diff --git a/examples/ggwave-to-file/ggwave-to-file.py b/examples/ggwave-to-file/ggwave-to-file.py
index 8819ca2..bfa0dd7 100644
--- a/examples/ggwave-to-file/ggwave-to-file.py
+++ b/examples/ggwave-to-file/ggwave-to-file.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import sys
 import requests
+import wave
 
-def ggwave(message: str, protocolId: int = 1, sampleRate: float = 48000, volume: int = 50, payloadLength: int = -1):
+
+def ggwave(message: str, file: str, protocolId: int = 1, sampleRate: float = 48000, volume: int = 50, payloadLength: int = -1) -> None:
 
     url = 'https://ggwave-to-file.ggerganov.com/'
 
@@ -15,11 +17,15 @@ def ggwave(message: str, protocolId: int = 1, sampleRate: float = 48000, volume:
 
     response = requests.get(url, params=params)
 
-    if response == '':
+    if response == '' or b'Usage: ggwave-to-file' in response.content:
         raise SyntaxError('Request failed')
 
-    return response
+    with wave.open(file, 'wb') as f:
+        f.setnchannels(1)
+        f.setframerate(sampleRate)
+        f.setsampwidth(2)
+        f.writeframes(response.content)
 
-result = ggwave("Hello world!")
 
-sys.stdout.buffer.write(result.content)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ggwave("Hello world!", "hello_world.wav")