diff --git a/audio.js b/audio.js
index 49fe8b5..a625a38 100644
--- a/audio.js
+++ b/audio.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const zombieMusic = () => loopBed('zombie-mode', 800, 0.2);         // ba
 // MUSIC, not an atmosphere bed, so the low end is the point. Started at boot so it is already
 // running by the time the title is on screen; on a phone the autoplay policy holds the context
 // suspended until the first tap, and it becomes audible then (see loopBed).
-export const menuMusic = () => loopBed('background-music', 30, 0.3);
+export const menuMusic = () => loopBed('background-music', 30, 0.5);
 
 // duck a bed to silence (out=true) or back to its base level over `secs` — the sudden-death duel mutes the music
 function fadeBed(file, out, secs = 0.7) {
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7ae53e8..9e3b0ab 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@
     <div id="courts"><h2>CHOOSE YOUR COURT</h2></div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="main.js?v=83"></script>
+<script type="module" src="main.js?v=84"></script>
 </body>
 </html>