diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index 486c22d6e..28efaa8ea 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ void GameController::cleanGame() {
 	if (!m_gameOpen || mCoreThreadIsActive(&m_threadContext)) {
 		return;
 	}
+
+	m_audioProcessor->pause();
 	mCoreThreadJoin(&m_threadContext);
 
 	if (m_tileCache) {