diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
index e159e4750..4a7347357 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
                 context.RecordingActions.audioRecordingFormatChanged(`.${audioFormat}`)
               }
             //}
+            
+            // if the session is already recording, we need to start recording
+            context.RecordingStore.recordingModel.onServerStartRecording();
           });
       }