diff --git a/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/AudioTrack/MidiPlayer.cs b/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/AudioTrack/MidiPlayer.cs
index f9237e0..8eef58c 100644
--- a/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/AudioTrack/MidiPlayer.cs
+++ b/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/AudioTrack/MidiPlayer.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2024 QL-Win Contributors
+// Copyright © 2017–2025 QL-Win Contributors
 //
 // This file is part of QuickLook program.
 //
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Data;
@@ -56,8 +54,6 @@ internal class MidiPlayer : IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChanged
         }
     }
 
-    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
-
     public MidiPlayer(ViewerPanel panle, ContextObject context)
     {
         _vp = panle;
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ internal class MidiPlayer : IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChanged
         _outputDevice = null;
     }
 
-    public void LoadAndPlay(string path, MediaInfoLib info)
+    public void LoadAndPlay(string path)
     {
         _midiFile = MidiFile.Read(path);
         _vp.metaTitle.Text = Path.GetFileName(path);
@@ -200,13 +196,13 @@ internal class MidiPlayer : IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChanged
             }
         };
 
-        // Playback supported by DryWetMidi will block the current thread
-        // So we should run it in a new thread
-        _ = Task.Run(() => _playback?.Play());
+        _playback.Start();
         _vp.buttonPlayPause.Content = FontSymbols.Pause;
         _context.IsBusy = false;
     }
 
+    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
+
     [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
     protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
     {
diff --git a/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/ViewerPanel.xaml.cs b/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/ViewerPanel.xaml.cs
index 75ac689..89b6485 100644
--- a/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/ViewerPanel.xaml.cs
+++ b/QuickLook.Plugin/QuickLook.Plugin.VideoViewer/ViewerPanel.xaml.cs
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ public partial class ViewerPanel : UserControl, IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChan
             if (audioCodec?.Equals("MIDI", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false)
             {
                 _midiPlayer = new MidiPlayer(this, _context);
-                _midiPlayer.LoadAndPlay(path, info);
-                return; // MIDI player will handle the playback at all
+                _midiPlayer.LoadAndPlay(path);
+                return; // Midi player will handle the playback at all
             }
         }