--- src/sfx.cpp
+++ src/sfx.cpp
@@ -747,12 +747,12 @@
 
   /* Work-around to disable fluidsynth and fallback to TiMidity++: */
   /* TODO: allow user to set it at run-time */
-  /* SDL_setenv("SDL_SOUNDFONTS="); */
+     SDL_setenv("SDL_SOUNDFONTS", "/usr/share/soundfonts/FluidR3_GM.sf2", 0);
   /* SDL_setenv("SDL_FORCE_SOUNDFONTS=1"); */
 
   /* To specify an alternate timidity.cfg */
   /* Cf. SDL2_mixer/timidity/config.h for defaults */
-  /* SDL_setenv("TIMIDITY_CFG", "somewhere/timidity.cfg", 0); */
+     SDL_setenv("TIMIDITY_CFG", "/etc/timidity/timidity.cfg", 1);
 
   /* MIX_DEFAULT_FREQUENCY is ~22kHz are considered a good default,
      44kHz is considered too CPU-intensive on older computers */