diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/audio/AudioProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/audio/AudioProcessor.java
index 46bc11d136..e7018d664d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/audio/AudioProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/audio/AudioProcessor.java
@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ public AudioData play(AudioData data) {
             if (audioFile.getConfig().peakDelayMs == null) {
               audioFile.invoke("publishPeak", value);  
             } else {              
-              delayScheduler.schedule(() -> audioFile.invoke("publishPeak", value), audioFile.getConfig().peakDelayMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+              delayScheduler.schedule(() -> audioFile.invoke("publishPeak", value), audioFile.getConfig().peakDelayMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);          
+              if (audioFile.getConfig().publishPeakResetDelayMs != null) {
+                delayScheduler.schedule(() -> audioFile.invoke("publishPeak", 0), audioFile.getConfig().peakDelayMs + audioFile.getConfig().publishPeakResetDelayMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/AudioFileConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/AudioFileConfig.java
index 391d175d55..a6faeb07e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/AudioFileConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/AudioFileConfig.java
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ public class AudioFileConfig extends ServiceConfig {
    * delay to synchronize publishing of peak with actual sound in milliseconds
    */
   public Long peakDelayMs = null;
+  
+  /**
+   * resets the peak to 0 after this many milliseconds
+   */
+  public Long publishPeakResetDelayMs = 30L;
 }