diff --git a/src/sbbs3/userdat.c b/src/sbbs3/userdat.c
index 83a1c87b711c5cba5418c52ac8f6dbaa2f262748..51dc3d34f03e398cb6937ebb73fc6cf663df0129 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/userdat.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/userdat.c
@@ -3691,7 +3691,7 @@ BOOL set_sysop_availability(scfg_t* scfg, BOOL available)
 static char* sound_muted_semfile(scfg_t* scfg)
 {
 	static char semfile[MAX_PATH+1];
-	SAFEPRINTF(semfile, "%ssound.muted", scfg->ctrl_dir);
+	SAFEPRINTF(semfile, "%ssound.mute", scfg->ctrl_dir);
 	return semfile;
 }