diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
index b7e5214..165efb4 100644
--- a/src/Application.vala
+++ b/src/Application.vala
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ public class Notifications.Application : Gtk.Application {
         );
     }
 
+    public static void play_sound (string sound_name) {
+        Canberra.Proplist props;
+        Canberra.Proplist.create (out props);
+
+        props.sets (Canberra.PROP_CANBERRA_CACHE_CONTROL, "volatile");
+        props.sets (Canberra.PROP_EVENT_ID, sound_name);
+
+        CanberraGtk4.context_get ().play_full (0, props);
+    }
+
     public static int main (string[] args) {
         var app = new Application ();
         return app.run (args);
diff --git a/src/DBus.vala b/src/DBus.vala
index 64b9976..ce6434b 100644
--- a/src/DBus.vala
+++ b/src/DBus.vala
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class Notifications.Server : Object {
                         sound = category_to_sound_name (hints["category"].get_string ());
                     }
 
-                    send_sound (sound);
+                    Application.play_sound (sound);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class Notifications.Server : Object {
         // consistency it should. So we make it emit the default one.
         var confirmation_type = hints.lookup (X_CANONICAL_PRIVATE_SYNCHRONOUS).get_string ();
         if (confirmation_type == "indicator-sound") {
-            send_sound ("audio-volume-change");
+            Application.play_sound ("audio-volume-change");
         }
 
         if (confirmation == null) {
@@ -216,20 +216,6 @@ public class Notifications.Server : Object {
         confirmation.present ();
     }
 
-    private void send_sound (string sound_name) {
-        if (sound_name == "") {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        Canberra.Proplist props;
-        Canberra.Proplist.create (out props);
-
-        props.sets (Canberra.PROP_CANBERRA_CACHE_CONTROL, "volatile");
-        props.sets (Canberra.PROP_EVENT_ID, sound_name);
-
-        CanberraGtk4.context_get ().play_full (0, props);
-    }
-
     static unowned string category_to_sound_name (string category) {
         unowned string sound;