diff --git a/.devcontainer/post_create.sh b/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
index 1a1832f3b..ee0888016 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/post_create.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" /media/frigate
 # When started as a service, LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR is defined in the
 # s6 service file. For dev, where frigate is started from an interactive
 # shell, we define it in .bashrc instead.
-echo 'export LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(ffmpeg -version | grep -Po "libavformat\W+\K\d+")' >> $HOME/.bashrc
+echo 'export LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg -version | grep -Po "libavformat\W+\K\d+")' >> $HOME/.bashrc
 
 make version
 
diff --git a/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/go2rtc/run b/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/go2rtc/run
index 851d78799..9c4922d81 100755
--- a/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/go2rtc/run
+++ b/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/go2rtc/run
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ function get_ip_and_port_from_supervisor() {
     export FRIGATE_GO2RTC_WEBRTC_CANDIDATE_INTERNAL="${ip_address}:${webrtc_port}"
 }
 
-export LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(ffmpeg -version | grep -Po 'libavformat\W+\K\d+')
-
 if [[ -f "/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml" ]]; then
     echo "[INFO] Removing stale config from last run..."
     rm /dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
diff --git a/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py b/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
index b51d008f5..35fa58040 100644
--- a/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
+++ b/docker/main/rootfs/usr/local/go2rtc/create_config.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ else:
 # ensure ffmpeg path is set correctly
 path = config.get("ffmpeg", {}).get("path", "default")
 if path == "default":
-    if int(os.getenv("LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR", "59")) >= 59:
+    if int(os.getenv("", "59") or "59") >= 59:
         ffmpeg_path = "/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg"
     else:
         ffmpeg_path = "ffmpeg"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ elif go2rtc_config["ffmpeg"].get("bin") is None:
     go2rtc_config["ffmpeg"]["bin"] = ffmpeg_path
 
 # need to replace ffmpeg command when using ffmpeg4
-if int(os.environ["LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR"]) < 59:
+if int(os.environ.get("LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR", "59") or "59") < 59:
     if go2rtc_config["ffmpeg"].get("rtsp") is None:
         go2rtc_config["ffmpeg"]["rtsp"] = (
             "-fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -stimeout 5000000 -user_agent go2rtc/ffmpeg -rtsp_transport tcp -i {input}"