diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/sip.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/sip.js
index 2cce3322ab..86260d0784 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/sip.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/sip.js
@@ -24,30 +24,26 @@ export default class SIPBridge extends BaseAudioBridge {
 
   // Periodically check the status of the WebRTC call, when a call has been established attempt to
   // hangup, retry if a call is in progress, send the leave voice conference message to BBB
-  exitAudio(afterExitCall = () => {}) {
-    // To be called when the hangup is initiated
+  exitAudio(isListenOnly, afterExitCall = () => {}) {
+    // To be called when the hangup is confirmed
     const hangupCallback = function () {
-      console.log('Exiting Voice Conference');
+      console.log('Exited Voice Conference, listenOnly=' + isListenOnly);
+
+      // notify BBB-apps we are leaving the call if we are in listen only mode
+      if (isListenOnly) {
+        callServer('listenOnlyToggle', false);
+      }
     };
 
-    // Checks periodically until a call is established so we can successfully end the call
-    // clean state
+    // Checks periodically until a call is established so we can successfully end the call clean state
     triedHangup = false;
 
     // function to initiate call
     const checkToHangupCall = ((context, afterExitCall = () => {}) => {
-
       // if an attempt to hang up the call is made when the current session is not yet finished,
-      // the request has no effect
-      // keep track in the session if we haven't tried a hangup
+      // the request has no effect keep track in the session if we haven't tried a hangup
       if (window.getCallStatus() != null && !triedHangup) {
         console.log('Attempting to hangup on WebRTC call');
-
-        // notify BBB-apps we are leaving the call call if we are listen only
-        if (this.userData.listenOnly) {
-          callServer('listenOnlyToggle', false);
-        }
-
         window.webrtc_hangup(hangupCallback);
 
         // we have hung up, prevent retries
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/verto.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/verto.js
index 2b1936062d..63e299b703 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/verto.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/bridge/verto.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class VertoBridge extends BaseAudioBridge {
     this.vertoUsername = 'FreeSWITCH User - ' + encodeURIComponent(username);
   }
 
-  exitAudio() {
+  exitAudio(listenOnly) {
     window.vertoExitAudio();
   }
 
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/manager/index.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/manager/index.js
index fb83859cff..fa9b020e32 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/manager/index.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/api/audio/client/manager/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { callServer } from '/imports/ui/services/api';
 import BaseAudioBridge from '../bridge/base';
 import VertoBridge from '../bridge/verto';
 import SIPBridge from '../bridge/sip';
@@ -13,15 +12,16 @@ export default class AudioManager {
     }
 
     this.bridge = audioBridge;
+    this.isListenOnly = false;
   }
 
   exitAudio () {
-    this.bridge.exitAudio();
+    this.bridge.exitAudio(this.isListenOnly);
   }
 
   joinAudio(listenOnly) {
     if (listenOnly) {
-      callServer('listenOnlyToggle', true);
+      this.isListenOnly = true;
       this.bridge.joinListenOnly();
     } else {
       this.bridge.joinMicrophone();
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/audio/service.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/audio/service.js
index 7ea0cf0ac8..971069b92d 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/audio/service.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/audio/service.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const init = () => {
   const userId = Auth.userID;
   const User = Users.findOne({ userId });
   const username = User.user.name;
-  const listenOnly = User.user.listenOnly;
 
   const Meeting = Meetings.findOne(); //TODO test this with Breakouts
   const turns = Meeting.turns;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ const init = () => {
   const userData = {
     userId,
     username,
-    listenOnly,
     turns,
     stuns,
     voiceBridge,