diff --git a/src/GameInternal.cpp b/src/GameInternal.cpp
index 5e23c78..74d2a77 100644
--- a/src/GameInternal.cpp
+++ b/src/GameInternal.cpp
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ void GameInternal::init(const char* title, int xpos, int ypos, int width, int he
     assets->addTexture("egg", "assets/egg.png");
 	*/
 	// loading sounds
-	assets->addSoundEffect("throw_egg", "assets/sound/throw_egg.wav");
-	assets->addSoundEffect("steps", "assets/sound/steps.wav");
+	// assets->addSoundEffect("throw_egg", "assets/sound/throw_egg.wav");
+	// assets->addSoundEffect("steps", "assets/sound/steps.wav");
 
 	// loading music
 	// assets->addMusic("background_music", "assets/sound/background_music.mp3");
diff --git a/src/SoundManager.cpp b/src/SoundManager.cpp
index 65d3bf5..2954b9f 100644
--- a/src/SoundManager.cpp
+++ b/src/SoundManager.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,16 @@ void SoundManager::playSound(GameInternal* game, std::string sound, bool canOver
 {
 	if(!canOverlap)
 	{
-		if (Mix_Playing(channel) != 0)
-			Mix_HaltChannel(channel);
+		// dev needs to specify a channel for this check to work, if they set it to -1 and let sdl pick the first available
+		// channel mix_getchunk() won't work
+		if (Mix_Playing(channel) != 0 && 
+			Mix_GetChunk(channel) == game->assets->getSound(sound) && 
+			channel != -1)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		Mix_HaltChannel(channel);
 	}
 
 	if(Mix_VolumeChunk(game->assets->getSound(sound), volume) == -1)