diff --git a/public/js/custom.js b/public/js/custom.js
index ad661bf..3a9fe76 100644
--- a/public/js/custom.js
+++ b/public/js/custom.js
@@ -21,20 +21,18 @@ ajaxChat.customInitialize = function() {
 }
 
 ajaxChat.loadHTML5Sounds=function(){
-	aO = document.createElement('audio');
-	aO.id = 'audioObject';
-	document.body.appendChild(aO);
-	this.audioObject = document.getElementById('audioObject');
 	this.setAudioVolume(this.settings['audioVolume']);
 	this.sounds = {};
-	for(var key in this.soundFiles){
-		this.sounds[key] = this.dirs['sounds']+this.soundFiles[key];
+	for(var key in this.soundFiles) {
+		this.sounds[key] = this.dirs['sounds'] + this.soundFiles[key];
 	}
 }
 ajaxChat.playHTML5Sound=function(soundID,soundFile){
-	this.audioObject.src = soundFile;
-	this.audioObject.play();
+    var snd = document.createElement('audio');
+	snd.src = soundFile;
+	snd.volume = this.html5AudioVolume;
+	snd.play();
 }
 ajaxChat.setHTML5SoundVolume=function(volume){
-	this.audioObject.volume = volume;
+	this.html5AudioVolume = volume;
 }