diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
index 183a94e81..b47946641 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/session.js
@@ -2140,7 +2140,11 @@
             context.trackVolumeObject.name = mixer.name;
             context.trackVolumeObject.record = mixer.record;
             context.trackVolumeObject.volL = mixer.volume_left;
-            context.trackVolumeObject.volR = mixer.volume_right;
+
+            // today we treat all tracks as mono, but this is required to make a stereo track happy
+            //context.trackVolumeObject.volR = mixer.volume_right;
+            context.trackVolumeObject.volR = mixer.volume_left;
+
             context.trackVolumeObject.loop = mixer.loop;
             // trackVolumeObject doesn't have a place for range min/max
             currentMixerRangeMin = mixer.range_low;