diff --git a/worlds/apquest/client/custom_views.py b/worlds/apquest/client/custom_views.py
index 4c1d28c732..026aa1fc8d 100644
--- a/worlds/apquest/client/custom_views.py
+++ b/worlds/apquest/client/custom_views.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class APQuestGrid(GridLayout):
         parent_width, parent_height = self.parent.size
 
         self_width_according_to_parent_height = parent_height * 12 / 11
-        self_height_according_to_parent_width = parent_height * 11 / 12
+        self_height_according_to_parent_width = parent_width * 11 / 12
 
         if self_width_according_to_parent_height > parent_width:
             self.size = parent_width, self_height_according_to_parent_width
diff --git a/worlds/apquest/client/graphics.py b/worlds/apquest/client/graphics.py
index 535bf84ee8..0e31218c6f 100644
--- a/worlds/apquest/client/graphics.py
+++ b/worlds/apquest/client/graphics.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import pkgutil
-from collections.abc import Buffer
 from enum import Enum
 from io import BytesIO
 from typing import Literal, NamedTuple, Protocol, cast
 
 from kivy.uix.image import CoreImage
+from typing_extensions import Buffer
 
 from CommonClient import logger
 
diff --git a/worlds/apquest/client/sounds.py b/worlds/apquest/client/sounds.py
index f4c4ab769d..1e1999bff2 100644
--- a/worlds/apquest/client/sounds.py
+++ b/worlds/apquest/client/sounds.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import asyncio
 import pkgutil
 from asyncio import Task
-from collections.abc import Buffer
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import cast
 
 from kivy import Config
 from kivy.core.audio import Sound, SoundLoader
+from typing_extensions import Buffer
 
 from CommonClient import logger
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class SoundManager:
 
     def ensure_config(self) -> None:
         Config.adddefaultsection("APQuest")
-        Config.setdefault("APQuest", "volume", 50)
+        Config.setdefault("APQuest", "volume", 30)
         self.set_volume_percentage(Config.getint("APQuest", "volume"))
 
     async def sound_manager_loop(self) -> None:
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class SoundManager:
                 continue
 
             if sound_name == audio_filename:
+                sound.volume = self.volume_percentage / 100
                 sound.play()
                 self.update_background_music()
                 higher_priority_sound_is_playing = True
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class SoundManager:
                     # It ends up feeling better if this just always continues playing quietly after being started.
                     # Even "fading in at a random spot" is better than restarting the song after a jingle / math trap.
                     if self.game_started and song.state == "stop":
+                        song.volume = self.current_background_music_volume * self.volume_percentage / 100
                         song.play()
                         song.seek(0)
                     continue
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ class SoundManager:
 
             if self.current_background_music_volume != 0:
                 if song.state == "stop":
+                    song.volume = self.current_background_music_volume * self.volume_percentage / 100
                     song.play()
                     song.seek(0)