diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/audio/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/audio/index.js
index 4f699ce70..b95860fcf 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/audio/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/audio/index.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class Audio extends React.PureComponent {
 
     if (this.wavesurfer) {
       this.wavesurfer.destroy();
+      this.loaded = false;
     }
 
     const wavesurfer = WaveSurfer.create({
@@ -100,8 +101,10 @@ class Audio extends React.PureComponent {
 
     if (preload) {
       wavesurfer.load(src);
+      this.loaded = true;
     } else {
       wavesurfer.load(src, arrayOf(1, 0.5), null, duration);
+      this.loaded = false;
     }
 
     wavesurfer.on('ready', () => this.setState({ duration: Math.floor(wavesurfer.getDuration()) }));
@@ -116,15 +119,18 @@ class Audio extends React.PureComponent {
 
   togglePlay = () => {
     if (this.state.paused) {
-      if (!this.props.preload) {
+      if (!this.props.preload && !this.loaded) {
         this.wavesurfer.createBackend();
         this.wavesurfer.createPeakCache();
         this.wavesurfer.load(this.props.src);
+        this.loaded = true;
       }
 
       this.wavesurfer.play();
+      this.setState({ paused: false });
     } else {
       this.wavesurfer.pause();
+      this.setState({ paused: true });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/views/statuses/_detailed_status.html.haml b/app/views/statuses/_detailed_status.html.haml
index d80552082..12f03ccdd 100644
--- a/app/views/statuses/_detailed_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/statuses/_detailed_status.html.haml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         = render partial: 'statuses/attachment_list', locals: { attachments: status.media_attachments }
     - elsif status.media_attachments.first.audio?
       - audio = status.media_attachments.first
-      = react_component :audio, src: audio.file.url(:original), height: 130, alt: audio.description, preload: true, duration: audio.meta.dig(:original, :duration) do
+      = react_component :audio, src: audio.file.url(:original), height: 130, alt: audio.description, preload: true, duration: audio.file.meta.dig(:original, :duration) do
         = render partial: 'statuses/attachment_list', locals: { attachments: status.media_attachments }
     - else
       = react_component :media_gallery, height: 380, sensitive: !current_account&.user&.show_all_media? && status.sensitive? || current_account&.user&.hide_all_media?, standalone: true, 'autoPlayGif': current_account&.user&.setting_auto_play_gif || autoplay, 'reduceMotion': current_account&.user&.setting_reduce_motion, media: status.media_attachments.map { |a| ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(a, serializer: REST::MediaAttachmentSerializer).as_json } do
diff --git a/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml b/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
index 4168ca8fe..ca3c8fdd5 100644
--- a/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/statuses/_simple_status.html.haml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         = render partial: 'statuses/attachment_list', locals: { attachments: status.media_attachments }
     - elsif status.media_attachments.first.audio?
       - audio = status.media_attachments.first
-      = react_component :audio, src: audio.file.url(:original), height: 110, alt: audio.description, duration: audio.meta.dig(:original, :duration) do
+      = react_component :audio, src: audio.file.url(:original), height: 110, alt: audio.description, duration: audio.file.meta.dig(:original, :duration) do
         = render partial: 'statuses/attachment_list', locals: { attachments: status.media_attachments }
     - else
       = react_component :media_gallery, height: 343, sensitive: !current_account&.user&.show_all_media? && status.sensitive? || current_account&.user&.hide_all_media?, 'autoPlayGif': current_account&.user&.setting_auto_play_gif || autoplay, media: status.media_attachments.map { |a| ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(a, serializer: REST::MediaAttachmentSerializer).as_json } do