diff --git a/fvid/fvid.py b/fvid/fvid.py
index 0e43724..b7d5f77 100644
--- a/fvid/fvid.py
+++ b/fvid/fvid.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def get_bits_from_video(video_filepath):
     # get image sequence from video
     print('Reading video...')
     image_sequence = []
-    os.system('ffmpeg -i ' + video_filepath + ' -filter:v fps=fps=' + FRAMERATE + ' ' + TEMPVIDEO)
+    os.system('ffmpeg -i ' + video_filepath + ' -c:v libx264rgb -filter:v fps=fps=' + FRAMERATE + ' ' + TEMPVIDEO)
     os.system('ffmpeg -i ' + TEMPVIDEO + ' ./fvid_frames/decoded_frames_%d.png');
     os.remove(TEMPVIDEO) 
     # for filename in glob.glob(f"{FRAMES_DIR}decoded_frames*.png"):