diff --git a/src/audio-worklet/audio-worklet.ts b/src/audio-worklet/audio-worklet.ts
index e574c66..5cafbf2 100644
--- a/src/audio-worklet/audio-worklet.ts
+++ b/src/audio-worklet/audio-worklet.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ function getErrorMessage(err: any, time: number) {
 	}
 }
 
+// replace Proxy so that they can be detected from the bytebeat code
+// this is completely undetectable by the bytebeat code
+const proxies = new WeakSet();
+Proxy = Object.getPrototypeOf(Proxy).contructor = new Proxy(Proxy, {
+	construct(target, args) {
+		// @ts-expect-error
+		const newProxy = new target(...args);
+		proxies.add(newProxy);
+		return newProxy;
+	},
+})
+
 class BytebeatProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
 	audioSample = 0; // TODO: is this needed? might be better to use currentTime global
 	lastFlooredTime = -1;
@@ -250,9 +262,7 @@ class BytebeatProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
 					funcValue = NaN;
 				}
 
-				if (Array.isArray(funcValue)) {
-					// replace array for safety, arrays could have modified functions
-					// TODO can the index operator be overridden? is this safe?
+				if (Array.isArray(funcValue) && !proxies.has(funcValue)) {
 					funcValue = [funcValue[0], funcValue[1]];
 				} else {
 					funcValue = [funcValue, funcValue];
@@ -261,7 +271,11 @@ class BytebeatProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
 				let changedSample = false;
 				for (const c in funcValue) {
 					try {
-						funcValue[c] = Number(funcValue[c]);
+						if (proxies.has(funcValue[c])) {
+							throw new TypeError("can't convert proxy to number");
+						} else {
+							funcValue[c] = +funcValue[c];
+						}
 					} catch (err) {
 						funcValue[c] = NaN;
 					}