diff --git a/src/livekit/NoiseGateTransformer.ts b/src/livekit/NoiseGateTransformer.ts
index 9d292e44..b04019d6 100644
--- a/src/livekit/NoiseGateTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/NoiseGateTransformer.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 
 import { type Track } from "livekit-client";
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger";
+// ?worker&url tells Vite to compile the TypeScript worklet and return its URL.
+// Without this, Vite copies the .ts file verbatim and the browser rejects it.
+import compiledWorkletUrl from "./NoiseGateProcessor.worklet.ts?worker&url";
 
 const log = logger.getChild("[NoiseGateTransformer]");
 
@@ -106,12 +109,8 @@ export class NoiseGateTransformer implements AudioTrackProcessor {
       log.warn("TEN-VAD WASM module unavailable — VAD disabled:", e);
     }
 
-    const workletUrl = new URL(
-      "./NoiseGateProcessor.worklet.ts",
-      import.meta.url,
-    );
-    log.info("loading worklet from:", workletUrl.href);
-    await audioContext.audioWorklet.addModule(workletUrl);
+    log.info("loading worklet from:", compiledWorkletUrl);
+    await audioContext.audioWorklet.addModule(compiledWorkletUrl);
     log.info("worklet module loaded");
 
     this.workletNode = new AudioWorkletNode(