diff --git a/ext/bg/js/audio.js b/ext/bg/js/audio.js
index 9e0ae67c..1a626d42 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/audio.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/audio.js
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async function audioInject(definition, fields, sources, optionsContext) {
             audioSourceDefinition = definition.expressions[0];
         }
 
-        const {url} = await audioGetFromSources(audioSourceDefinition, sources, optionsContext, false);
+        const {url} = await audioGetFromSources(audioSourceDefinition, sources, optionsContext, true);
         if (url !== null) {
             const filename = audioBuildFilename(audioSourceDefinition);
             if (filename !== null) {
diff --git a/ext/mixed/js/audio.js b/ext/mixed/js/audio.js
index 5e3b9164..50bd321f 100644
--- a/ext/mixed/js/audio.js
+++ b/ext/mixed/js/audio.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function audioGetFromUrl(url) {
     });
 }
 
-async function audioGetFromSources(expression, sources, optionsContext, createAudioObject, cache=null) {
+async function audioGetFromSources(expression, sources, optionsContext, download, cache=null) {
     const key = `${expression.expression}:${expression.reading}`;
     if (cache !== null && cache.hasOwnProperty(expression)) {
         return cache[key];
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async function audioGetFromSources(expression, sources, optionsContext, createAu
         }
 
         try {
-            const audio = createAudioObject ? await audioGetFromUrl(url) : null;
+            const audio = download ? null : await audioGetFromUrl(url);
             const result = {audio, url, source};
             if (cache !== null) {
                 cache[key] = result;
diff --git a/ext/mixed/js/display.js b/ext/mixed/js/display.js
index 51a3dc22..cf38d09d 100644
--- a/ext/mixed/js/display.js
+++ b/ext/mixed/js/display.js
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class Display {
             }
 
             const sources = this.options.audio.sources;
-            let {audio, source} = await audioGetFromSources(expression, sources, this.getOptionsContext(), true, this.audioCache);
+            let {audio, source} = await audioGetFromSources(expression, sources, this.getOptionsContext(), false, this.audioCache);
             let info;
             if (audio === null) {
                 if (this.audioFallback === null) {