diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index cb90ba6c..cc5b0838 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let
   hookPkgs = {
     inputhandler = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
       pname = "sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh";
-      pkgs = [ "coreutils" ];
+      pkgs = [ "coreutils" "pulseaudio" ];
       src = ./hooks;
     };
     postwake = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
index 04f66b08..852eeac6 100755
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils -p pulseaudio
 
 # input map considerations
 # - using compound actions causes delays.
@@ -122,23 +122,23 @@ case "$ACTION" in
   # powerbutton_three: intentional no-op because overloading the kill-window handler is risky
 
   "volup_one")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol up "$VOL_INCR_1"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +"$VOL_INCR_1%"
     ;;
   "volup_two")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol up "$VOL_INCR_2"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +"$VOL_INCR_2%"
     ;;
   "volup_three")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol up "$VOL_INCR_3"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +"$VOL_INCR_3%"
     ;;
 
   "voldown_one")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol down "$VOL_INCR_1"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -"$VOL_INCR_1%"
     ;;
   "voldown_two")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol down "$VOL_INCR_2"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -"$VOL_INCR_2%"
     ;;
   "voldown_three")
-    handle_with sxmo_audio.sh vol down "$VOL_INCR_3"
+    handle_with pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -"$VOL_INCR_3%"
     ;;
 esac