diff --git a/code/modules/mob/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/death.dm
index 1a5dee295bf..fa9b038f20b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/death.dm
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 	icon = null
 	invisibility = 101
 
+	playsound(src.loc, 'sound/effects/gib.ogg', 100, 1, 10)
+
 	animation = new(loc)
 	animation.icon_state = "blank"
 	animation.icon = 'icons/mob/mob.dmi'
@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@
 
 //	flick("gibbed-m", animation)
 	gibs(loc, viruses, dna)
-	playsound(src.loc, 'sound/effects/gib.ogg', 50, 1)
 	dead_mob_list -= src
 	if(client)
 		respawnable_list += src
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
index 54c1012f083..f6ae00458fc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 	animation.icon = 'icons/mob/mob.dmi'
 	animation.master = src
 
+	playsound(src.loc, 'sound/effects/gib.ogg', 100, 1, 10)
+
 	for(var/datum/organ/external/E in src.organs)
 		if(istype(E, /datum/organ/external/chest))
 			continue