diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
index ff8f2b9..a01c807 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/capture/streamIngest.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async function runCapture(job: Job<StreamIngestJob>): Promise<void> {
     [
       "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android",
       ...ytdlpCookieArgs(),
-      "-f", "best", "-o", "-", youtubeUrl,
+      "-f", "bestvideo+bestaudio/best", "-o", "-", youtubeUrl,
     ],
     { stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"] },
   );
diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
index 2c5585a..012fa5b 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async function findLiveVideoId(channelId: string): Promise<string | null> {
         "--no-warnings",
         "--extractor-args", "youtube:player_client=android",
         ...ytdlpCookieArgs(),
+        "-f", "bestvideo+bestaudio/best",
         "--print", "%(id)s",
         liveUrl,
       ],