diff --git a/src/music_kraken/audio/codec.py b/src/music_kraken/audio/codec.py
index 42518a9..91beef1 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/audio/codec.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/audio/codec.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from typing import List, Tuple
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from ffmpeg_progress_yield import FfmpegProgress
-import subprocess
 
-from ..utils.shared import BITRATE, AUDIO_FORMAT, CODEX_LOGGER as LOGGER
+from ..utils.shared import BITRATE, AUDIO_FORMAT, CODEX_LOGGER as LOGGER, FFMPEG_BINARY
 from ..objects import Target
 
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def correct_codec(target: Target, bitrate_kb: int = BITRATE, audio_format: str =
     
     # build the ffmpeg command
     ffmpeg_command = [
-        "ffmpeg", 
+        str(FFMPEG_BINARY), 
         "-i", str(target.file_path), 
         "-af", select, 
         "-b", str(bitrate_b),
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/cli/informations/paths.py b/src/music_kraken/cli/informations/paths.py
index cb1ba98..4db50dd 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/cli/informations/paths.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/cli/informations/paths.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def all_paths():
         "Music dir": LOCATIONS.MUSIC_DIRECTORY,
         "Log file": shared.LOG_PATH,
         "Conf dir": LOCATIONS.CONFIG_DIRECTORY,
-        "Conf file": LOCATIONS.CONFIG_FILE
+        "Conf file": LOCATIONS.CONFIG_FILE,
+        "FFMPEG bin": LOCATIONS.FFMPEG_BIN,
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/config/paths.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/config/paths.py
index 32e781c..18cc839 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/config/paths.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/config/paths.py
@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@ class PathsSection(Section):
                 r'^\.'  # is hidden/starts with a "."
             ]
         )
+        
+        self.FFMPEG_BINARY = PathAttribute(
+            name="ffmpeg_binary",
+            description="Set the path to the ffmpeg binary.",
+            value=str(LOCATIONS.FFMPEG_BIN)
+        )
 
         self.attribute_list = [
             self.MUSIC_DIRECTORY,
             self.TEMP_DIRECTORY,
             self.LOG_PATH,
-            self.NOT_A_GENRE_REGEX
+            self.NOT_A_GENRE_REGEX,
+            self.FFMPEG_BINARY
         ]
 
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
index 7f7c754..072c65e 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
 import tempfile
+from pyffmpeg import FFmpeg
 
 from .music_directory import get_music_directory
 from .config_directory import get_config_directory
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ class Locations:
         self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY = get_config_directory(str(application_name))
         self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         self.CONFIG_FILE = Path(self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY, f"{application_name}.conf")
+        
+        self.FFMPEG_BIN = Path(FFmpeg(enable_log=False).get_ffmpeg_bin())
 
     def get_log_file(self, file_name: os.PathLike) -> Path:
         return Path(self.TEMP_DIRECTORY, file_name)
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
index bceba4a..99b47e9 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ to download:
 
 have fun :3
 """.strip()
+
+FFMPEG_BINARY: Path = PATHS_SECTION.FFMPEG_BINARY.object_from_value