--- pulseaudio-11.1.old/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
+++ pulseaudio-11.1/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 ; realtime-scheduling = yes
 ; realtime-priority = 5
 
-; exit-idle-time = 20
+exit-idle-time = -1
 ; scache-idle-time = 20
 
 ; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)