diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/events/audio_player.dart b/lib/pages/chat/events/audio_player.dart
index 842b16f10..8617303b0 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/events/audio_player.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/events/audio_player.dart
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ class AudioPlayerState extends State<AudioPlayerWidget> {
       audioPlayer.setFilePath(audioFile.path);
     } else {
       // #Pangea
-      final data = matrixFile!.bytes;
+      // final data = matrixFile!.bytes;
       final mimeType = matrixFile!.mimeType;
       //shouldn't have to be settting this here
       //TODO: figure out why this is necessary
       matrixFile = MatrixAudioFile(
         bytes: matrixFile!.bytes,
         name: matrixFile!.name,
-        mimeType: "audio/mp3",
+        mimeType: mimeType,
       );
       debugPrint("audioType is $mimeType");
       // TODO - figure out why it's a wav at this point
diff --git a/lib/pangea/models/pangea_message_event.dart b/lib/pangea/models/pangea_message_event.dart
index 1d9f04f7f..4d2ddff37 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/models/pangea_message_event.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/models/pangea_message_event.dart
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ class PangeaMessageEvent {
     // final fileName =
     //     text.trim().replaceAll(RegExp('[^A-Za-z0-9]'), '').substring(0, 20);
     final eventIdParam = _event.eventId;
-    final fileName = "audio_for_${eventIdParam}_$langCode";
+    final fileName = "audio_for_${eventIdParam}_$langCode.mp3";
 
     final file = MatrixAudioFile(
       bytes: audioBytes,
       name: fileName,
-      mimeType: response.mediaType,
+      mimeType: "audio/mpeg",
     );
 
     // try {
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 9e8c92755..ab5f7ce57 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ dependencies:
   http: ^0.13.6
   image_picker: ^1.0.0
   intl: any
-  just_audio: ^0.9.30
+  # #Pangea
+  # just_audio: ^0.9.0
+  just_audio: ^0.9.36
+  # Pangea#
   keyboard_shortcuts: ^0.1.4
   latlong2: ^0.8.1
   linkify: ^5.0.0