diff --git a/server/oggEncoder.cpp b/server/oggEncoder.cpp
index c478811b..4898c905 100644
--- a/server/oggEncoder.cpp
+++ b/server/oggEncoder.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void OggEncoder::init()
 
 	*********************************************************************/
 
-	ret=vorbis_encode_init_vbr(&vi, sampleFormat.channels, sampleFormat.rate, 1.0);
+	ret=vorbis_encode_init_vbr(&vi, sampleFormat.channels, sampleFormat.rate, 0.9);
 
 	/* do not continue if setup failed; this can happen if we ask for a
 	 mode that libVorbis does not support (eg, too low a bitrate, etc,