diff --git a/src/Network/fgcom.cxx b/src/Network/fgcom.cxx
index 0951363..a43d635 100644
--- a/src/Network/fgcom.cxx
+++ b/src/Network/fgcom.cxx
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ void FGCom::valueChanged(SGPropertyNode *prop)
           std::string urlcmd = "ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -loglevel quiet -i ";
 
           urlcmd.append(soundpath.c_str());
-          //SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "CMD :" << urlcmd );
-          popen(urlcmd.c_str(),"x");
+          SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "CMD :" << urlcmd );
+          popen(urlcmd.c_str(),"r");
 
       }
       else {