diff --git a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/ClientConnection.h b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/ClientConnection.h
index 9a2004448e..a4d2d6a177 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/ClientConnection.h
+++ b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/ClientConnection.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class Mixer;
 class ClientConnection final : public IPC::ClientConnection<AudioClientEndpoint, AudioServerEndpoint> {
     C_OBJECT(ClientConnection)
 public:
-    explicit ClientConnection(NonnullRefPtr<Core::LocalSocket>, int client_id, Mixer& mixer);
     ~ClientConnection() override;
 
     void did_finish_playing_buffer(Badge<ClientAudioStream>, int buffer_id);
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ public:
     static void for_each(Function<void(ClientConnection&)>);
 
 private:
+    explicit ClientConnection(NonnullRefPtr<Core::LocalSocket>, int client_id, Mixer& mixer);
+
     virtual Messages::AudioServer::GetMainMixVolumeResponse get_main_mix_volume() override;
     virtual void set_main_mix_volume(double) override;
     virtual Messages::AudioServer::GetSelfVolumeResponse get_self_volume() override;
diff --git a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/Mixer.h b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/Mixer.h
index d56d97fef8..a9dbde4cc8 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/Mixer.h
+++ b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/Mixer.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ private:
 class Mixer : public Core::Object {
     C_OBJECT(Mixer)
 public:
-    Mixer(NonnullRefPtr<Core::ConfigFile> config);
     virtual ~Mixer() override;
 
     NonnullRefPtr<ClientAudioStream> create_queue(ClientConnection&);
@@ -124,6 +123,8 @@ public:
     u16 audiodevice_get_sample_rate() const;
 
 private:
+    Mixer(NonnullRefPtr<Core::ConfigFile> config);
+
     void request_setting_sync();
 
     Vector<NonnullRefPtr<ClientAudioStream>> m_pending_mixing;
diff --git a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/main.cpp
index d02cf6392b..202cf9e102 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/AudioServer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/AudioServer/main.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int main(int, char**)
     unveil(nullptr, nullptr);
 
     Core::EventLoop event_loop;
-    AudioServer::Mixer mixer { config };
+    auto mixer = AudioServer::Mixer::construct(config);
 
     auto server = Core::LocalServer::construct();
     bool ok = server->take_over_from_system_server();
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int, char**)
         }
         static int s_next_client_id = 0;
         int client_id = ++s_next_client_id;
-        IPC::new_client_connection<AudioServer::ClientConnection>(client_socket.release_nonnull(), client_id, mixer);
+        IPC::new_client_connection<AudioServer::ClientConnection>(client_socket.release_nonnull(), client_id, *mixer);
     };
 
     if (pledge("stdio recvfd thread accept cpath rpath wpath", nullptr) < 0) {