diff --git a/web/zebra-spaces.html b/web/zebra-spaces.html
index cef736f..d484a27 100644
--- a/web/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/web/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -4124,16 +4124,17 @@ async function startStream(uuid, pubHex){
a = document.createElement('audio');
a.autoplay = true; a.controls = false;
a.preload = 'auto'; a.playsInline = true;
- /* start muted so autoplay is universally allowed (muted autoplay
- * has no gesture requirement on any browser). applyAudioMute()
- * unmutes the moment the user gesture lands (btn-mute click) AND
- * this peer's canonical path is set to 'dj' by the 'playing'
- * listener below. */
- a.muted = true;
document.body.appendChild(a);
streamAudio.set(uuid, a);
await applySinkTo(a);
}
+ /* Toggle click is itself a user gesture, so unmuted play is allowed
+ * without the muted-autoplay workaround. Older code muted-started and
+ * relied on applyAudioMute() to unmute later, but that hook is a
+ * no-op for non-listeners now — host/speaker self-monitor (and host
+ * DJ-mode on remote speakers) was playing silently. Unmute on every
+ * call so a reused element from a prior stop also re-monitors. */
+ try { a.muted = false; } catch(_){}
a.src = wantUrl;
const onPlaying = () => {
logLine('', 'stream on for '+pubHex.slice(0,12)+' — DJ mode (~2s delay, glitch-free)');
@@ -4940,8 +4941,8 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');