diff --git a/src/components/NewMessageForm/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.vue b/src/components/NewMessageForm/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.vue
index ca5bd15d59f..6353bce707d 100644
--- a/src/components/NewMessageForm/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.vue
+++ b/src/components/NewMessageForm/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.vue
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 				content: startRecordingTooltip,
 				delay: tooltipDelay,
 			}"
+			:disabled="!encoderReady"
 			class="audio-recorder__trigger nc-button nc-button__main"
 			@click="start">
 			<Microphone
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ export default {
 		abortRecordingTooltip() {
 			return t('spreed', 'Dismiss recording')
 		},
+
+		encoderReady() {
+			return this.$store.getters.encoderReady
+		},
 	},
 
 	watch: {
@@ -155,6 +160,10 @@ export default {
 		},
 	},
 
+	mounted() {
+		this.$store.dispatch('initializeAudioEncoder')
+	},
+
 	beforeDestroy() {
 		this.killStreams()
 	},
diff --git a/src/store/audioRecorderStore.js b/src/store/audioRecorderStore.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e62f9c2c1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/audioRecorderStore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2021 Marco Ambrosini <marcoambrosini@pm.me>
+ *
+ * @author Marco Ambrosini <marcoambrosini@pm.me>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+import { register } from 'extendable-media-recorder'
+import { connect } from 'extendable-media-recorder-wav-encoder'
+
+const state = () => ({
+	encoderReady: false,
+})
+
+const getters = {
+	encoderReady: state => {
+		return state.encoderReady
+	},
+}
+
+const mutations = {
+	encoderReady: (state) => {
+		state.encoderReady = true
+	},
+}
+
+const actions = {
+	async initializeAudioEncoder({ commit, state }) {
+		if (!state.encoderReady) {
+			register(await connect())
+			commit('encoderReady')
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+export default { state, mutations, getters, actions }
diff --git a/src/store/storeConfig.js b/src/store/storeConfig.js
index a5c73c6993f..aeeeb19e277 100644
--- a/src/store/storeConfig.js
+++ b/src/store/storeConfig.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 import actorStore from './actorStore'
+import audioRecorderStore from './audioRecorderStore'
 import callViewStore from './callViewStore'
 import conversationsStore from './conversationsStore'
 import fileUploadStore from './fileUploadStore'
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import messageActionsStore from './messageActionsStore'
 export default {
 	modules: {
 		actorStore,
+		audioRecorderStore,
 		callViewStore,
 		conversationsStore,
 		fileUploadStore,