diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6df01b6..923c57f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ All are optional, JWT_SECRET is recommended to be set.
 | ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED        | false                                              | Allow unauthenticated users to use the service, only set this to true locally                                             |
 | AUTO_DELETE_EVERY_N_HOURS    | 24                                                 | Checks every n hours for files older then n hours and deletes them, set to 0 to disable                                   |
 | WEBROOT                      |                                                    | The address to the root path setting this to "/convert" will serve the website on "example.com/convert/"                  |
-| FFMPEG_ARGS                  |                                                    | Arguments to pass to ffmpeg, e.g. `-preset veryfast`                                                                      |
+| FFMPEG_ARGS                  |                                                    | Arguments to pass to the input file of ffmpeg, e.g. `-hwaccel vaapi`                                                      |
+| FFMPEG_OUTPUT_ARGS           |                                                    | Arguments to pass to the output of ffmpeg, e.g. `-preset veryfast`                                                        |
 | HIDE_HISTORY                 | false                                              | Hide the history page                                                                                                     |
 | LANGUAGE                     | en                                                 | Language to format date strings in, specified as a [BCP 47 language tag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag) |
 | UNAUTHENTICATED_USER_SHARING | false                                              | Shares conversion history between all unauthenticated users                                                               |
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 89978a8..aa28d4b 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ bun = "1.2.2"
 
 [env]
 JWT_SECRET = "JustForDevelopmentPurposesOnlyChangeMeInProduction!"
-FFMPEG_ARGS = "-preset veryfast -threads 2"
+FFMPEG_OUTPUT_ARGS = "-preset veryfast -threads 2"
diff --git a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
index fc9618b..8418e2d 100644
--- a/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/converters/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -730,11 +730,14 @@ export async function convert(
 
   // Parse FFMPEG_ARGS environment variable into array
   const ffmpegArgs = process.env.FFMPEG_ARGS ? process.env.FFMPEG_ARGS.split(/\s+/) : [];
+  const ffmpegOutputArgs = process.env.FFMPEG_OUTPUT_ARGS
+    ? process.env.FFMPEG_OUTPUT_ARGS.split(/\s+/)
+    : [];
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     execFile(
       "ffmpeg",
-      ["-i", filePath, ...ffmpegArgs, ...extraArgs, targetPath],
+      [...ffmpegArgs, "-i", filePath, ...ffmpegOutputArgs, ...extraArgs, targetPath],
       (error, stdout, stderr) => {
         if (error) {
           reject(`error: ${error}`);
diff --git a/tests/converters/ffmpeg.test.ts b/tests/converters/ffmpeg.test.ts
index e841459..6f0afc6 100644
--- a/tests/converters/ffmpeg.test.ts
+++ b/tests/converters/ffmpeg.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ test("respects FFMPEG_ARGS", async () => {
 
   console.log = originalConsoleLog;
 
-  expect(calls[0]?.slice(2, 4)).toEqual(["-hide_banner", "-y"]);
+  expect(calls[0]?.slice(0, 2)).toEqual(["-hide_banner", "-y"]);
   expect(loggedMessage).toBe("stdout: Fake stdout");
 });