diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f73e4ec..a4b72c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ libsoundio is programmed in a tiny subset of C++:
 
 ## Roadmap
 
- 0. Dummy
- 0. PulseAudio
- 0. JACK
  0. ALSA (Linux)
+ 0. Avoid calling `panic` in PulseAudio.
+ 0. JACK
+ 0. Dummy
  0. CoreAudio (OSX)
  0. ASIO (Windows)
  0. DirectSound (Windows)
diff --git a/src/os.cpp b/src/os.cpp
index 706479a..1411363 100644
--- a/src/os.cpp
+++ b/src/os.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ struct SoundIoOsCond * soundio_os_cond_create(void) {
     }
     cond->id_init = true;
 
-    if ((err = pthread_mutex_init(&cond->default_mutex_id, NULL))) {
+    if ((pthread_mutex_init(&cond->default_mutex_id, NULL))) {
         soundio_os_cond_destroy(cond);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/soundio.cpp b/src/soundio.cpp
index 58aebfa..411054f 100644
--- a/src/soundio.cpp
+++ b/src/soundio.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "util.hpp"
 #include "dummy.hpp"
 #include "pulseaudio.hpp"
+#include "os.hpp"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ void soundio_destroy(struct SoundIo *soundio) {
 }
 
 struct SoundIo * soundio_create(void) {
+    soundio_os_init();
     struct SoundIo *soundio = create<SoundIo>();
     if (!soundio) {
         soundio_destroy(soundio);