diff --git a/src/import/load-sound.js b/src/import/load-sound.js
index c14e5276d..e13db14d2 100644
--- a/src/import/load-sound.js
+++ b/src/import/load-sound.js
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ const loadSoundFromAsset = function (sound, soundAsset, runtime) {
         {data: soundAsset.data}
     )).then(soundId => {
         sound.soundId = soundId;
+        // Set the sound sample rate and sample count based on the
+        // the audio buffer from the audio engine since the sound
+        // gets resampled by the audio engine
+        const soundBuffer = runtime.audioEngine.getSoundBuffer(soundId);
+        sound.rate = soundBuffer.sampleRate;
+        sound.sampleCount = soundBuffer.length;
+
         return sound;
     });
 };
diff --git a/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js b/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
index 29cae9109..6a49b9a2e 100644
--- a/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
+++ b/src/serialization/deserialize-assets.js
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ const deserializeSound = function (sound, runtime, zip, assetFileName) {
         log.error(`Could not find sound file associated with the ${sound.name} sound.`);
         return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
-    let dataFormat = null;
-    if (sound.dataFormat.toLowerCase() === 'wav') {
-        dataFormat = storage.DataFormat.WAV;
-    }
+    const dataFormat = sound.dataFormat.toLowerCase() === 'mp3' ?
+        storage.DataFormat.MP3 : storage.DataFormat.WAV;
     if (!JSZip.support.uint8array) {
         log.error('JSZip uint8array is not supported in this browser.');
         return Promise.resolve(null);