diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 760c548..4b7f4c5 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ playButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
 pauseButton.addEventListener('click', pauseText)
 stopButton.addEventListener('click', stopText)
 speedInput.addEventListener('input', () => {
-  stopText()
+  if (speechSynthesis.speaking) {
+    stopText()
   playText(utterance.text.substring(currentCharacter))
+  }
+  
 })
 
 const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance()
@@ -41,4 +44,4 @@ function pauseText() {
 function stopText() {
   speechSynthesis.resume()
   speechSynthesis.cancel()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}