diff --git a/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js b/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
index 168de7c..3c4b966 100644
--- a/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
+++ b/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ function stop() {
   if (recorder.recording) {
     recorder.stop();
 
-    // signal to the draw loop that we should generate a new shape
-    newSoundJustRecorded = true;
-
     // https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.SoundFile/getPeaks
     amplitude = recording.getPeaks(1)[0] * 100;
 
@@ -80,6 +77,9 @@ function stop() {
 
     // automatically archive this sound to the back-end
     sendToArchive();
+
+    // signal to the draw loop that we should generate a new shape
+    newSoundJustRecorded = true;
   }
 }