diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
index 0d2d1bcf0b..fc3b5827df 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class ShowBase:
                 self.musicManager = AudioManager.createAudioManager()
                 # Turn down the music globally
                 # Eventually we may want to control this in the options page
-                self.musicManager.setVolume(0.5)
+                self.musicManager.setVolume(0.7)
                 if not self.musicManager.isValid():
                     self.wantMusic=None
             if not (self.wantSfx or self.wantMusic):