diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 86734e3..f9171fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.9"
-cpal = "0.16"
+alsa = "0.9"
 rumqttc = "0.24"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 73e31e2..ea80fd8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use cpal::traits::{DeviceTrait, HostTrait, StreamTrait};
+use alsa::pcm::{PCM, HwParams, Access, Format, State};
+use alsa::Card;
 use rumqttc::{AsyncClient, MqttOptions, QoS};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -6,7 +7,11 @@ use tokio::time::sleep;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::time::Instant;
+use alsa::card::Iter;
+use alsa::device_name::HintIter;
+use alsa::ctl::{Ctl, DeviceIter};
+use alsa::{Direction, Error};
+
 
 
 // RMS-Berechnung
@@ -50,117 +55,60 @@ async fn main() {
     mqttoptions.set_credentials(mqtt_config.username, mqtt_config.password);
     let (mqtt, mut eventloop) = AsyncClient::new(mqttoptions, 10);
 
-    // Audio Setup
-    let host = cpal::default_host();
-    let device = host.default_input_device().expect("Kein Mikrofon gefunden");
-    println!("Gefundene Eingabegeräte:");
-    for (idx, dev) in host.input_devices().unwrap().enumerate() {
-        println!("{}: {}", idx, dev.name().unwrap_or_else(|_| "<Unbekannt>".to_string()));
-    }
-    // Versuche, das erste Gerät mit "USB" oder "usb" im Namen zu finden, sonst Standardgerät
-    let config = if let Some(usb_device) = host.input_devices().unwrap()
-        .find(|dev| dev.name().map(|n| n.contains("USB") || n.contains("usb")).unwrap_or(false))
-    {
-        println!("Benutze USB-Gerät: {}", usb_device.name().unwrap_or_else(|_| "<Unbekannt>".to_string()));
-        usb_device.default_input_config().unwrap()
-    } else {
-        device.default_input_config().unwrap()
-    };
 
-    // Buffer für 2 Sekunden Samples
-    let sample_rate = config.sample_rate().0 as usize;
-    let channels = config.channels() as usize;
-    let mut buffer = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::with_capacity(sample_rate * channels * 2)));
-    let buffer_clone = buffer.clone();
+    // ALSA Setup
+    // Verfügbare ALSA-Geräte auflisten
+    println!("\n--- Hardware capture devices ---");
+    list_hw_devices(Direction::Capture);
+    println!("\n--- PCM capture devices ---");
+    list_pcm_devices(Direction::Capture);
+    
+    let device_name = find_first_usb_device(Direction::Capture).unwrap_or_else(|| "default".to_string());
+    let sample_rate = 48000u32;
+    let channels = 1u32;
+    let pcm = PCM::new(&device_name, alsa::Direction::Capture, false).expect("Konnte PCM-Device nicht öffnen");
+    let hwp = HwParams::any(&pcm).unwrap();
+    hwp.set_channels(channels).unwrap();
+    hwp.set_rate(sample_rate, alsa::ValueOr::Nearest).unwrap();
+    hwp.set_format(Format::s16()).unwrap();
+    hwp.set_access(Access::RWInterleaved).unwrap();
+    pcm.hw_params(&hwp).unwrap();
+    let io = pcm.io_i16().unwrap();
+    let alsa_buffer_size = (sample_rate * 2) as usize; // 2 Sekunden Buffer
+    let mut buffer: Vec<i16> = Vec::with_capacity(alsa_buffer_size);
 
-    // Stream-Callback
-    let err_fn = |err| eprintln!("Stream error: {}", err);
-    let stream = match config.sample_format() {
-        cpal::SampleFormat::F32 => device.build_input_stream(
-            &config.into(),
-            move |data: &[f32], _| {
-                let mut buf = buffer_clone.lock().unwrap();
-                buf.extend_from_slice(data);
-                // Maximal 2 Sekunden im Buffer halten
-                let max_len = sample_rate * channels * 2;
-                let buf_len = buf.len();
-                if buf_len > max_len {
-                    buf.drain(0..(buf_len - max_len));
-                }
-            },
-            err_fn,
-            None,
-        ),
-        cpal::SampleFormat::I16 => device.build_input_stream(
-            &config.into(),
-            move |data: &[i16], _| {
-                let mut buf = buffer_clone.lock().unwrap();
-                buf.extend(data.iter().map(|&s| s as f32 / i16::MAX as f32));
-                let max_len = sample_rate * channels * 2;
-                let buf_len = buf.len();
-                if buf_len > max_len {
-                    buf.drain(0..(buf_len - max_len));
-                }
-            },
-            err_fn,
-            None,
-        ),
-        cpal::SampleFormat::U16 => device.build_input_stream(
-            &config.into(),
-            move |data: &[u16], _| {
-                let mut buf = buffer_clone.lock().unwrap();
-                buf.extend(data.iter().map(|&s| s as f32 / u16::MAX as f32 - 0.5));
-                let max_len = sample_rate * channels * 2;
-                let buf_len = buf.len();
-                if buf_len > max_len {
-                    buf.drain(0..(buf_len - max_len));
-                }
-            },
-            err_fn,
-            None,
-        ),
-        _ => unreachable!("Nicht unterstütztes SampleFormat"),
-    }.expect("Stream konnte nicht gebaut werden");
-    stream.play().expect("Stream konnte nicht gestartet werden");
 
