diff --git a/proton b/proton
index c654315d..10373269 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -1006,6 +1006,9 @@ class Session:
         #disable XIM support until libx11 >= 1.7 is widespread
         self.env.setdefault("WINE_ALLOW_XIM", "0")
 
+        #temporarily disable dumping audio to disk
+        self.env.setdefault("MEDIACONV_AUDIO_DONT_DUMP", "1")
+
         if "wined3d11" in self.compat_config:
             self.compat_config.add("wined3d")