diff --git a/src/app/core/controller.cc b/src/app/core/controller.cc
index 3c755a55..cb6b4ada 100644
--- a/src/app/core/controller.cc
+++ b/src/app/core/controller.cc
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ absl::Status Controller::CreateWindow() {
           absl::StrFormat("SDL_CreateWindow: %s\n", SDL_GetError()));
     }
     // Initialize SDL_mixer
-    if (Mix_OpenAudio(44100, MIX_DEFAULT_FORMAT, 2, 2048) < 0) {
+    if (Mix_OpenAudio(32000, MIX_DEFAULT_FORMAT, 2, 1024) < 0) {
       printf("SDL_mixer could not initialize! SDL_mixer Error: %s\n",
              Mix_GetError());
     }