diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
index 9c31f3f03f..cc2973f61d 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ void Agent::executeScript() {
         using namespace recording;
         static const FrameType AUDIO_FRAME_TYPE = Frame::registerFrameType(AudioConstants::getAudioFrameName());
         Frame::registerFrameHandler(AUDIO_FRAME_TYPE, [this, &scriptedAvatar](Frame::ConstPointer frame) {
+            if (_shouldMuteRecordingAudio) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             static quint16 audioSequenceNumber{ 0 };
 
             QByteArray audio(frame->data);
@@ -756,6 +760,10 @@ void Agent::processAgentAvatarAudio() {
         const int16_t* nextSoundOutput = NULL;
 
         if (_avatarSound && _avatarSound->isReady()) {
+            if (isPlayingRecording && !_shouldMuteRecordingAudio) {
+                _shouldMuteRecordingAudio = true;
+            }
+            
             auto audioData = _avatarSound->getAudioData();
             nextSoundOutput = reinterpret_cast<const int16_t*>(audioData->rawData()
                     + _numAvatarSoundSentBytes);
@@ -781,6 +789,10 @@ void Agent::processAgentAvatarAudio() {
                 _avatarSound.clear();
                 _numAvatarSoundSentBytes = 0;
                 _flushEncoder = true;
+
+                if (_shouldMuteRecordingAudio) {
+                    _shouldMuteRecordingAudio = false;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.h b/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
index 7d47c8e713..244f72e624 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ private:
     ResourceRequest* _pendingScriptRequest { nullptr };
     bool _isListeningToAudioStream = false;
     SharedSoundPointer _avatarSound;
+    bool _shouldMuteRecordingAudio { false };
     int _numAvatarSoundSentBytes = 0;
     bool _isAvatar = false;
     QTimer* _avatarIdentityTimer = nullptr;