diff --git a/briar-desktop/src/main/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/utils/AudioUtils.kt b/briar-desktop/src/main/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/utils/AudioUtils.kt
index 95321893eb650f584c203bef93b94c4f8dbc3ef1..c8352cb66514f29c9ec08b0a56855ab8e1226f6b 100644
--- a/briar-desktop/src/main/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/utils/AudioUtils.kt
+++ b/briar-desktop/src/main/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/utils/AudioUtils.kt
@@ -30,13 +30,8 @@ object AudioUtils {
         val resourceStream = getResourceAsStream(name) ?: return null
         val bufferedStream = BufferedInputStream(resourceStream) // add buffer for mark/reset support
         val audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(bufferedStream)
-        val f = audioInputStream.format
-        val audioInputStream2 = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(
-            AudioFormat(f.encoding, f.sampleRate, f.sampleSizeInBits, f.channels, f.frameSize, f.frameRate, true),
-            audioInputStream
-        )
         val sound = AudioSystem.getClip()
-        sound.open(audioInputStream2)
+        sound.open(audioInputStream)
         return sound
     }
 
diff --git a/briar-desktop/src/main/resources/audio/example.wav b/briar-desktop/src/main/resources/audio/example.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7b9da8cc56eb267de56d6f66d78d076a8a394680
Binary files /dev/null and b/briar-desktop/src/main/resources/audio/example.wav differ
diff --git a/briar-desktop/src/test/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/TestPlayAudio.kt b/briar-desktop/src/test/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/TestPlayAudio.kt
index 59033fa6b16daefdcc6b8c81f24f0acbb1dac0ad..d3a40c6234c1e12e058620dd862c1db6e69eae23 100644
--- a/briar-desktop/src/test/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/TestPlayAudio.kt
+++ b/briar-desktop/src/test/kotlin/org/briarproject/briar/desktop/TestPlayAudio.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat
 import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem
 
 fun main() {
-    val sound = AudioUtils.loadAudioFromResource("/audio/notification.wav") ?: throw Exception()
+    val sound = AudioUtils.loadAudioFromResource("/audio/example.wav") ?: throw Exception()
     sound.play()
+    Thread.sleep(10000)
 }