diff --git a/include/config/config_audio.h b/include/config/config_audio.h
index 332e09b3..a65b1818 100644
--- a/include/config/config_audio.h
+++ b/include/config/config_audio.h
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@
  * Reverb parameters can be configured in audio/synthesis.c to meet desired aesthetic/performance needs. Currently US/JP only. Hurts emulator and console performance.
  */
 // #define BETTER_REVERB
+
+/**
+ *  Do not restart the music on cap grabs
+ */
+#define PERSISTENT_CAP_MUSIC
diff --git a/src/audio/external.c b/src/audio/external.c
index 7f77c613..95b9423e 100644
--- a/src/audio/external.c
+++ b/src/audio/external.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "seq_ids.h"
 #include "dialog_ids.h"
 
+#include "config/config_audio.h"
+
 // N.B. sound banks are different from the audio banks referred to in other
 // files. We should really fix our naming to be less ambiguous...
 #define MAX_BACKGROUND_MUSIC_QUEUE_SIZE 6
@@ -2195,7 +2197,9 @@ void play_music(u8 player, u16 seqArgs, u16 fadeTimer) {
     for (i = 0; i < sBackgroundMusicQueueSize; i++) {
         if (sBackgroundMusicQueue[i].seqId == seqId) {
             if (i == 0) {
+#ifndef PERSISTENT_CAP_MUSIC
                 seq_player_play_sequence(SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL, seqId, fadeTimer);
+#endif
             } else if (!gSequencePlayers[SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL].enabled) {
                 stop_background_music(sBackgroundMusicQueue[0].seqId);
             }
diff --git a/src/game/sound_init.c b/src/game/sound_init.c
index db5c3213..beed9f67 100644
--- a/src/game/sound_init.c
+++ b/src/game/sound_init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "rumble_init.h"
 #include "puppyprint.h"
 
+#include "config/config_audio.h"
+
 #define MUSIC_NONE 0xFFFF
 
 static OSMesgQueue sSoundMesgQueue;
@@ -293,7 +295,20 @@ void stop_shell_music(void) {
 /**
  * Called from threads: thread5_game_loop
  */
+
+#ifdef PERSISTENT_CAP_MUSIC
+static s8 sDoResetMusic = FALSE;
+extern void stop_cap_music(void);
+#endif
+
 void play_cap_music(u16 seqArgs) {
+#ifdef PERSISTENT_CAP_MUSIC
+    if (sDoResetMusic) {
+        sDoResetMusic = FALSE;
+        stop_cap_music();
+    }
+#endif
+
     play_music(SEQ_PLAYER_LEVEL, seqArgs, 0);
     if (sCurrentCapMusic != MUSIC_NONE && sCurrentCapMusic != seqArgs) {
         stop_background_music(sCurrentCapMusic);
@@ -307,6 +322,9 @@ void play_cap_music(u16 seqArgs) {
 void fadeout_cap_music(void) {
     if (sCurrentCapMusic != MUSIC_NONE) {
         fadeout_background_music(sCurrentCapMusic, 600);
+#ifdef PERSISTENT_CAP_MUSIC
+        sDoResetMusic = TRUE;
+#endif
     }
 }