--- a/src/gva-mame-common.c
+++ b/src/gva-mame-common.c
@@ -638,9 +638,9 @@
 
                 mute_button = GVA_MUTE_BUTTON (GVA_WIDGET_MAIN_MUTE_BUTTON);
                 if (gva_mute_button_get_muted (mute_button))
-                        g_string_append (arguments, "-nosound ");
+                        g_string_append (arguments, "-sound none ");
                 else
-                        g_string_append (arguments, "-sound ");
+                        g_string_append (arguments, "-sound auto ");
         }
 
         g_string_append_printf (arguments, "%s", name);

