diff --git a/packages/superdough/helpers.mjs b/packages/superdough/helpers.mjs
index 1217b516..53922aa2 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/helpers.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/helpers.mjs
@@ -211,18 +211,25 @@ export function getVibratoOscillator(param, value, t) {
 export function webAudioTimeout(audioContext, onComplete, startTime, stopTime) {
   const constantNode = new ConstantSourceNode(audioContext);
 
-  // Safari requires audio nodes to be connected in order for their onended events
+  // Certain browsers requires audio nodes to be connected in order for their onended events
   // to fire, so we _mute it_ and then connect it to the destination
   const zeroGain = gainNode(0);
   zeroGain.connect(audioContext.destination);
   constantNode.connect(zeroGain);
-  constantNode.start(startTime);
 
   // Schedule the `onComplete` callback to occur at `stopTime`
-  constantNode.stop(stopTime);
   constantNode.onended = () => {
+    // Ensure garbage collection
+    try {
+      zeroGain.disconnect();
+    } catch {}
+    try {
+      constantNode.disconnect();
+    } catch {}
     onComplete();
   };
+  constantNode.start(startTime);
+  constantNode.stop(stopTime);
   return constantNode;
 }
 const mod = (freq, range = 1, type = 'sine') => {