diff --git a/libs/audio.py b/libs/audio.py
index 466bc7a..a3f6609 100644
--- a/libs/audio.py
+++ b/libs/audio.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import cffi
 import platform
 import logging
@@ -120,6 +121,28 @@ except OSError as e:
 class AudioEngine:
     """Initialize an audio engine for playing sounds and music."""
     def __init__(self, device_type: int, sample_rate: float, buffer_size: int, volume_presets: VolumeConfig):
+        if device_type == -1:
+            if sys.platform == "win32":
+                ffi = cffi.FFI()
+                ffi.cdef("""
+                    typedef int PaHostApiIndex;
+                    const char* get_host_api_name(PaHostApiIndex hostApi);
+                """)
+                lib = ffi.dlopen("libaudio.dll")
+                for i in range(5):
+                    result = lib.get_host_api_name(i) # type: ignore
+                    if result == ffi.NULL:
+                        continue
+                    result = ffi.string(result)
+                    if isinstance(result, bytes):
+                        result = result.decode('utf-8')
+                    if "WDM" in result:
+                        device_type = i
+                        break
+                else:
+                    device_type = 0
+            else:
+                device_type = 0
         self.device_type = device_type
         if sample_rate < 0:
             self.target_sample_rate = 44100
diff --git a/libs/utils.py b/libs/utils.py
index 645d287..8f96f2c 100644
--- a/libs/utils.py
+++ b/libs/utils.py
@@ -84,30 +84,6 @@ def get_config() -> Config:
         config_file = tomlkit.load(f)
 
     config: Config = json.loads(json.dumps(config_file))
-    if config["audio"]["device_type"] == -1:
-        if sys.platform == "win32":
-            ffi = cffi.FFI()
-            ffi.cdef("""
-                typedef int PaHostApiIndex;
-                const char* get_host_api_name(PaHostApiIndex hostApi);
-            """)
-            lib = ffi.dlopen("libaudio.dll")
-            for i in range(5):
-                result = lib.get_host_api_name(i) # type: ignore
-                if result == ffi.NULL:
-                    continue
-                result = ffi.string(result)
-                if isinstance(result, bytes):
-                    result = result.decode('utf-8')
-                if "WDM" in result:
-                    config["audio"]["device_type"] = i
-                    break
-            else:
-                config["audio"]["device_type"] = 0
-        else:
-            config["audio"]["device_type"] = 0
-        save_config(config)
-
     return config
 
 def save_config(config: Config) -> None: