diff --git a/voxygen/src/audio/channel.rs b/voxygen/src/audio/channel.rs
index dd29aa4b85..65e1d79099 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/audio/channel.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/audio/channel.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ impl AmbientChannel {
         self.sink.append(source);
     }
 
+    pub fn stop(&mut self) { self.sink.stop(); }
+
     pub fn set_volume(&mut self, volume: f32) { self.sink.set_volume(volume); }
 
     pub fn get_volume(&mut self) -> f32 { self.sink.volume() }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/audio/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/audio/mod.rs
index bc2690ee14..b1fd2ea4b2 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/audio/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/audio/mod.rs
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ impl AudioFrontend {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn stop_ambient_sounds(&mut self) {
+        for channel in self.ambient_channels.iter_mut() {
+            channel.stop()
+        }
+    }
+
     // The following is for the disabled device switcher
     //// TODO: figure out how badly this will break things when it is called
     //pub fn set_device(&mut self, name: String) {
diff --git a/voxygen/src/session/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/session/mod.rs
index a5ef5a2df7..4fd1dbe383 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ impl PlayState for SessionState {
                     },
                     HudEvent::Logout => {
                         self.client.borrow_mut().logout();
+                        global_state.audio.stop_ambient_sounds();
                         return PlayStateResult::Pop;
                     },
                     HudEvent::Quit => {