diff --git a/presets/consumer/avformat/x264-medium b/presets/consumer/avformat/x264-medium
index db7df4a99..a732285ab 100644
--- a/presets/consumer/avformat/x264-medium
+++ b/presets/consumer/avformat/x264-medium
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ vcodec=libx264
 threads=0
 preset=medium
 vprofile=high
+crf=18
 
 movflags=+faststart