diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 939735ff4..747d64eb9 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ http://www.tuxpaint.org/
 
 $Id$
 
-2021.February.15 (0.9.26)
+2021.February.21 (0.9.26)
   * New Features
     ------------
     * [WIP] Larger UI buttons
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ $Id$
     * Galician translation
       Miguel Bouzada <mbouzada@gmail.com>
 
+  * Bug Fixes:
+    ----------
+    * Halftone magic tool wasn't loading due to a problem
+      with its sound effect file.
+
 2020.December.27 (0.9.25)
   * New Features
     ------------
diff --git a/magic/sounds/halftone.ogg b/magic/sounds/halftone.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44ce07d8a
Binary files /dev/null and b/magic/sounds/halftone.ogg differ
diff --git a/magic/sounds/halftone.wav b/magic/sounds/halftone.wav
deleted file mode 100644
index ceebf1e74..000000000
Binary files a/magic/sounds/halftone.wav and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/magic/src/halftone.c b/magic/src/halftone.c
index b7432a94d..bdb27cbd0 100644
--- a/magic/src/halftone.c
+++ b/magic/src/halftone.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* halftone.c
 
-   Last modified: 2011.07.17
+   Last modified: 2021.02.20
 */
 
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum
 
 
 const char *snd_filenames[NUM_TOOLS] = {
-  "halftone.wav",
+  "halftone.ogg",
 };
 
 const char *icon_filenames[NUM_TOOLS] = {
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ int halftone_init(magic_api * api)
       snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "%s/sounds/magic/%s", api->data_directory, snd_filenames[i]);
 
       snd_effect[i] = Mix_LoadWAV(fname);
+/*
       if (snd_effect[i] == NULL)
         {
           SDL_FreeSurface(canvas_backup);
           SDL_FreeSurface(square);
           return (0);
         }
+*/
     }
 
 
@@ -146,8 +148,11 @@ void halftone_shutdown(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
   int i;
 
-  for (i = 0; i < NUM_TOOLS; i++)
-    Mix_FreeChunk(snd_effect[i]);
+  for (i = 0; i < NUM_TOOLS; i++) {
+    if (snd_effect[i] != NULL) {
+      Mix_FreeChunk(snd_effect[i]);
+    }
+  }
 
   SDL_FreeSurface(canvas_backup);
   SDL_FreeSurface(square);