diff --git a/src/image2rtsp.cpp b/src/image2rtsp.cpp
index 1d17573..e93a725 100644
--- a/src/image2rtsp.cpp
+++ b/src/image2rtsp.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Image2rtsp::Image2rtsp() : Node("image2rtsp"){
         RCLCPP_INFO(this->get_logger(), "pipeline: %s", pipeline.c_str());
     }
     else {
-        pipeline = "( " + source + " ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! " + caps_1 + framerate + caps_2 + " ! x264enc tune=zerolatency bitrate=" + bitrate + pipeline_tail;
+        pipeline = "( " + source + " ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! " + caps_1 + framerate + caps_2 + " ! " + encoder + " bitrate=" + bitrate + pipeline_tail;
         rtsp_server_add_url(mountpoint.c_str(), pipeline.c_str(), NULL);
     }
     RCLCPP_INFO(this->get_logger(), "Stream available at rtsp://%s:%s%s", gst_rtsp_server_get_address(rtsp_server), port.c_str(), mountpoint.c_str());