diff --git a/src/battle-animations.ts b/src/battle-animations.ts
index fb79d3ae2..6b9475e7e 100644
--- a/src/battle-animations.ts
+++ b/src/battle-animations.ts
@@ -1592,6 +1592,8 @@ class BattleScene {
 			this.bgm = BattleSound.loadBgm('audio/sm-rival.mp3', 11389, 62158, this.bgm);
 			break;
 		}
+
+		this.updateBgm();
 	}
 	updateBgm() {
 		/**
diff --git a/src/battle-sound.ts b/src/battle-sound.ts
index 3f316e13e..ae1bac2c2 100644
--- a/src/battle-sound.ts
+++ b/src/battle-sound.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ const BattleSound = new class {
 
 	/** loopstart and loopend are in milliseconds */
 	loadBgm(url: string, loopstart: number, loopend: number, replaceBGM?: BattleBGM | null) {
-		if (replaceBGM) this.deleteBgm(replaceBGM);
+		if (replaceBGM) {
+			replaceBGM.stop();
+			this.deleteBgm(replaceBGM);
+		}
 
 		const bgm = new BattleBGM(url, loopstart, loopend);
 		this.bgm.push(bgm);