diff --git a/services/tts.ts b/services/tts.ts
index 8fd618b..7e7cc07 100644
--- a/services/tts.ts
+++ b/services/tts.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ async function concatenateAudioFiles(
       "-codec:a",
       "libmp3lame",
       "-qscale:a",
-      "2",
+      "8",
       "-y", // Overwrite output file
       outputMp3Path,
     ]);
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export async function generateTTSWithoutQueue(
         "-codec:a",
         "libmp3lame",
         "-qscale:a",
-        "2",
+        "8",
         "-y",
         mp3FilePath,
       ]);