diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/JamTrackStore.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/JamTrackStore.js.coffee
index 2e97dd4d2..9bea103ce 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/JamTrackStore.js.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/JamTrackStore.js.coffee
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ JamTrackActions = @JamTrackActions
                 , null, true)
 
           when 'unknown'
-            if @jamTrack.activeMixdown.client_state != 'downloading'
+            # we need to check if @keyCheckTimeout exists; because if it does, we don't want to download while keying.
+            # 'unknown' is tricky here because the file probably is actually on disk, but the bridge API can say unknown until you've tried to key at least once
+            if @jamTrack.activeMixdown.client_state != 'downloading' && !@keyCheckTimeout?
               @jamTrack.activeMixdown.client_state = 'downloading'
               logger.debug("JamTrackStore: initiating download of mixdown")
               context.jamClient.JamTrackDownload(@jamTrack.id, @jamTrack.activeMixdown.id, context.JK.currentUserId,