diff --git a/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
index aa62f16ee0..501f95d84a 100644
--- a/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
+++ b/jibri/rootfs/defaults/jibri.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_CONSTANT_RATE_FACTOR := .Env.JIBRI_RECORDING_CONSTANT_RATE_FACTOR | default 25 -}}
 {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_FRAMERATE := .Env.JIBRI_RECORDING_FRAMERATE | default 30 -}}
 {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_QUEUE_SIZE := .Env.JIBRI_RECORDING_QUEUE_SIZE | default 4096 -}}
-{{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE := .Env.JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE | default 2976 -}}
+{{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE := .Env.JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE | default "2976k" -}}
 {{ $JIBRI_SINGLE_USE_MODE := .Env.JIBRI_SINGLE_USE_MODE | default "false" -}}
 {{ $STATSD_HOST := .Env.JIBRI_STATSD_HOST | default "localhost" -}}
 {{ $STATSD_PORT := .Env.JIBRI_STATSD_PORT | default "8125" -}}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jibri {
       audio-device =  "default"
       framerate = {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_FRAMERATE }}
       queue-size = {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_QUEUE_SIZE }}
-      streaming-max-bitrate = {{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE }}
+      streaming-max-bitrate = "{{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_STREAMING_MAX_BITRATE }}"
       // Available presets: ultrafast, superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium,
       // slow, slower, veryslow, placebo
       video-encode-preset-streaming = "{{ $JIBRI_RECORDING_VIDEO_ENCODE_PRESET_STREAMING }}"