diff --git a/src/audio/heap.c b/src/audio/heap.c
index 95ec20ed3..38015ffe6 100644
--- a/src/audio/heap.c
+++ b/src/audio/heap.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ void *soundAlloc(struct SoundAllocPool *pool, u32 size) {
     u32 alignedSize = ALIGN16(size);
 
     if (pool == NULL || pool->cur == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "soundAlloc failed: pull was invalid\n");
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/audio/load.c b/src/audio/load.c
index ba2ffbb8b..9ab07df84 100644
--- a/src/audio/load.c
+++ b/src/audio/load.c
@@ -1984,8 +1984,8 @@ void audio_init() {
 
     // Load bank sets for each sequence (assets/bank_sets.s)
     data = LOAD_DATA(gBankSetsData);
-    gAlBankSets = soundAlloc(&gAudioInitPool, 0x800);
-    audio_dma_copy_immediate((uintptr_t)data, gAlBankSets, 0x800);
+    gAlBankSets = soundAlloc(&gAudioInitPool, 160);
+    audio_dma_copy_immediate((uintptr_t)data, gAlBankSets, 160);
 
     init_sequence_players();
     gAudioLoadLock = AUDIO_LOCK_NOT_LOADING;