diff --git a/src/components/timer.vue b/src/components/timer.vue
index 9c3bb50..ffd8b8d 100644
--- a/src/components/timer.vue
+++ b/src/components/timer.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 				manualSeconds:0,
 				analyser:null,
 				secondsToSubtract:0,
-				micThreshold:0,
+				micThreshold:-1,
 				micLevel:0,
 				micThresholdExceeded:false
 			}