diff --git a/ios/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.m b/ios/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.m
index 1e769cc..8cf7ab8 100644
--- a/ios/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.m
+++ b/ios/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.m
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup
 
 -(void)speechSynthesizer:(AVSpeechSynthesizer *)synthesizer didStartSpeechUtterance:(AVSpeechUtterance *)utterance
 {
+    [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance]
+     setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback
+     mode:AVAudioSessionModeVoicePrompt
+     options:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionInterruptSpokenAudioAndMixWithOthers
+     error:nil];
+    
     if(_ducking) {
         [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setActive:YES error:nil];
     }