diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/tablet/TabletButton.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/tablet/TabletButton.qml
index 5dfef31112..636b6dbebc 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/tablet/TabletButton.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/tablet/TabletButton.qml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Item {
     property var uuid;
     property string text: "EDIT"
     property string icon: "icons/edit-icon.svg"
+    property string activeText: tabletButton.text
+    property string activeIcon: tabletButton.icon
     property bool isActive: false
     property bool inDebugMode: false
     property bool isEntered: false
@@ -170,12 +172,18 @@ Item {
             PropertyChanges {
                 target: text
                 color: "#333333"
+                text: tabletButton.activeText
             }
 
             PropertyChanges {
                 target: iconColorOverlay
                 color: "#333333"
             }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: icon
+                source: "../../../" + tabletButton.activeIcon
+            }
         },
         State {
             name: "hover active state"
diff --git a/scripts/system/mute.js b/scripts/system/mute.js
index 97a00fb0b2..03e0d784f1 100644
--- a/scripts/system/mute.js
+++ b/scripts/system/mute.js
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@
 
 var tablet = Tablet.getTablet("com.highfidelity.interface.tablet.system");
 
-function muteURL() {
-    return "icons/tablet-icons/" + (AudioDevice.getMuted() ? "mic-a.svg" : "mic-i.svg"); 
-}
 var button = tablet.addButton({
     icon: "icons/tablet-icons/mic-a.svg",
-    text: "MUTE"
+    text: "MUTE",
+    activeIcon: "icons/tablet-icons/mic-i.svg",
+    activeText: "UNMUTE"
 });
 
 function onMuteToggled() {
-    button.editProperties({icon: muteURL()});
+    button.editProperties({isActive: AudioDevice.getMuted()});
 }
 onMuteToggled();
 function onClicked(){
diff --git a/scripts/system/tablet-ui/tabletUI.js b/scripts/system/tablet-ui/tabletUI.js
index 4f2b5ed94a..e29201e072 100644
--- a/scripts/system/tablet-ui/tabletUI.js
+++ b/scripts/system/tablet-ui/tabletUI.js
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
     }
 
     function updateShowTablet() {
+        if (tabletShown) {
+            var currentMicLevel = getMicLevel();
+            var tablet = Tablet.getTablet("com.highfidelity.interface.tablet.system");      
+            tablet.updateAudioBar(currentMicLevel);
+        }
+
         if (HMD.showTablet && !tabletShown) {
             showTabletUI();
         } else if (!HMD.showTablet && tabletShown) {
@@ -60,8 +66,7 @@
     Messages.subscribe("toggleHand");
     Messages.messageReceived.connect(toggleHand);
 
-    Script.update.connect(updateShowTablet);
-    // Script.setInterval(updateShowTablet, 1000);
+    Script.setInterval(updateShowTablet, 100);
 
     // Initialise variables used to calculate audio level
     var accumulatedLevel = 0.0;
@@ -90,12 +95,5 @@
         return micLevel;
     }
 
-    Script.setInterval(function() {
-       if (tabletShown) {
-            var currentMicLevel = getMicLevel();
-            var tablet = Tablet.getTablet("com.highfidelity.interface.tablet.system");      
-            tablet.updateAudioBar(currentMicLevel);
-        }
-    }, MIC_LEVEL_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
 
 }()); // END LOCAL_SCOPE