diff --git a/rtc_plugins.cpp b/rtc_plugins.cpp
index 8c4c742..7cf544a 100644
--- a/rtc_plugins.cpp
+++ b/rtc_plugins.cpp
@@ -40,14 +40,21 @@ int sendCustomAudioData(int16_t destChannelIndex, py::array_t<int16_t> inputArra
                         int32_t sampleRate, uint64_t channelNum, uint64_t dataLen) {
     py::gil_scoped_release release;
 
-    auto buf = inputArray.request();
+    py::array_t<int16_t> contiguous = py::array::ensure(inputArray);
+    if (!contiguous) throw py::value_error("Array conversion failed");
+    auto buf = contiguous.request();
     if (buf.size != dataLen) {
         throw py::value_error("Array length does not match dataLen");
     }
+    std::vector<int16_t> localCopy(static_cast<int16_t*>(buf.ptr),
+                                    static_cast<int16_t*>(buf.ptr) + buf.size);
 
     return RTCContext::instance().sendCustomAudioData(
-            destChannelIndex, buf.ptr, sampleRate, channelNum, dataLen
+            destChannelIndex, localCopy.data(), sampleRate, channelNum, dataLen
     );
+    //return RTCContext::instance().sendCustomAudioData(
+    //        destChannelIndex, buf.ptr, sampleRate, channelNum, dataLen
+    //);
 }
 py::list getListData() {
     return RTCContext::instance().getListData();