diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
index ab9bd44bc..0d1ef3fe9 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ our @options = (
   },
   {
     name        => 'ZM_WEB_ALARM_SOUND',
-    default     => '',
+    default     => 'snap.ogg',
     description => 'The sound to play on alarm, put this in the sounds directory',
     help        => q`
       You can specify a sound file to play if an alarm occurs whilst
diff --git a/web/sounds/snap.ogg b/web/sounds/snap.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef50bf231
Binary files /dev/null and b/web/sounds/snap.ogg differ