diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/audio/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/audio/index.js
index 33e67fcbe3..f2c2fe4e0c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/audio/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/audio/index.js
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ class Audio extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   togglePlay = () => {
+    if (!this.audioContext) {
+      this._initAudioContext();
+    }
+
     if (this.state.paused) {
       this.setState({ paused: false }, () => this.audio.play());
     } else {
@@ -131,10 +135,6 @@ class Audio extends React.PureComponent {
   handlePlay = () => {
     this.setState({ paused: false });
 
-    if (this.canvas && !this.audioContext) {
-      this._initAudioContext();
-    }
-
     if (this.audioContext && this.audioContext.state === 'suspended') {
       this.audioContext.resume();
     }