diff --git a/web/script.js b/web/script.js
index 7e425b5..195e9c9 100644
--- a/web/script.js
+++ b/web/script.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 const playBtn = document.getElementById("play-btn");
 
+const CROSSFADE_DURATION_MS = 5000;
+const CROSSFADE_INTERVAL_MS = 20;
+const AUDIO_DURATION_MS = 60000;
+
 let isPlaying = false;
 let currentAudio;
-let volume = 1;
+let volume = 0;
 
 function playAudio() {
 	// add a random query parameter at the end to prevent browser caching
@@ -15,17 +19,48 @@ function playAudio() {
 		isPlaying = false;
 		playBtn.innerText = "play";
 	};
-
 	currentAudio.volume = volume;
 
-	currentAudio.load();
 	currentAudio.play();
+
+	fadeIn();
+	setTimeout(() => {
+		fadeOut();
+	}, AUDIO_DURATION_MS - CROSSFADE_DURATION_MS);
 }
 
 function pauseAudio() {
 	currentAudio.pause();
 }
 
+function fadeIn() {
+	// volume ranges from 0 to 1, this determines by how much the volume number
+	// should be incremented at every step of the fade in
+	const volumeStep = 100 / (CROSSFADE_DURATION_MS / CROSSFADE_INTERVAL_MS);
+	const handle = setInterval(() => {
+		volume += volumeStep;
+		if (volume >= 100) {
+			clearInterval(handle);
+		} else {
+			currentAudio.volume = volume / 100;
+		}
+	}, CROSSFADE_INTERVAL_MS);
+}
+
+function fadeOut() {
+	// volume ranges from 0 to 1, this determines by how much the volume number
+	// should be decremented at every step of the fade out
+	const volumeStep = 100 / (CROSSFADE_DURATION_MS / CROSSFADE_INTERVAL_MS);
+	const handle = setInterval(() => {
+		volume -= volumeStep;
+		if (volume <= 0) {
+			clearInterval(handle);
+		} else {
+			currentAudio.volume = volume / 100;
+		}
+	}, CROSSFADE_INTERVAL_MS);
+}
+
 playBtn.onclick = () => {
 	if (isPlaying) {
 		pauseAudio();