diff --git a/app/pages/PageEnigma/signals/characterGroups/characterGroup.ts b/app/pages/PageEnigma/signals/characterGroups/characterGroup.ts
index 9d0e8b7a6a..76e2bd47e4 100644
--- a/app/pages/PageEnigma/signals/characterGroups/characterGroup.ts
+++ b/app/pages/PageEnigma/signals/characterGroups/characterGroup.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function addCharacterAudio({
     group: ClipGroup.CHARACTER,
     type: ClipType.AUDIO,
     offset,
-    length: dragItem.length,
+    length: dragItem.length ?? 60,
     clip_uuid,
     object_uuid: characterId,
     name: dragItem.name,