diff --git a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
index d7bb29854..cb5cad5a7 100644
--- a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/ChartEditorState.hx
@@ -6044,6 +6044,9 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
     stopWelcomeMusic();
     stopAudioPlayback();
 
+    // Force pauses audio preview from OffsetsToolbox, if it exists.
+    cast(this.getToolbox(CHART_EDITOR_TOOLBOX_OFFSETS_LAYOUT), ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox)?.pauseAudioPreview();
+
     var startTimestamp:Float = 0;
     if (playtestStartTime) startTimestamp = scrollPositionInMs + playheadPositionInMs;
 
@@ -6228,6 +6231,7 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
     {
       // Don't allow the audio to be played while we're dragging any of the playheads
       if (playbarHeadDragging || gridPlayheadScrollAreaPressed || notePreviewPlayHeadDragging) return;
+      cast(this.getToolbox(CHART_EDITOR_TOOLBOX_OFFSETS_LAYOUT), ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox)?.pauseAudioPreview();
       audioInstTrack.play(false, audioInstTrack.time);
       audioVocalTrackGroup.play(false, audioInstTrack.time);
     }
@@ -6796,14 +6800,6 @@ class ChartEditorState extends UIState // UIState derives from MusicBeatState
     return note != null && curStackedNotes.contains(note);
   }
 
-  public override function openSubState(subState:FlxSubState):Void
-  {
-    // Force stops audio preview from OffsetsToolbox, if it exists.
-    cast(this.getToolbox(CHART_EDITOR_TOOLBOX_OFFSETS_LAYOUT), ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox)?.stopAudioPreview();
-
-    super.openSubState(subState);
-  }
-
   override function destroy():Void
   {
     super.destroy();
diff --git a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/toolboxes/ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox.hx b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/toolboxes/ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox.hx
index 8a731b16e..18e4a5caf 100644
--- a/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/toolboxes/ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/ui/debug/charting/toolboxes/ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox.hx
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox extends ChartEditorBaseToolbox
 
   function onClose(event:UIEvent)
   {
+    stopAudioPreview(); // Pause it instead, maybe?
     chartEditorState.menubarItemToggleToolboxOffsets.selected = false;
   }
 
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ class ChartEditorOffsetsToolbox extends ChartEditorBaseToolbox
 
   public function playAudioPreview():Void
   {
+    chartEditorState.stopAudioPlayback();
     audioPreviewTracks.play(false, audioPreviewTracks.time);
   }