diff -Nur qmmp-1.0.6/src/qmmp/output.cpp new/src/qmmp/output.cpp
--- qmmp-1.0.6/src/qmmp/output.cpp	2016-01-27 07:18:19.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/qmmp/output.cpp	2016-01-30 02:07:18.299482497 +0100
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     QString name = settings.value("Output/current_plugin", QMMP_DEFAULT_OUTPUT).toString();
 #else
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-    QString name = settings.value("Output/current_plugin", "alsa").toString();
+    QString name = settings.value("Output/current_plugin", "pulse").toString();
 #elif defined Q_WS_WIN
     QString name = settings.value("Output/current_plugin", "directsound").toString();
 #else