src/smoothVolume.ts
+++ b/src/smoothVolume.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { VolumeTransformer } from "./VolumeTransformer";
+import { VolumeTransformer as VolumeTransformerMock } from "./VoiceInterface/VolumeTransformer";
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-(require("prism-media") as typeof import("prism-media")).VolumeTransformer = VolumeTransformer;
+try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line
+    const mod = require("prism-media") as typeof import("prism-media") & { VolumeTransformer: typeof VolumeTransformerMock };
+
+    if (typeof mod.VolumeTransformer.hasSmoothing !== "boolean") {
+        Reflect.set(mod, "VolumeTransformer", VolumeTransformerMock);
+    }
+} catch {
+    /* do nothing */
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e05e2cf..100d029 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ discord-ytdl-core@^5.0.4:
   dependencies:
     prism-media "^1.2.9"
 
-discord.js@^13.3.1:
+discord.js@^13.6.0:
   version "13.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/discord.js/-/discord.js-13.6.0.tgz#d8a8a591dbf25cbcf9c783d5ddf22c4694860475"
   integrity sha512-tXNR8zgsEPxPBvGk3AQjJ9ljIIC6/LOPjzKwpwz8Y1Q2X66Vi3ZqFgRHYwnHKC0jC0F+l4LzxlhmOJsBZDNg9g==