diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail2.c b/apps/app_voicemail2.c
index 0ebe83b05a96a782153bf7f6e56e51575817609a..7243e2da3ee6dd0685eee2910ff6dfee17ea7242 100755
--- a/apps/app_voicemail2.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail2.c
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ static int sendmail(char *srcemail, char *email, char *name, int msgnum, char *m
 	char dur[256];
 	time_t t;
 	struct tm tm;
+	if (!strcmp(format, "wav49"))
+		format = "WAV";
 	p = popen(SENDMAIL, "w");
 	if (p) {
 		gethostname(host, sizeof(host));
diff --git a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
index 3fc2fac1d3c2725d1de5638f63ad839acea03477..c3c0fb5255b185958edf8b354044a5d52d16156a 100755
--- a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [general]
 ; Default formats for writing Voicemail
 ;format=g723sf|wav49|wav
-format=gsm|wav49|wav
+format=wav49|gsm|wav
 ; Who the e-mail notification should appear to come from
 serveremail=asterisk
 ;serveremail=asterisk@linux-support.net