diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/audionotifier/AudioNotifierServiceImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/audionotifier/AudioNotifierServiceImpl.java
index 3647d88da..b0c9e2781 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/audionotifier/AudioNotifierServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/audionotifier/AudioNotifierServiceImpl.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.util.*;
 
 import net.java.sip.communicator.service.audionotifier.*;
+import net.java.sip.communicator.util.*;
 
 /**
  * The implementation of the AudioNotifierService.
@@ -19,14 +20,15 @@
 public class AudioNotifierServiceImpl
     implements AudioNotifierService
 {
+    private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(AudioNotifierServiceImpl.class);
 
     private static Map audioClips = new HashMap();
 
     private boolean isMute;
 
     /**
-     * Creates an SCAudioClip from the given uri and adds it to the list of
-     * available audios.
+     * Creates an SCAudioClip from the given URI and adds it to the list of
+     * available audio-s.
      *
      * @param uri the path where the audio file could be found
      */
@@ -45,6 +47,18 @@ public SCAudioClip createAudio(String uri)
                 URL url = AudioNotifierServiceImpl.class.getClassLoader()
                     .getResource(uri);
 
+                if (url == null)
+                {
+                    // Not found by the class loader. Perhaps it's a local file.
+                    try 
+                    {
+                        url = new URL(uri);
+                    }
+                    catch (MalformedURLException e)
+                    {
+                        logger.error("The given uri could not be parsed.", e);
+                    }
+                }
                 audioClip = new SCAudioClipImpl(url, this);
 
                 audioClips.put(uri, audioClip);
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/call/CallManager.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/call/CallManager.java
index 966f5e86b..0bd384efa 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/call/CallManager.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/call/CallManager.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import javax.swing.Timer;
 import javax.swing.event.*;
 
-import net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.*;
 import net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.customcontrols.*;
 import net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.i18n.*;
 import net.java.sip.communicator.impl.gui.main.*;
@@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ public void incomingCallReceived(CallEvent event)
         this.hangupButton.setEnabled(true);
 
         NotificationManager.fireNotification(
-            Sounds.INCOMING_CALL,
+            NotificationManager.INCOMING_CALL,
             null,
             "Incoming call recived from: "
                 + sourceCall.getCallParticipants().next());
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/NotificationManager.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/NotificationManager.java
index d9ece4b87..7cce7184a 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/NotificationManager.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/utils/NotificationManager.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public static void registerGuiNotifications()
         // Register busy call notifications.
         SoundNotificationHandler busyCallSoundHandler
             = (SoundNotificationHandler) notificationService
-                .createSoundNotificationHandler(Sounds.BUSY, 0);
+                .createSoundNotificationHandler(Sounds.BUSY, 1);
         
         notificationService.registerNotificationForEvent(
                 BUSY_CALL,
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ public static void stopSound(String eventType)
     {
         NotificationService notificationService
             = GuiActivator.getNotificationService();
-        
+
         if(notificationService == null)
             return;
-    
+
         SoundNotificationHandler soundHandler
             = (SoundNotificationHandler) notificationService
                 .getEventNotificationActionHandler(
                     eventType, NotificationService.ACTION_SOUND);
-        
+
         soundHandler.stop();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationServiceImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationServiceImpl.java
index e71372869..a7e95dcf1 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/NotificationServiceImpl.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void registerNotificationForEvent(   String eventType,
                                                 NotificationActionHandler handler)
     {
         EventNotification notification = null;
-        
+
         if(notificationsTable.containsKey(eventType))
             notification = (EventNotification) notificationsTable.get(eventType);
         else
@@ -295,15 +295,15 @@ public NotificationActionHandler getEventNotificationActionHandler(
     {
         EventNotification notification
             = (EventNotification) notificationsTable.get(eventType);
-        
+System.out.println("EVENT TYPE=================" + eventType + "NOTIFICATION=========" + notification);
         if(notification == null)
             return null;
-        
+
         EventNotification.Action action = notification.getAction(actionType);
-        
+System.out.println("ACTION=================" + actionType + "ACTION=========" + action);
         if(action == null)
             return null;
-        
+
         return action.getActionHandler();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
index 50331f9bd..6dbdcf035 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/notification/SoundNotificationHandlerImpl.java
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ public void start()
     {   
         AudioNotifierService audioNotifService
             = NotificationActivator.getAudioNotifier();
-        
+
         if(audioNotifService == null)
             return;
-        
+
         audio = audioNotifService.createAudio(soundFileDescriptor);
-     
+
         if(loopInterval > -1)
             audio.playInLoop(loopInterval);
         else
@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@ public void stop()
     {
         AudioNotifierService audioNotifService
             = NotificationActivator.getAudioNotifier();
-        
+
         if(audioNotifService == null)
             return;
-    
+
+        if(audio == null)
+            return;
+
+        audio.stop();
+
         audioNotifService.destroyAudio(audio);
     }