diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 229c438..bc3795d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tts"
-version = "0.17.1"
+version = "0.17.2"
 authors = ["Nolan Darilek <nolan@thewordnerd.info>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ndarilek/tts-rs"
 description = "High-level Text-To-Speech (TTS) interface"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ thiserror = "1"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-tolk = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
+tolk = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 windows = "0.9"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/backends/tolk.rs b/src/backends/tolk.rs
index 9b93a5e..51431a8 100644
--- a/src/backends/tolk.rs
+++ b/src/backends/tolk.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 #[cfg(all(windows, feature = "tolk"))]
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use log::{info, trace};
 use tolk::Tolk as TolkPtr;
 
 use crate::{Backend, BackendId, Error, Features, UtteranceId};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct Tolk(TolkPtr);
+pub(crate) struct Tolk(Arc<TolkPtr>);
 
 impl Tolk {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> Option<Self> {
         info!("Initializing Tolk backend");
         let tolk = TolkPtr::new();
-        if tolk::Tolk::detect_screen_reader().is_some() {
+        if tolk.detect_screen_reader().is_some() {
             Some(Tolk(tolk))
         } else {
             None
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6c0b5f8..d62c245 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ use libc::c_char;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 use objc::{class, msg_send, sel, sel_impl};
 use thiserror::Error;
+#[cfg(all(windows, feature = "tolk"))]
+use tolk::Tolk;
 
 mod backends;
 
@@ -537,7 +539,8 @@ impl Tts {
         {
             #[cfg(feature = "tolk")]
             {
-                return tolk::Tolk::detect_screen_reader().is_some();
+                let tolk = Tolk::new();
+                return tolk.detect_screen_reader().is_some();
             }
             #[cfg(not(feature = "tolk"))]
             return false;