diff --git a/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts b/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
index 12059f7a..3fa810da 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/project/manager.test.ts
@@ -172,4 +172,34 @@ describe("local media path policy", () => {
 		expect(result.path).toBe(projectPath);
 		expect(result.project).toMatchObject({ videoPath });
 	});
+
+	it("approves editor audioRegions audioPath entries when loading a project", async () => {
+		const downloadsPath = path.join(tempRoot, "Downloads");
+		const videoPath = path.join(tempPath, "recording.mp4");
+		const audioPath = path.join(downloadsPath, "music.ogg");
+		const projectPath = path.join(tempPath, "recording.recordly");
+		await fs.mkdir(downloadsPath, { recursive: true });
+		await fs.writeFile(videoPath, "test-video");
+		await fs.writeFile(audioPath, "test-audio");
+		await fs.writeFile(
+			projectPath,
+			JSON.stringify({
+				version: 1,
+				videoPath,
+				editor: {
+					audioRegions: [
+						{ id: "a1", startMs: 0, endMs: 1000, audioPath, volume: 1 },
+					],
+				},
+			}),
+			"utf-8",
+		);
+
+		const { loadProjectFromPath, resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath } = await import("./manager");
+		const resolvedAudioPath = await fs.realpath(audioPath);
+
+		const result = await loadProjectFromPath(projectPath);
+		expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+		await expect(resolveApprovedLocalMediaPath(audioPath)).resolves.toBe(resolvedAudioPath);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/electron/ipc/recording/audioFilters.ts b/electron/ipc/recording/audioFilters.ts
index 5da2a29e..b465f5f2 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/recording/audioFilters.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/recording/audioFilters.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function getBrowserMicSidecarFilters(profile?: string | null) {
 	return BROWSER_MIC_SIDECAR_FILTERS;
 }
 
-export const RECORDING_AUDIO_SIDECAR_DEBUG_ENV = "RECORDLY_KEEP_RECORDING_AUDIO_SIDECARS";
+export const RECORDING_AUDIO_SIDECAR_DEBUG_ENV = "RECORDLY_KEEP_RECORDING_AUDIO_SIDECARS"; // not used yet, because we need to have seperate audio files for system and mic for each recording
 
 export function shouldKeepRecordingAudioSidecars(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env) {
 	const value = env[RECORDING_AUDIO_SIDECAR_DEBUG_ENV]?.trim().toLowerCase();