diff --git a/src/AudioManager.cpp b/src/AudioManager.cpp
index d1cb02c17..05f0a93b9 100644
--- a/src/AudioManager.cpp
+++ b/src/AudioManager.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ void AudioManager::mixAudio(void *unused, Uint8 *stream, int len)
 }
 
 AudioManager::AudioManager()
+{
+}
+
+AudioManager::~AudioManager()
+{
+	deinit();
+}
+
+void AudioManager::init()
 {
 	//Set up format and callback. Play 16-bit stereo audio at 44.1Khz
 	sAudioFormat.freq = 44100;
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ AudioManager::AudioManager()
 	}
 }
 
-AudioManager::~AudioManager()
+void AudioManager::deinit()
 {
 	SDL_PauseAudio(1);
 	SDL_CloseAudio();
@@ -97,4 +106,4 @@ void AudioManager::play()
 {
 	//unpause audio, the mixer will figure out if samples need to be played...
 	SDL_PauseAudio(0);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/AudioManager.h b/src/AudioManager.h
index b20a965b2..af3b0dbf1 100644
--- a/src/AudioManager.h
+++ b/src/AudioManager.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public:
 	static void play();
 
 	virtual ~AudioManager();
+
+	static void init();
+	static void deinit();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Window.cpp b/src/Window.cpp
index 119ac9c5f..26e36a983 100644
--- a/src/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/Window.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ void Window::init()
 {
 	mInputManager->init();
 	Renderer::init(0, 0);
+	AudioManager::init();
 
 	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < mGuiStack.size(); i++)
 	{
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ void Window::deinit()
 	}
 
 	mInputManager->deinit();
+	AudioManager::deinit();
 	Renderer::deinit();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d0f347903..90d7617fd 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "SystemData.h"
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include "components/GuiDetectDevice.h"
-#include "AudioManager.h"
 #include "platform.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Window.h"
@@ -121,6 +120,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	Window window; //don't call Window.init() because we manually pass the resolution to Renderer::init
 	window.getInputManager()->init();
+	AudioManager::init();
 
 	//try loading the system config file
 	if(!fs::exists(SystemData::getConfigPath())) //if it doesn't exist, create the example and quit