diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 0c5372ab..52bd90e9 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     <platform name="ios">
         <config-file target="config.xml" parent="/*">
             <feature name="BackgroundMode">
-                <param name="ios-package" value="APPBackgroundMode" />
+                <param name="ios-package" value="APPBackgroundMode" onload="true" />
+                <param name="onload" value="true" />
             </feature>
         </config-file>
 
diff --git a/src/ios/APPBackgroundMode.m b/src/ios/APPBackgroundMode.m
index 14ca0ead..c08e1495 100644
--- a/src/ios/APPBackgroundMode.m
+++ b/src/ios/APPBackgroundMode.m
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ - (void) configureAudioSession
     // Play music even in background and dont stop playing music
     // even another app starts playing sound
     [session setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
-             withOptions:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers
                    error:NULL];
 
     // Active the audio session