diff --git a/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py b/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
index 074f6b17db40..94f23249003a 100644
--- a/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
+++ b/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_utils.messagebus import get_message_lang
 from ovos_utils.metrics import Stopwatch
-from ovos_utils.sound import play_error_sound
 
 try:
     from ovos_core.intent_services.padatious_service import PadatiousService, PadatiousMatcher
@@ -344,7 +343,8 @@ def send_complete_intent_failure(self, message):
         Args:
             message (Message): original message to forward from
         """
-        play_error_sound()
+        sound = Configuration().get('sounds', {}).get('error', "snd/error.mp3")
+        self.bus.emit(message.forward('mycroft.audio.play_sound', {"uri": sound}))
         self.bus.emit(message.forward('complete_intent_failure'))
 
     def handle_register_vocab(self, message):