diff --git a/install/storyteller-install.sh b/install/storyteller-install.sh
index 66e51e60..221b0147 100644
--- a/install/storyteller-install.sh
+++ b/install/storyteller-install.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ $STD apt install -y \
   build-essential \
   git \
   libsqlite3-dev \
-  python3
+  python3 \
+  ffmpeg
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" setup_nodejs
-setup_ffmpeg
 
 msg_info "Installing Readium"
 READIUM_VERSION="0.6.5"
diff --git a/install/tubearchivist-install.sh b/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
index 4ce65bec..f4c2e0ba 100644
--- a/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
+++ b/install/tubearchivist-install.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ $STD apt install -y \
   atomicparsley \
   libldap2-dev \
   libsasl2-dev \
-  libssl-dev
+  libssl-dev \
+  ffmpeg
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 UV_PYTHON="3.13" setup_uv
 NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
-setup_ffmpeg
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "deno" "denoland/deno" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" "deno-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip"