diff --git a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
index 3032492b89..c803f0520e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/haveno/core/trade/HavenoUtils.java
@@ -575,14 +575,14 @@ private static void playAudioFile(String fileName) {
                 // get original format
                 AudioFormat baseFormat = audioInputStream.getFormat();
     
-                // set target format: PCM_SIGNED, 16-bit
+                // set target format: PCM_SIGNED, 16-bit, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, little-endian
                 AudioFormat targetFormat = new AudioFormat(
                     AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED,
-                    baseFormat.getSampleRate(),
+                    44100.0f,
                     16, // 16-bit instead of 32-bit float
                     baseFormat.getChannels(),
                     baseFormat.getChannels() * 2, // Frame size: 2 bytes per channel (16-bit)
-                    baseFormat.getSampleRate(),
+                    44100.0f,
                     false // Little-endian
                 );