diff --git a/src/esmp3.cpp b/src/esmp3.cpp
index b69b2b5..25ba11e 100644
--- a/src/esmp3.cpp
+++ b/src/esmp3.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void setup() {
 
 	Serial.println("Setup finished.");
 
-	audio.setVolume(3);
+	audio.setVolume(12);
 	audio.connecttospeech("Die Papabox ist nun einsatzbereit!", "de_DE");
 }