diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2377dbee42..79cf5235d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ logs/
 /desktop/mindustry-maps/
 /desktop/gifexport/
 /core/lib/
+/ios/assets/
 /core/assets-raw/sprites/generated/
 /core/assets-raw/sprites_out/
 /annotations/build/
diff --git a/ios/build.gradle b/ios/build.gradle
index 4859a5c758..443aaf085b 100644
--- a/ios/build.gradle
+++ b/ios/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,33 @@ ext{
     mainClassName = "io.anuke.mindustry.IOSLauncher"
 }
 
+task copyAssets(){
+    delete{
+        delete "assets/"
+    }
+
+    copy{
+        from "../core/assets"
+        into "assets/"
+    }
+    
+    exec{
+        commandLine "sh", "./convert_audio.sh", "assets/sounds"
+    }
+
+    exec{
+        commandLine "sh", "./convert_audio.sh", "assets/music"
+    }
+
+    delete{
+        delete fileTree('assets') {
+            include '**/*.ogg'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+build.dependsOn copyAssets
+
 launchIPhoneSimulator.dependsOn build
 launchIPadSimulator.dependsOn build
 launchIOSDevice.dependsOn build
diff --git a/ios/convert_audio.sh b/ios/convert_audio.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c4772fadc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/convert_audio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+#convert ogg to .caf files for iOS
+for i in $1/*.ogg; do
+  echo $i
+  ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.caf"
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ios/robovm.xml b/ios/robovm.xml
index 146861dd40..2ce58a8572 100644
--- a/ios/robovm.xml
+++ b/ios/robovm.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <iosInfoPList>Info.plist.xml</iosInfoPList>
     <resources>
         <resource>
-            <directory>../core/assets</directory>
+            <directory>../ios/assets</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>**</include>
             </includes>