diff --git a/gui/preload-main.js b/gui/preload-main.js
index f07f100e..ab64178c 100644
--- a/gui/preload-main.js
+++ b/gui/preload-main.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
             let Data = {
                 type: "set",
                 command: "record_audio",
-                state: "True",
             };
             ipcRenderer.send('run-tnc-command', Data);
 
@@ -2105,6 +2104,9 @@ ipcRenderer.on('run-tnc-command', (event, arg) => {
     if (arg.command == 'set_tx_audio_level') {
         sock.setTxAudioLevel(arg.tx_audio_level);
     }
+    if (arg.command == 'record_audio') {
+        sock.record_audio();
+    }
     if (arg.command == 'send_test_frame') {
         sock.sendTestFrame();
     }    
diff --git a/gui/sock.js b/gui/sock.js
index 9bdb443d..25c52f35 100644
--- a/gui/sock.js
+++ b/gui/sock.js
@@ -586,7 +586,11 @@ exports.sendTestFrame = function() {
     writeTncCommand(command)
 }
 
-
+// RECORD AUDIO
+exports.record_audio = function() {
+    command = '{"type" : "set", "command" : "record_audio"}'
+    writeTncCommand(command)
+}
 
 ipcRenderer.on('action-update-tnc-ip', (event, arg) => {
     client.destroy();
diff --git a/tnc/sock.py b/tnc/sock.py
index 2348ea34..4e878997 100644
--- a/tnc/sock.py
+++ b/tnc/sock.py
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ def process_tnc_commands(data):
         # START STOP AUDIO RECORDING -----------------------------------------------------
         if received_json["type"] == "set" and received_json["command"] == "record_audio":
             try:
-                if received_json["state"] in ['true', 'True', True]:
-                    static.AUDIO_RECORD_FILE = open(f"{int(time.time())}_audio_recording", 'wb')
+                if not static.AUDIO_RECORD:
+                    static.AUDIO_RECORD_FILE = open(f"{int(time.time())}_audio_recording.raw", 'wb')
                     static.AUDIO_RECORD = True
                 else:
                     static.AUDIO_RECORD = False