diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/rada/player/PlaybackManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/rada/player/PlaybackManager.kt
index d656776..1bacbd6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/rada/player/PlaybackManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/rada/player/PlaybackManager.kt
@@ -465,11 +465,18 @@ class PlaybackManager(
     }
 
     private fun startIcyReader(url: String) {
+        // Never leave a previous reader's socket open: an unclosed stream
+        // keeps its OkHttp connection (and its own thread) streaming forever,
+        // and every ghost feeds the same now-playing field — that is how four
+        // different songs flickered over one another.
+        stopIcyReader()
         val reader = IcyStreamReader()
         icyReader = reader
 
         reader.listener = object : IcyStreamReader.Listener {
             override fun onMetadata(metadata: StreamMetadata, audioBytesAtMetadata: Long) {
+                // Drop callbacks from a reader we already replaced or stopped.
+                if (icyReader !== reader) return
                 Log.d(TAG, "ICY metadata: ${metadata.artist} - ${metadata.title} @ $audioBytesAtMetadata")
                 // Record at the reader-reported ABSOLUTE audio position (the same
                 // quantity as audioBuffer.totalBytes). The previous code read
@@ -486,6 +493,7 @@ class PlaybackManager(
             }
 
             override fun onAudioBytes(data: ByteArray, offset: Int, length: Long) {
+                if (icyReader !== reader) return
                 audioBuffer?.write(data, offset, length.toInt())
                 listener?.onBufferBytesWritten(audioBuffer?.totalBytes ?: 0)
 
@@ -495,6 +503,7 @@ class PlaybackManager(
             }
 
             override fun onError(error: String) {
+                if (icyReader !== reader) return
                 Log.w(TAG, "ICY reader error: $error")
                 // ExoPlayer often rides out a transient drop on its own
                 // buffer without erroring; if it does, the recorder would
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/rada/recording/IcyStreamReader.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/rada/recording/IcyStreamReader.kt
index 989e393..5c3e899 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/rada/recording/IcyStreamReader.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/rada/recording/IcyStreamReader.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ class IcyStreamReader(
     var isRunning: Boolean = false
         private set
 
+    /** True once stop() was called by request. A close() racing a blocked
+     *  stream.read() throws IOException, NOT CancellationException — without
+     *  this flag the generic catch reports an intentional stop as an error,
+     *  and the manager's error-restart resurrects a ghost reader. */
+    @Volatile private var requestedStop = false
+
     private var metaInterval: Int = 0
     private var bytesInInterval: Int = 0
     private var pendingMetaBytes: Int = 0
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ class IcyStreamReader(
     fun start(streamUrl: String) {
         if (isRunning) stop()
 
+        requestedStop = false
         scope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO + SupervisorJob())
         scope?.launch {
             try {
@@ -59,8 +66,10 @@ class IcyStreamReader(
             } catch (e: CancellationException) {
                 // Normal stop
             } catch (e: Exception) {
-                Log.e(TAG, "Error reading stream", e)
-                listener?.onError(e.message ?: "Connection error")
+                if (!requestedStop) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "Error reading stream", e)
+                    listener?.onError(e.message ?: "Connection error")
+                }
             } finally {
                 isRunning = false
             }
@@ -68,6 +77,7 @@ class IcyStreamReader(
     }
 
     fun stop() {
+        requestedStop = true
         scope?.cancel()
         scope = null
         closeConnection()