diff --git a/packages/soundfonts/fontloader.mjs b/packages/soundfonts/fontloader.mjs
index 27f1875a7..43798b577 100644
--- a/packages/soundfonts/fontloader.mjs
+++ b/packages/soundfonts/fontloader.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { persistentMap } from '@nanostores/persistent';
 import { noteToMidi, freqToMidi, getSoundIndex } from '@strudel/core';
 import {
   getAudioContext,
@@ -10,18 +9,11 @@ import {
 } from '@strudel/webaudio';
 import gm from './gm.mjs';
 
-export const defaultFontloaderConfig = {
-  soundfontUrl: 'https://felixroos.github.io/webaudiofontdata/sound'
-}
-
-export const fontloaderConfigMap = persistentMap('strudel-config-fontloader', defaultFontloaderConfig);
-
-export function setSoundfontUrl(obj) {
-  fontloaderConfigMap.setKey('soundfontUrl', JSON.stringify(obj));
-}
+let defaultSoundfontUrl = 'https://felixroos.github.io/webaudiofontdata/sound'
+let soundfontUrl = defaultSoundfontUrl
 
-export function getSoundfontUrl() {
-  return JSON.parse(fontloaderConfigMap.get().soundfontUrl);
+export function setSoundfontUrl(value) {
+  soundfontUrl = value
 }
 
 let loadCache = {};
@@ -31,7 +23,7 @@ async function loadFont(name) {
   }
   const load = async () => {
     // TODO: make soundfont source configurable
-    const url = `${getSoundfontUrl()}/${name}.js`;
+    const url = `${soundfontUrl}/${name}.js`;
     const preset = await fetch(url).then((res) => res.text());
     let [_, data] = preset.split('={');
     return eval('{' + data);