diff --git a/services/jellyfin.nix b/services/jellyfin.nix
index 1870547..3505631 100644
--- a/services/jellyfin.nix
+++ b/services/jellyfin.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   service_configs,
   username,
   serviceMountDeps,
+  optimizePackage,
   ...
 }:
 {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
     enable = true;
     # used for local streaming
     openFirewall = true;
+    package = pkgs.jellyfin.override { jellyfin-ffmpeg = (optimizePackage pkgs.jellyfin-ffmpeg); };
 
     dataDir = service_configs.jellyfin.dataDir;
     cacheDir = service_configs.jellyfin.cacheDir;