diff --git a/src/wavesurfer.js b/src/wavesurfer.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/src/wavesurfer.js
+++ b/src/wavesurfer.js
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ export default class WaveSurfer extends util.Observer {
      */
     load(url, peaks, preload) {
         this.empty();
+        this.isMuted = false;
 
         switch (this.params.backend) {
             case 'WebAudio': return this.loadBuffer(url, peaks);
set isMuted to false on load method (#<I>)