diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d309b4f..fa08416 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ async function vodBuilder(params: EncoderOptionsBuilderParams) : Promise<Encoder
             `-b:v${streamSuffix} ${targetBitrate}`,
             `-c:v${streamSuffix} h264_nvenc`,
             `-bufsize ${targetBitrate * 2}`,
-            `-bf 4`
+            `-bf 4`,
+            `-cq 18`
         ]
     }
     logger.info(`EncoderOptions: ${JSON.stringify(options)}`)
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ async function liveBuilder(params: EncoderOptionsBuilderParams) : Promise<Encode
         `-c:v${streamSuffix} h264_nvenc`,
         `-b:v${streamSuffix} ${targetBitrate}`,
         `-bufsize ${targetBitrate * 2}`,
+        `-cq 18`,
         `-bf 4`
       ]
     }