diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index 2d55fb989..fe4adda46 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -80,5 +80,10 @@ namespace MWScript
     {
         return mSoundManager;
     }
+    
+    MWWorld::Ptr InterpreterContext::getReference()
+    {
+        return mReference;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
index a7b2ba829..1fc07847d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ namespace MWScript
             MWWorld::World& getWorld();
             
             MWSound::SoundManager& getSoundManager();
+            
+            MWWorld::Ptr getReference();
+            ///< Reference, that the script is running from (can be empty)
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp
index 9540da637..9ec5b38c6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ namespace MWSound
                     MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
                         = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
                         
-                    runtime.push (context.getSoundManager().sayDone ("", context));
+                    runtime.push (context.getSoundManager().sayDone (context.getReference(),
+                        context));
                 } 
         };    
     
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ namespace MWSound
                     runtime.pop();
                         
                     runtime.push (context.getSoundManager().getSoundPlaying (
-                        "", runtime.getStringLiteral (index), context));
+                        context.getReference(), runtime.getStringLiteral (index), context));
                 } 
         };
             
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
index cfe60a288..6878ba9ea 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 
 namespace MWSound
 {
-    void SoundManager::say (const std::string& handle, const std::string& filename,
+    void SoundManager::say (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& filename,
         const std::string& text, Interpreter::Context& context)
     {
-        std::cout << "sound effect: " << handle << " is speaking" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "sound effect: " << reference.getRefData().getHandle() << " is speaking" << std::endl;
         
         context.messageBox (text);
     }
 
-    bool SoundManager::sayDone (const std::string& handle, Interpreter::Context& context) const
+    bool SoundManager::sayDone (MWWorld::Ptr reference, Interpreter::Context& context) const
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -34,32 +34,33 @@ namespace MWSound
             << std::endl;
     }
 
-    void SoundManager::playSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+    void SoundManager::playSound3D (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
         float volume, float pitch, Interpreter::Context& context)
     {
         std::cout
             << "sound effect: playing sound " << soundId
-            << " from " << handle
+            << " from " << reference.getRefData().getHandle()
             << " at volume " << volume << ", at pitch " << pitch
             << std::endl;   
             
-        mSounds[handle] = soundId;
+        mSounds[reference.getRefData().getHandle()] = soundId;
     }
 
-    void SoundManager::stopSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+    void SoundManager::stopSound3D (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
         Interpreter::Context& context)
     {
         std::cout
             << "sound effect : stop playing sound " << soundId
-            << " from " << handle << std::endl;
+            << " from " << reference.getRefData().getHandle() << std::endl;
             
-        mSounds[handle] = "";
+        mSounds[reference.getRefData().getHandle()] = "";
     }
 
-    bool SoundManager::getSoundPlaying (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+    bool SoundManager::getSoundPlaying (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
         Interpreter::Context& context) const
     {
-         std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator iter = mSounds.find (handle);
+         std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator iter =
+            mSounds.find (reference.getRefData().getHandle());
          
          if (iter==mSounds.end())
             return false;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
index 2caea0bc3..db39e0666 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
 
+#include "../mwworld/ptr.hpp"
+
 namespace Interpreter
 {
     class Context;
@@ -17,11 +19,6 @@ namespace MWSound
     // not sure, if that is what Morrowind does. Beyond the dummy code in this class the script
     // system does not make any assumption about the number of sound effects.
     //
-    // - the handle argument below is the ogre handle. Since we can assume, that all objects
-    // that play a sound are in an active cell, they must have a handle. Sound script instructions
-    // that reference objects not in an active cell will be taken care of long before the flow
-    // of control reached this class.
-    //
     // - all text-output (error messages and such) must be directed through the
     // context.messageBox interface.
     //
@@ -35,16 +32,14 @@ namespace MWSound
     
         public:
         
-            void say (const std::string& handle, const std::string& filename,
+            void say (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& filename,
                 const std::string& text, Interpreter::Context& context);
             ///< Make an actor say some text.
-            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
             /// \param filename name of a sound file in "Sound/Vo/" in the data directory.
             /// \param text Subtitle
             
-            bool sayDone (const std::string& handle, Interpreter::Context& context) const;
+            bool sayDone (MWWorld::Ptr reference, Interpreter::Context& context) const;
             ///< Is actor not speaking?
-            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
 
             void streamMusic (const std::string& filename, Interpreter::Context& context);
             ///< Play a soundifle
@@ -54,20 +49,17 @@ namespace MWSound
                 Interpreter::Context& context);
             ///< Play a sound, independently of 3D-position
             
-            void playSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+            void playSound3D (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
                 float volume, float pitch, Interpreter::Context& context);
             ///< Play a sound from an object
-            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
 
-            void stopSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+            void stopSound3D (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
                 Interpreter::Context& context);
             ///< Stop the given object from playing the given sound.
-            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
 
-            bool getSoundPlaying (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+            bool getSoundPlaying (MWWorld::Ptr reference, const std::string& soundId,
                 Interpreter::Context& context) const;
             ///< Is the given sound currently playing on the given object?
-            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
     };
 }