diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 11762e0c8..41072865e 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class RtmpConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
 
 class RestreamConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
-    enabled: bool = Field(default=True, title="go2rtc restreaming enabled.")
+    enabled: bool = Field(default=True, title="Restreaming enabled.")
 
 
 class CameraLiveSourceEnum(str, Enum):
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ class CameraConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     rtmp: RtmpConfig = Field(
         default_factory=RtmpConfig, title="RTMP restreaming configuration."
     )
+    restream: RestreamConfig = Field(
+        default_factory=RestreamConfig, title="Restreaming configuration."
+    )
     live: CameraLiveConfig = Field(
         default_factory=CameraLiveConfig, title="Live playback settings."
     )
@@ -593,7 +596,7 @@ class CameraConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
         # add roles to the input if there is only one
         if len(config["ffmpeg"]["inputs"]) == 1:
-            config["ffmpeg"]["inputs"][0]["roles"] = ["record", "rtmp", "detect"]
+            config["ffmpeg"]["inputs"][0]["roles"] = ["record", "rtmp", "detect", "restream"]
 
         super().__init__(**config)
 
@@ -780,6 +783,9 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     rtmp: RtmpConfig = Field(
         default_factory=RtmpConfig, title="Global RTMP restreaming configuration."
     )
+    restream: RestreamConfig = Field(
+        default_factory=RestreamConfig, title="Global restream configuration."
+    )
     birdseye: BirdseyeConfig = Field(
         default_factory=BirdseyeConfig, title="Birdseye configuration."
     )
@@ -905,6 +911,11 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
                     f"Camera {name} has rtmp enabled, but rtmp is not assigned to an input."
                 )
 
+            if camera_config.restream.enabled and not "restream" in assigned_roles:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Camera {name} has restream enabled, but restream is not assigned to an input."
+                )
+
             # backwards compatibility for retain_days
             if not camera_config.record.retain_days is None:
                 logger.warning(
diff --git a/frigate/restream.py b/frigate/restream.py
index 761e2cf01..9f4fdbf6f 100644
--- a/frigate/restream.py
+++ b/frigate/restream.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 """Controls go2rtc restream."""
 
 
+import logging
 import requests
 import urllib.parse
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class RestreamApi:
     """Control go2rtc relay API."""
@@ -18,10 +21,13 @@ class RestreamApi:
         self.relays: dict[str, str] = {}
 
         for cam_name, camera in self.config.cameras.items():
+            if not camera.restream.enabled:
+                continue
+
             for input in camera.ffmpeg.inputs:
                 if "restream" in input.roles:
                     self.relays[cam_name] = input.path
 
         for name, path in self.relays.items():
-            params = {"src": urllib.parse.quote_plus(path), "name": name}
-            requests.put("http://localhost:1984/api/streams", params=params)
+            params = {"src": path, "name": name}
+            requests.put("http://127.0.0.1:1984/api/streams", params=params)