diff -Naur mailnag-0.5.2.org/Mailnag/daemon/mailchecker.py mailnag-0.5.2/Mailnag/daemon/mailchecker.py
--- mailnag-0.5.2.org/Mailnag/daemon/mailchecker.py	2013-11-06 18:17:22.992205709 +0100
+++ mailnag-0.5.2/Mailnag/daemon/mailchecker.py	2013-11-06 18:21:12.436209152 +0100
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@
 				
 				# play sound if it is enabled in mailnags settings and 
 				# gnome-shell notifications aren't disabled
-				if (self._cfg.get('general', 'playsound') == '1') and \
-					(self._gsettings.get_int('saved-session-presence') != 2):
+				if (self._cfg.get('general', 'playsound') == '1'):
 					gstplay(get_data_file(self._cfg.get('general', 'soundfile')))
 
 			self._reminder.save(self._mail_list)