-    // Alle 2 Sekunden RMS berechnen und per MQTT senden
+    // Hauptloop: Samples lesen, RMS berechnen, MQTT senden
     loop {
-        println!("loopBegin");
-        // 2 Sekunden warten, dabei regelmäßig eventloop.poll() aufrufen
-        let wait_total = Duration::from_secs(2);
-        let wait_step = Duration::from_millis(100);
-        let wait_start = Instant::now();
-
-        println!("Vor dem eventloop.poll() während Wartezeit");
-        let _ = eventloop.poll().await;
-        println!("Nach dem eventloop.poll() während Wartezeit");
-
-        while wait_start.elapsed() < wait_total {
-            sleep(wait_step).await;
+        // PCM-Buffer füllen (2 Sekunden)
+        buffer.clear();
+        let mut read_samples = 0;
+        while read_samples < alsa_buffer_size {
+            let mut tmp = vec![0i16; alsa_buffer_size - read_samples];
+            match io.readi(&mut tmp) {
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    buffer.extend_from_slice(&tmp[..n]);
+                    read_samples += n;
+                },
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if pcm.state() == State::XRun {
+                        pcm.prepare().unwrap();
+                        continue;
+                    } else {
+                        eprintln!("ALSA read error: {e}");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // Während Aufnahme MQTT-Eventloop pollen
+            let _ = eventloop.poll().await;
         }
-        println!("Nach 2 Sekunden Wartezeit");
-        
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        println!("Vor dem Lock");
-        let buf = loop {
-            println!("Versuche Buffer zu sperren");
-            if let Ok(guard) = buffer.lock() {
-                println!("Buffer gesperrt nach {:?}", start.elapsed());
-                // Clone the buffer data to avoid holding the lock during await
-                break guard.clone();
-            }
-            if start.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(2) {
-                eprintln!("Konnte Buffer nicht innerhalb des Timeouts (2 Sekunden) sperren");
-                continue;
-            }
-            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
-        };
-        println!("Nach dem Lock, Buffer-Länge: {}", buf.len());
-        if buf.len() >= sample_rate * channels * 2 {
-            let rms_val = rms(&buf);
+        // RMS berechnen und senden
+        if !buffer.is_empty() {
+            let samples_f32: Vec<f32> = buffer.iter().map(|&s| s as f32 / i16::MAX as f32).collect();
+            let rms_val = rms(&samples_f32);
             let payload = format!("{{\"rms\":{}}}", rms_val);
             println!("Payload: {}", payload);
-            // Buffer lock is dropped before this await
             match tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(3), mqtt.publish(&mqtt_config.topic, QoS::AtLeastOnce, false, payload)).await {
                 Ok(Ok(_)) => println!("Payload gesendet"),
                 Ok(Err(e)) => eprintln!("Fehler beim Senden an MQTT: {e}"),
@@ -170,9 +118,74 @@ async fn main() {
                 ),
             }
         }
-        println!("Vor dem eventloop.poll()");
-        // MQTT Eventloop weiterlaufen lassen
+        // Nach jedem Zyklus noch einmal eventloop pollen
         let _ = eventloop.poll().await;
-        println!("loopEnde")
     }
 }
+
+// Each card can have multiple devices and subdevDurationt them all
+fn list_devices_for_card(card: &Card, direction: Direction) -> Result<bool, Error>{
+    // Get a Ctl for the card
+    let ctl_id = format!("hw:{}", card.get_index());
+    let ctl = Ctl::new(&ctl_id, false)?;
+
+    // Read card id and name
+    let cardinfo = ctl.card_info()?;
+    let card_id = cardinfo.get_id()?;
+    let card_name = cardinfo.get_name()?;
+    for device in DeviceIter::new(&ctl) {
+        // Read info from Ctl
+        let pcm_info = ctl.pcm_info(device as u32, 0, direction)?;
+
+        // Read PCM name
+        let pcm_name = pcm_info.get_name()?.to_string();
+
+        println!("card: {:<2} id: {:<10} device: {:<2} card name: '{}' PCM name: '{}'", card.get_index(), card_id, device, card_name, pcm_name);
+
+        // Loop through subdevices and get their names
+        let subdevs = pcm_info.get_subdevices_count();
+        for subdev in 0..subdevs {
+            // Get subdevice name 
+            let pcm_info = ctl.pcm_info(device as u32, subdev, direction)?;
+            let subdev_name = pcm_info.get_subdevice_name()?;
+
+            println!("  subdevice: {:<2} name: '{}'", subdev, subdev_name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if card_name.to_lowercase().contains("usb") {
+        return Ok(true);
+    }
+
+    Ok(false)
+}
+
+pub fn list_hw_devices(direction: Direction) {
+    let cards = Iter::new();
+    cards.for_each(|card| if let Ok(c) = card { list_devices_for_card(&c, direction).unwrap_or_default(); });
+}
+
+pub fn find_first_usb_device(direction: Direction) -> Option<String> {
+    let cards = Iter::new();
+    for card in cards {
+        if let Ok(c) = card {
+            if let Ok(true) = list_devices_for_card(&c, direction) {
+                // Build device name string, e.g., "hw:1,0"
+                let index = c.get_index();
+                return Some(format!("hw:{},0", index));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+pub fn list_pcm_devices(direction: Direction) {
+    let hints = HintIter::new_str(None, "pcm").unwrap();
+    for hint in hints {
+        // When Direction is None it means that both the PCM supports both playback and capture
+        if hint.name.is_some() && hint.desc.is_some() && (hint.direction.is_none() || hint.direction.map(|dir| dir == direction).unwrap_or_default()) {
+            println!("name: {:<35} desc: {:?}", hint.name.unwrap(), hint.desc.unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}
+