diff --git a/components/JournalCard.tsx b/components/JournalCard.tsx
index bce726e..501bbda 100644
--- a/components/JournalCard.tsx
+++ b/components/JournalCard.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ export const JournalCard: React.FC<JournalCardProps> = ({
   const [isPlayingAudio, setIsPlayingAudio] = useState(false);
   const [stampFeedback, setStampFeedback] = useState(false);
 
+  const audioRef = React.useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
+  const audioContextRef = React.useRef<AudioContext | null>(null);
+  const synthTimerRef = React.useRef<any>(null);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (audioRef.current) {
+        audioRef.current.pause();
+      }
+      if (synthTimerRef.current) {
+        clearInterval(synthTimerRef.current);
+      }
+      if (audioContextRef.current) {
+        audioContextRef.current.close().catch(() => {});
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   const handleLike = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
     if (!hasLiked) {
@@ -47,7 +65,77 @@ export const JournalCard: React.FC<JournalCardProps> = ({
 
   const toggleAudio = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
-    setIsPlayingAudio(!isPlayingAudio);
+    if (isPlayingAudio) {
+      stopAudio();
+    } else {
+      startAudio();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const stopAudio = () => {
+    if (audioRef.current) {
+      audioRef.current.pause();
+    }
+    if (synthTimerRef.current) {
+      clearInterval(synthTimerRef.current);
+      synthTimerRef.current = null;
+    }
+    if (audioContextRef.current) {
+      audioContextRef.current.close().catch(() => {});
+      audioContextRef.current = null;
+    }
+    setIsPlayingAudio(false);
+  };
+
+  const startAudio = () => {
+    if (post.audioUrl) {
+      if (!audioRef.current) {
+        audioRef.current = new Audio(post.audioUrl);
+        audioRef.current.onended = () => setIsPlayingAudio(false);
+        audioRef.current.onpause = () => setIsPlayingAudio(false);
+      }
+      audioRef.current.play()
+        .then(() => setIsPlayingAudio(true))
+        .catch(() => playSynthFallback());
+    } else {
+      playSynthFallback();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const playSynthFallback = () => {
+    try {
+      const AudioCtx = window.AudioContext || (window as any).webkitAudioContext;
+      if (!AudioCtx) {
+        setIsPlayingAudio(true);
+        return;
+      }
+      const ctx = new AudioCtx();
+      audioContextRef.current = ctx;
+      setIsPlayingAudio(true);
+
+      const notes = [261.63, 293.66, 329.63, 392.00, 440.00, 523.25];
+      let noteIdx = 0;
+
+      const playNextNote = () => {
+        if (!audioContextRef.current || ctx.state === "closed") return;
+        const osc = ctx.createOscillator();
+        const gain = ctx.createGain();
+        osc.type = "sine";
+        osc.frequency.setValueAtTime(notes[noteIdx % notes.length], ctx.currentTime);
+        gain.gain.setValueAtTime(0.06, ctx.currentTime);
+        gain.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.001, ctx.currentTime + 0.5);
+        osc.connect(gain);
+        gain.connect(ctx.destination);
+        osc.start();
+        osc.stop(ctx.currentTime + 0.5);
+        noteIdx++;
+      };
+
+      playNextNote();
+      synthTimerRef.current = setInterval(playNextNote, 450);
+    } catch (e) {
+      setIsPlayingAudio(true);
+    }
   };
 
   // Render format based on type
diff --git a/components/types.ts b/components/types.ts
index 97aff13..1aaa0a8 100644
--- a/components/types.ts
+++ b/components/types.ts
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ export interface JournalPost {
   codeLanguage?: string;
   audioDuration?: string;
   audioTitle?: string;
+  audioUrl?: string;
   stampedText?: string;
 }
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 98fddab..77d67e5 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ model Post {
   codeLanguage   String?   @map("code_language")
   audioDuration  String?   @map("audio_duration")
   audioTitle     String?   @map("audio_title")
+  audioUrl       String?   @map("audio_url")
   stampedText    String?   @map("stamped_text")
   createdAt      DateTime  @default(now()) @map("created_at")
   updatedAt      DateTime  @updatedAt @map("updated_at")
diff --git a/prisma/schema.sql b/prisma/schema.sql
index 5d66ae4..e1c786b 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.sql
+++ b/prisma/schema.sql
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS posts (
     image_caption TEXT,
     code_snippet TEXT,
     code_language VARCHAR(50),
-    audio_duration VARCHAR(50),
-    audio_title TEXT,
-    stamped_text VARCHAR(100),
+    audio_duration VARCHAR(20),
+    audio_title VARCHAR(255),
+    audio_url TEXT,
+    stamped_text VARCHAR(50),
     created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
     updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
 );