diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 5af4c3a62..459f12659 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -430,42 +430,6 @@ int initApp(const char* title, int fullscreen)
 
 	GO_SwapBuffers(screen);
 
-	// load sound effects
-	printlog("loading sounds...\n");
-	fp = openDataFile("sound/sounds.txt", "r");
-	for ( numsounds = 0; !feof(fp); numsounds++ )
-	{
-		while ( fgetc(fp) != '\n' ) if ( feof(fp) )
-			{
-				break;
-			}
-	}
-	if ( numsounds == 0 )
-	{
-		printlog("failed to identify any sounds in sounds.txt\n");
-		fclose(fp);
-		return 10;
-	}
-	sounds = (Sound**) malloc(sizeof(Sound*)*numsounds);
-	rewind(fp);
-	for ( c = 0; !feof(fp); c++ )
-	{
-		fscanf(fp, "%s", name);
-		while ( fgetc(fp) != '\n' )
-			if ( feof(fp) )
-				break;
-		sounds[c] = createSound(name);
-		if (!sounds[c])
-		{
-			printlog("warning: failed to load sound '%s' at line %d in sounds.txt", name, c+1);
-		}
-		//TODO: set sound volume? Or otherwise handle sound volume.
-	}
-	fclose(fp);
-	ChannelGroup_SetVolume(sound_group, sfxvolume / 128.0);
-	// set 3d settings?
-	//FMOD_System_Set3DSettings(fmod_system, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1911,24 +1875,6 @@ int deinitApp()
 		free(polymodels);
 	}
 
-	// free sounds
-	printlog("freeing sounds...\n");
-	if ( sounds != NULL )
-	{
-		for ( c = 0; c < numsounds; c++ )
-		{
-			if (sounds[c] != NULL)
-			{
-				if (sounds[c] != NULL)
-				{
-					Sound_Release(sounds[c]);    //Free the sound's FMOD sound.
-				}
-				//free(sounds[c]); //Then free the sound itself.
-			}
-		}
-		free(sounds); //Then free the sound array.
-	}
-
 	// delete opengl buffers
 	if ( allsurfaces != NULL )
 	{
diff --git a/src/init_game.cpp b/src/init_game.cpp
index c8a841eb8..b9bc3edaf 100644
--- a/src/init_game.cpp
+++ b/src/init_game.cpp
@@ -374,6 +374,43 @@ int initGame()
 		}
 	}
 
+	// load sound effects
+	printlog("loading sounds...\n");
+	fp = openDataFile("sound/sounds.txt", "r");
+	for ( numsounds = 0; !feof(fp); numsounds++ )
+	{
+		while ( fgetc(fp) != '\n' ) if ( feof(fp) )
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+	}
+	if ( numsounds == 0 )
+	{
+		printlog("failed to identify any sounds in sounds.txt\n");
+		fclose(fp);
+		return 10;
+	}
+	sounds = (Sound**) malloc(sizeof(Sound*)*numsounds);
+	rewind(fp);
+	for ( c = 0; !feof(fp); c++ )
+	{
+		fscanf(fp, "%s", name);
+		while ( fgetc(fp) != '\n' )
+			if ( feof(fp) )
+				break;
+		sounds[c] = createSound(name);
+		if (!sounds[c])
+		{
+			printlog("warning: failed to load sound '%s' at line %d in sounds.txt", name, c+1);
+		}
+		//TODO: set sound volume? Or otherwise handle sound volume.
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+	ChannelGroup_SetVolume(sound_group, sfxvolume / 128.0);
+	// set 3d settings?
+	//FMOD_System_Set3DSettings(fmod_system, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0);
+
+
 	// load music
 #ifdef SOUND
 
@@ -660,6 +697,24 @@ void deinitGame()
 		list_FreeAll(&safePacketsReceived[c]);
 	}
 #ifdef SOUND
+	// free sounds
+	printlog("freeing sounds...\n");
+	if ( sounds != NULL )
+	{
+		for ( c = 0; c < numsounds; c++ )
+		{
+			if (sounds[c] != NULL)
+			{
+				if (sounds[c] != NULL)
+				{
+					Sound_Release(sounds[c]);    //Free the sound's FMOD sound.
+				}
+				//free(sounds[c]); //Then free the sound itself.
+			}
+		}
+		free(sounds); //Then free the sound array.
+	}
+
 	Channel_Stop(music_channel);
 	Channel_Stop(music_channel2);
 	Sound_Release(intromusic);
diff --git a/src/sound_null.cpp b/src/sound_null.cpp
index 658bcd389..fb0acff51 100644
--- a/src/sound_null.cpp
+++ b/src/sound_null.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #include "sound.hpp"
 
-Channel *playSoundPlayer(int, Uint32, int) {return NULL;}
 Channel *playSoundPos(real_t, real_t, Uint32) {return NULL;}
 Channel* playSoundPosLocal(real_t x, real_t y, Uint32 snd, int vol) {return NULL;}
-Channel* playSoundEntity(Entity* entity, Uint32 snd, int vol) {return NULL;}
-Channel* playSoundEntityLocal(Entity* entity, Uint32 snd, int vol) {return NULL;}
 Channel* playSound(Uint32 snd, int vol) {return NULL;}
 Channel* playSoundVelocity() {return NULL;}
-Uint32 numsounds = 0;
-Sound** sounds = NULL;
-ChannelGroup *sound_group = NULL;
-bool levelmusicplaying;
+Sound* CreateMusic(const char* name) {return NULL;}
+void playmusic(Sound* sound, bool loop, bool crossfade, bool resume) {}
+unsigned int Channel_GetPosition(Channel*) {return 0;}
+void ChannelGroup_Stop(ChannelGroup*) {}
+bool Channel_IsPlaying(Channel*) {return false;}
+void Channel_Stop(Channel*) {}
+unsigned int Sound_GetLength(Sound*) {return 0;}
+void sound_update() {}
 void ChannelGroup_SetVolume(ChannelGroup*, float) {}
 void initSound() {}
 void deinitSound() {}