diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
index 0b8372cfc..daacde7c0 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/81-modifications.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ for file in $(find "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service -print0 | xargs
     fi
 done
 
+# Remove pulseaudio server to force using HA one
+echo "... remove embedded pulseaudio"
+for file in $(grep -srl "pulseaudio --start" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts); do
+    sed -i "/pulseaudio --start/d" "$file"
+done
+
 # Send services log to container logs
 echo "... send services log to container logs"
 for file in $(find "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service -print0 | xargs -0 basename -a) livestream.service chart_viewer.service chart_viewer.service spectrogram_viewer.service; do