diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3a5b354..aa46d50 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ RUN XTEVE_VERSION="$(grep -m1 '^#### ' changelog-beta.md | cut -d' ' -f2 | sed '
   && CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH \
   go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=$XTEVE_VERSION" -o /out/xteve ./xteve.go
 
+FROM mwader/static-ffmpeg:latest AS ffmpeg
+
 FROM alpine:3.23
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata \
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata \
 WORKDIR /xteve
 
 COPY --from=builder /out/xteve /usr/local/bin/xteve
+COPY --from=ffmpeg /ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+COPY --from=ffmpeg /ffprobe /usr/local/bin/ffprobe
 COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 
 USER xteve
diff --git a/src/system.go b/src/system.go
index 135fbdf..0ef521d 100644
--- a/src/system.go
+++ b/src/system.go
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ func loadSettings() (settings SettingsStruct, err error) {
 	dataMap["m3u"] = make(map[string]interface{})
 	dataMap["hdhr"] = make(map[string]interface{})
 
+	defaultFFmpegPath := ""
+	if len(os.Getenv("XTEVE_CONFIG")) > 0 {
+		containerFFmpegPath := "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"
+		if checkFile(containerFFmpegPath) == nil {
+			defaultFFmpegPath = containerFFmpegPath
+		}
+	}
+
 	defaults["api"] = false
 	defaults["use_plexAPI"] = false
 	defaults["plex.url"] = ""
@@ -121,6 +129,7 @@ func loadSettings() (settings SettingsStruct, err error) {
 	defaults["buffer.timeout"] = 500
 	defaults["cache.images"] = false
 	defaults["epgSource"] = "PMS"
+	defaults["ffmpeg.path"] = defaultFFmpegPath
 	defaults["ffmpeg.options"] = System.FFmpeg.DefaultOptions
 	defaults["vlc.options"] = System.VLC.DefaultOptions
 	defaults["files"] = dataMap
@@ -170,7 +179,12 @@ func loadSettings() (settings SettingsStruct, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(settings.FFmpegPath) == 0 {
-		settings.FFmpegPath = searchFileInOS("ffmpeg")
+		containerFFmpegPath := "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"
+		if len(os.Getenv("XTEVE_CONFIG")) > 0 && checkFile(containerFFmpegPath) == nil {
+			settings.FFmpegPath = containerFFmpegPath
+		} else {
+			settings.FFmpegPath = searchFileInOS("ffmpeg")
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(settings.VLCPath) == 0 {