diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-web.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-web.yml
index 9278625..a9706ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-web.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-web.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         emcmake cmake .. \
           -G Ninja \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-        echo "Note: Tests are automatically disabled for Emscripten builds due to testcoe compatibility issues"
+        echo "Note: Tests disabled for Emscripten due to testcoe/backward-cpp unwind conflicts"
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Build WebAssembly artifacts
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ jobs:
         # Validate soundcoe library was built
         SOUNDCOE_LIB=$(find . -name "libsoundcoe.a" -type f)
         if [ -n "$SOUNDCOE_LIB" ]; then
-          echo "✅ soundcoe library built successfully at: $SOUNDCOE_LIB"
+          echo "soundcoe library built successfully at: $SOUNDCOE_LIB"
         else
-          echo "❌ soundcoe library missing"
+          echo "soundcoe library missing"
           exit 1
         fi
         
-        echo "✅ WebAssembly build validation completed"
-        echo "Note: Tests are disabled for Emscripten due to testcoe compatibility issues"
+        echo "WebAssembly build validation completed"
+        echo "Note: Tests disabled for Emscripten due to testcoe/backward-cpp unwind conflicts"
       shell: bash
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d53c93..736d83b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,17 +8,26 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 include(FetchContent)
 include(cmake/soundcoe_config.cmake)
 
-message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Fetching OpenAL-Soft from source...")
-
-FetchContent_Declare(
-    openal
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft.git
-    GIT_TAG 1.24.3
-)
-
-configure_openal()
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(openal)
-ignore_external_warnings(OpenAL)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+# Configure OpenAL: Use Emscripten's built-in OpenAL or fetch OpenAL-Soft
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Emscripten")
+    message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Using Emscripten's built-in OpenAL implementation")
+    # Emscripten provides its own OpenAL implementation via -lopenal linker flag
+    # No need to fetch or configure OpenAL-Soft
+else()
+    message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Fetching OpenAL-Soft from source...")
+    
+    FetchContent_Declare(
+        openal
+        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft.git
+        GIT_TAG 1.24.3
+    )
+    
+    configure_openal()
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(openal)
+    ignore_external_warnings(OpenAL)
+endif()
 
 message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Fetching logcoe from source...")
 
diff --git a/cmake/openal_config.cmake b/cmake/openal_config.cmake
index bd8da0e..ca69c3e 100644
--- a/cmake/openal_config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/openal_config.cmake
@@ -37,21 +37,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 # Configure OpenAL-Soft based on target platform
 function(configure_openal_for_platform)
-    if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Emscripten")
-        # ================================================================
-        # Emscripten/Web Build - Use Emscripten's built-in OpenAL
-        # ================================================================
-        message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Configuring OpenAL-Soft for Emscripten/Web build")
-        
-        # Disable tests for web builds due to testcoe incompatibility with Emscripten
-        set(SOUNDCOE_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Tests disabled for Emscripten" FORCE)
-        message(STATUS "[soundcoe] Tests disabled for Emscripten due to testcoe compatibility issues")
-        
-        # Disable ALL native backends except NULL backend
-        disable_all_backends_except("NULL")
-        disable_all_require_flags()
-        
-    elseif(WIN32)
+    if(WIN32)
         # ================================================================
         # Windows Build
         # ================================================================
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bcf8066..0e998dc 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,22 @@ target_include_directories(soundcoe
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../external
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(soundcoe 
-    PUBLIC
-        soundcoe_headers
-        OpenAL
-        logcoe
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+# Link libraries based on platform
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Emscripten")
+    target_link_libraries(soundcoe 
+        PUBLIC
+            soundcoe_headers
+            logcoe
+            Threads::Threads
+    )
+    # Link with Emscripten's built-in OpenAL implementation
+    target_link_options(soundcoe PUBLIC -lopenal)
+else()
+    target_link_libraries(soundcoe 
+        PUBLIC
+            soundcoe_headers
+            OpenAL
+            logcoe
+            Threads::Threads
+    )
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file