diff --git a/pizzactrl/hal_serial.py b/pizzactrl/hal_serial.py
index f2ee658..7480f2c 100644
--- a/pizzactrl/hal_serial.py
+++ b/pizzactrl/hal_serial.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from time import sleep
 from enum import Enum
 
 from typing import Any, List
-# from scipy.io.wavfile import write as writewav
+from scipy.io.wavfile import write as writewav
 import pydub
 
 import sounddevice as sd
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ def record_sound(hal: PizzaHAL, filename: Any, duration: int,
     else:
         sd.wait()  # Wait until recording is finished
     # TODO test
-    myrecording = np.int16(myrecording)
-    song = pydub.AudioSegment(myrecording.tobytes(), frame_rate=AUDIO_REC_SR, sample_width=2, channels=2)
-    song.export(str(filename), format="mp3", bitrate="320k")
-    # ALTERNATIVE writewav(str(filename), AUDIO_REC_SR, myrecording)
+    # myrecording = np.int16(myrecording)
+    # song = pydub.AudioSegment(myrecording.tobytes(), frame_rate=AUDIO_REC_SR, sample_width=2, channels=2)
+    # song.export(str(filename), format="mp3", bitrate="44.1k")
+    writewav(str(filename), AUDIO_REC_SR, myrecording)
     if cache:
         hal.soundcache[str(filename)] = (myrecording, AUDIO_REC_SR)