diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/editor_terminal.tscn b/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/editor_terminal.tscn
index 94bbd9b..a94643a 100644
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/editor_terminal.tscn
+++ b/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/editor_terminal.tscn
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ env = {
 "TERM": "xterm-256color"
 }
 
+[node name="Bell" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
+
+[connection signal="bell" from="." to="Bell" method="play"]
 [connection signal="exited" from="PTY" to="." method="_on_PTY_exited"]
diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/settings/terminal_settings.gd b/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/settings/terminal_settings.gd
index da25899..44d7608 100644
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/settings/terminal_settings.gd
+++ b/addons/godot_xterm/editor_plugins/terminal/settings/terminal_settings.gd
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export var ctrl_scroll_to_resize_font := true
 # Bell settings.
 export var visual_bell := true
 export var audio_bell := true
-export var bell_sound: AudioStream = preload("../../../themes/audio/bell.wav")
+export var bell_sound: AudioStream
 
 # Exec args.
 export (FileType) var file_type := FileType.USE_SHELL_ENV
diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/nodes/terminal/terminal.gd b/addons/godot_xterm/nodes/terminal/terminal.gd
index 318735b..48c6d9e 100644
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/nodes/terminal/terminal.gd
+++ b/addons/godot_xterm/nodes/terminal/terminal.gd
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ var rows = 2
 export (bool) var copy_on_selection
 
 # Bell
-# If enabled, bell_sound will play when the ASCII BELL "\u0007" character is printed.
-export var bell_enabled := true
-export var bell_sound: AudioStream
-# Number of milliseconds that must pass before emitting a new bell sound.
-# This important in cases where the bell character is being printed frequently
-# such as `while true; do echo -e "\a"; done`, as adding additional AudioStreamPlayer
-# nodes too frequently has a negative performance impact.
-export var bell_cooldown_msec: int = 100
+# If muted, the "bell" signal will not be emitted when the bell "\u0007" character
+# is written to the terminal.
+export var bell_muted := false
+# Amount of time in seconds that must pass before emitting a new "bell" signal.
+# This can be useful in cases where the bell character is being written too
+# frequently such as `while true; do echo -e "\a"; done`.
+export var bell_cooldown: float = 0.1
+
+export var blink_on_time: float = 0.6
+export var blink_off_time: float = 0.3
 
 var _viewport: Viewport = preload("./viewport.tscn").instance()
 var _native_terminal: Control = _viewport.get_node("Terminal")
@@ -229,20 +231,10 @@ func _on_size_changed(new_size: Vector2):
 
 
 func _on_bell():
-	if bell_enabled and bell_sound and _bell_timer.time_left == 0:
-		var player := AudioStreamPlayer.new()
-		player.stream = bell_sound
-		player.autoplay = true
-		player.playing = true
-		player.connect("finished", self, "_on_player_finished", [player])
-		add_child(player)
-		_bell_timer.start(0.001 * bell_cooldown_msec)
-
-	emit_signal("bell")
-
-
-func _on_player_finished(player: AudioStreamPlayer):
-	player.queue_free()
+	if not bell_muted and (bell_cooldown == 0 or _bell_timer.time_left == 0):
+		emit_signal("bell")
+		if bell_cooldown > 0:
+			_bell_timer.start(bell_cooldown)
 
 
 func _mouse_to_cell(pos: Vector2) -> Vector2:
diff --git a/examples/menu/menu.tscn b/examples/menu/menu.tscn
index 43990c6..771deff 100644
--- a/examples/menu/menu.tscn
+++ b/examples/menu/menu.tscn
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=4 format=2]
+[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=2]
 
 [ext_resource path="res://addons/godot_xterm/nodes/terminal/terminal.gd" type="Script" id=1]
 [ext_resource path="res://examples/menu/menu.gd" type="Script" id=2]
-[ext_resource path="res://addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav" type="AudioStream" id=3]
 
 [node name="Menu" type="Control"]
 anchor_right = 1.0
@@ -21,6 +20,5 @@ script = ExtResource( 1 )
 __meta__ = {
 "_edit_use_anchors_": false
 }
-bell_sound = ExtResource( 3 )
 
 [connection signal="key_pressed" from="Terminal" to="." method="_on_Terminal_key_pressed"]
diff --git a/examples/terminal/terminal.tscn b/examples/terminal/terminal.tscn
index 7c42c62..6b29757 100644
--- a/examples/terminal/terminal.tscn
+++ b/examples/terminal/terminal.tscn
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=2]
+[gd_scene load_steps=4 format=2]
 
+[ext_resource path="res://themes/audio/bell.wav" type="AudioStream" id=1]
 [ext_resource path="res://addons/godot_xterm/nodes/pty/unix/pty_unix.gd" type="Script" id=2]
 [ext_resource path="res://examples/terminal/terminal.gd" type="Script" id=3]
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ __meta__ = {
 "_edit_use_anchors_": false
 }
 copy_on_selection = true
+bell_cooldown = 0.1
 
 [node name="PTY" type="Node" parent="."]
 script = ExtResource( 2 )
@@ -20,3 +22,8 @@ env = {
 "COLORTERM": "truecolor",
 "TERM": "xterm-256color"
 }
+
+[node name="Bell" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
+stream = ExtResource( 1 )
+
+[connection signal="bell" from="." to="Bell" method="play"]
diff --git a/test/unit/terminal.test.gd b/test/unit/terminal.test.gd
index 3d22006..7209103 100644
--- a/test/unit/terminal.test.gd
+++ b/test/unit/terminal.test.gd
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ func before_each():
 
 
 func test_bell() -> void:
+	term.bell_cooldown = 0
 	term.write(char(7))
 	term.write(char(0x07))
 	term.write("\a")
@@ -17,3 +18,14 @@ func test_bell() -> void:
 	term.write("'Ask not for whom the \a tolls; it tolls for thee' - John Donne")
 	yield(yield_to(term, "bell", 1), YIELD)
 	assert_signal_emit_count(term, "bell", 5)
+
+
+func test_bell_cooldown() -> void:
+	watch_signals(term)
+	term.bell_cooldown = 0.5
+	term.write("\a")
+	term.write("\a")
+	yield(yield_for(0.5), YIELD)
+	term.write("\a")
+	yield(yield_to(term, "bell", 1), YIELD)
+	assert_signal_emit_count(term, "bell", 2)
diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav b/themes/audio/bell.wav
similarity index 100%
rename from addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav
rename to themes/audio/bell.wav
diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav.import b/themes/audio/bell.wav.import
similarity index 52%
rename from addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav.import
rename to themes/audio/bell.wav.import
index 6853993..0737443 100644
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav.import
+++ b/themes/audio/bell.wav.import
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 importer="wav"
 type="AudioStreamSample"
-path="res://.import/bell.wav-54a2dcec0c35ce7bf9aa23071616df00.sample"
+path="res://.import/bell.wav-0bb68f27c3e29a9aad676dc03d89b163.sample"
 
 [deps]
 
-source_file="res://addons/godot_xterm/themes/audio/bell.wav"
-dest_files=[ "res://.import/bell.wav-54a2dcec0c35ce7bf9aa23071616df00.sample" ]
+source_file="res://themes/audio/bell.wav"
+dest_files=[ "res://.import/bell.wav-0bb68f27c3e29a9aad676dc03d89b163.sample" ]
 
 [params]