diff --git a/implementations/main.cpp b/implementations/main.cpp
index 0ee566c..8e4f6bb 100644
--- a/implementations/main.cpp
+++ b/implementations/main.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import Imsd;
 namespace {
 
 // ---- static config (env-overridable, same knobs as imsd.py) ---------------
-constexpr const char* Version = "0.3.3";
+constexpr const char* Version = "0.3.2";
 constexpr const char* BusName = "net.catcrafts.IMS1";
 constexpr const char* ObjPath = "/net/catcrafts/IMS1";
 constexpr const char* Iface = "net.catcrafts.IMS1";
diff --git a/implementations/media.cpp b/implementations/media.cpp
index b7d5964..1dffd0a 100644
--- a/implementations/media.cpp
+++ b/implementations/media.cpp
@@ -410,28 +410,6 @@ std::size_t RtpPayloadOffset(std::span<const std::uint8_t> pkt) {
     return off;
 }
 
-// The desktop user's uid, resolved ONCE and thread-safely. getpwnam() hands
-// out one static buffer, and the mic and playout threads spawn their pw
-// helpers at the same instant — the race sent both into /run/user/0, where
-// no PipeWire session lives, and a call was answered into static (dev phone,
-// 2026-09-08 20:01: tx_mic=0 rx_played=0 qdrop=883). Logged per call so a
-// journal shows which session the helpers were aimed at.
-uid_t AudioUid() {
-    static std::once_flag once;
-    static uid_t uid = 0;
-    std::call_once(once, [] {
-        std::string user = EnvOr("AUDIO_USER", "user");
-        passwd pw{};
-        passwd* res = nullptr;
-        char buf[4096];
-        if (getpwnam_r(user.c_str(), &pw, buf, sizeof buf, &res) == 0 && res) uid = res->pw_uid;
-        else
-            std::println(std::cerr, "imsd-media: AUDIO_USER '{}' not found; no PipeWire session for uid 0", user);
-        std::println(std::cerr, "imsd-media: audio session: {} -> /run/user/{}", user, uid);
-    });
-    return uid;
-}
-
 // Spawn pw-record/pw-play in the desktop user's PipeWire session (sudo -u
 // when run as root). AUDIO_USER names the session owner; the default "user"
 // is postmarketOS's standard account. `toChild` true = we write the child's
@@ -443,8 +421,10 @@ Child SpawnPw(bool play, bool toChild, int rate) {
     std::vector<std::string> argv;
     if (geteuid() == 0) {
         std::string user = EnvOr("AUDIO_USER", "user");
+        uid_t uid = 0;
+        if (passwd* pw = getpwnam(user.c_str())) uid = pw->pw_uid;
         argv = {"sudo", "-u", user, "env",
-                std::format("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{}", AudioUid())};
+                std::format("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{}", uid)};
     }
     const char* tool = play ? "pw-play" : "pw-record";
     const char* lat = play ? "40ms" : "20ms";