diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.css b/copyparty/web/browser.css
index 6e688190..41f2226f 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.css
@@ -289,40 +289,6 @@ html.light #ggrid>a.sel {
 #files tr:focus+tr td {
 	border-top: 1px solid transparent;
 }
-#blocked {
-	position: fixed;
-	top: 0;
-	left: 0;
-	width: 100%;
-	height: 100%;
-	background: #333;
-	font-size: 2.5em;
-	z-index: 99;
-}
-#blk_play,
-#blk_abrt {
-	position: fixed;
-	display: table;
-	width: 80%;
-}
-#blk_play {
-	height: 60%;
-	left: 10%;
-	top: 5%;
-}
-#blk_abrt {
-	height: 25%;
-	left: 10%;
-	bottom: 5%;
-}
-#blk_play a,
-#blk_abrt a {
-	display: table-cell;
-	vertical-align: middle;
-	text-align: center;
-	background: #444;
-	border-radius: 2em;
-}
 #widget {
 	position: fixed;
 	font-size: 1.4em;
@@ -1240,14 +1206,6 @@ html.light tr.play a {
 html.light #files th:hover .cfg {
 	background: #ccc;
 }
-html.light #blocked {
-	background: #eee;
-}
-html.light #blk_play a,
-html.light #blk_abrt a {
-	background: #fff;
-	box-shadow: 0 .2em .4em #ddd;
-}
 html.light #widget a {
 	color: #06a;
 }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 6e793c34..f68d21f5 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -1492,44 +1492,14 @@ function evau_error(e) {
 }
 
 
-// show a fullscreen message
-function show_modal(html) {
-	var body = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0],
-		div = mknod('div');
-
-	div.setAttribute('id', 'blocked');
-	div.innerHTML = html;
-	unblocked();
-	body.appendChild(div);
-}
-
-
-// hide fullscreen message
-function unblocked(e) {
-	ev(e);
-	var dom = ebi('blocked');
-	if (dom)
-		dom.parentNode.removeChild(dom);
-}
-
-
 // show ui to manually start playback of a linked song
 function autoplay_blocked(seek) {
-	show_modal(
-		'<div id="blk_play"><a href="#" id="blk_go"></a></div>' +
-		'<div id="blk_abrt"><a href="#" id="blk_na">Cancel<br />(show file list)</a></div>');
-
-	var go = ebi('blk_go'),
-		na = ebi('blk_na'),
-		tid = mp.au.tid,
+	var tid = mp.au.tid,
 		fn = mp.tracks[tid].split(/\//).pop();
 
 	fn = uricom_dec(fn.replace(/\+/g, ' '))[0];
 
-	go.textContent = 'Play "' + fn + '"';
-	go.onclick = function (e) {
-		unblocked(e);
-		toast.hide();
+	modal.confirm('<h6>play this audio file?</h6>\n«' + esc(fn) + '»', function () {
 		if (mp.au !== mp.au_ogvjs)
 			// chrome 91 may permanently taint on a failed play()
 			// depending on win10 settings or something? idk
@@ -1542,8 +1512,7 @@ function autoplay_blocked(seek) {
 
 		play(tid, true, seek);
 		mp.fade_in();
-	};
-	na.onclick = unblocked;
+	}, null);
 }