diff --git a/Nasal/gui.nas b/Nasal/gui.nas
index 6c4c7e95f..c4fd177b5 100644
--- a/Nasal/gui.nas
+++ b/Nasal/gui.nas
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ _setlistener("/sim/signals/nasal-dir-initialized", func {
     menuEnable("rendering-buffers", getprop("/sim/rendering/rembrandt/enabled"));
     menuEnable("rembrandt-buffers-choice", getprop("/sim/rendering/rembrandt/enabled"));
     menuEnable("stereoscopic-options", !getprop("/sim/rendering/rembrandt/enabled"));
+    menuEnable("sound-config", getprop("/sim/sound/working"));
 
     # frame-per-second display
     var fps = props.globals.getNode("/sim/rendering/fps-display", 1);
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/sound.xml b/gui/dialogs/sound.xml
index 606267355..400e16dd2 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/sound.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/sound.xml
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@
         if (cmp(current, new) != 0) {
           setprop("sim/sound/devices/name", new);
           setprop("sim/sound/device-name", new);
+          fgcommand("reinit", props.Node.new({ "subsystem" : "sound" }));
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/gui/menubar.xml b/gui/menubar.xml
index 8432d39cb..3316872ec 100644
--- a/gui/menubar.xml
+++ b/gui/menubar.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 				<command>dialog-show</command>
 				<dialog-name>sound-dialog</dialog-name>
 			</binding>
+			<enabled>false</enabled>
 		</item>
 
 		<item>