diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 5ca7e14d..b392c2d0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3381,6 +3381,7 @@ Matthias Senzel <matthias.senzel@t-online.de>
  when Flush() was called
  for reporting that if an error occurs while recording, the respective entry in the list
  of recordings was not updated immediately
+ for fixing restoring the volume at program start
 
 Marek Nazarko <mnazarko@gmail.com>
  for translating OSD texts to the Polish language
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index d3b7440b..e6e2fdcc 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9833,6 +9833,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Avoiding a zero sized array in cDevice::GetDevice() (thanks to Marko Mäkelä).
 - Now checking the video directory after setting the user id.
 
-2022-12-16:
+2022-12-19:
 
 - Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto).
+- Fixed restoring the volume at program start (thanks to Matthias Senzel).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index debe8ce9..1bdc51ab 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 5.11 2022/12/12 10:27:38 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 5.12 2022/12/19 15:13:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -917,10 +917,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     LOCK_CHANNELS_READ;
     Channels->SwitchTo(Setup.CurrentChannel);
   }
+
+  // Restore volume:
+
+  cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->SetVolume(Setup.CurrentVolume, true);
   if (MuteAudio)
      cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->ToggleMute();
-  else
-     cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->SetVolume(Setup.CurrentVolume, true);
 
   // Signal handlers: