diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 7a6c1c0..112cf23 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ async def on_ready(self):
         self.logger.debug("Bot Ready")
 
         self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(loop=self.loop)
-        await self.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(type=0,
-                                                         name=conf["bot"]["playing status"]),
-                                   status=discord.Status.online)
+
+        if presence := conf["bot"]["playing status"]:
+            await self.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(type=0,
+                                                             name=presence),
+                                       status=discord.Status.online)
 
     def run(self):
         try:
diff --git a/musicbot/cogs/music/__init__.py b/musicbot/cogs/music/__init__.py
index ece32e3..8d93997 100644
--- a/musicbot/cogs/music/__init__.py
+++ b/musicbot/cogs/music/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     TrackStartEvent,
     TrackStuckEvent,
 )
-from lavalink.models import AudioTrack
+from lavalink import AudioTrack
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
diff --git a/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/mixqueue.py b/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/mixqueue.py
index 3e9b3cc..3609f30 100644
--- a/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/mixqueue.py
+++ b/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/mixqueue.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from random import shuffle
 from typing import Generic, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar
 
-from lavalink.models import AudioTrack
+from lavalink import AudioTrack
 
 # Would like to ensure the T has a "requester" attribute, but don't know if that is possible
 T = TypeVar('T', bound=AudioTrack)
diff --git a/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/player.py b/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/player.py
index 5cef617..9fbe86a 100644
--- a/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/player.py
+++ b/musicbot/utils/mixplayer/player.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async def play(self, track: Optional[AudioTrack] = None, start_time: int = 0):
                 await self.bassboost(False)
                 await self.nightcoreify(False)
                 await self.stop()
-                await self.node._dispatch_event(QueueEndEvent(self))
+                await self.client._dispatch_event(QueueEndEvent(self))
                 return
             else:
                 # At this point track will not be None, as the queue is not empty
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ async def play(self, track: Optional[AudioTrack] = None, start_time: int = 0):
         if track is None or track.track is None:
             # Ignore, if the queue was empty we would have dispatched the event already
             return
-        await self.node._send(op='play', guildId=str(self.guild_id),
-                              track=track.track, startTime=start_time)
-        await self.node._dispatch_event(TrackStartEvent(self, track))
+        await self.play_track(track, start_time)
+
+        await self.client._dispatch_event(TrackStartEvent(self, track))
         self.logger.info(f"Playing track: {track.title}")
 
     async def skip(self, pos: int = 0):
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ async def skip(self, pos: int = 0):
 
     async def stop(self):
         """Stops the player."""
-        await self.node._send(op='stop', guildId=str(self.guild_id))
+        # await self.node._send(op='stop', guildId=str(self.guild_id))
+        await super().stop()
         self.current = None
         self.queue.enable_looping(False)
         self.logger.info("Music player stopped, clearing current track and stopping looping")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 86bc6dd..a285722 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 discord.py == 2.3.*
-lavalink == 4.0.*
+lavalink == 5.3.*
 asyncio
 pyyaml
 BeautifulSoup4