diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
index 14523620b..aebc8f07c 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ func (v *HLSVariant) getAudioQualityString() string {
 
 // AddVariant adds a new HLS variant to include in the output
 func (t *Transcoder) AddVariant(variant HLSVariant) {
+	variant.index = len(t.variants)
 	t.variants = append(t.variants, variant)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder_test.go b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder_test.go
index cb70aae19..e8095754c 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder_test.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder_test.go
@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@ func TestFFmpegCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	variant.isAudioPassthrough = true
 	variant.encoderPreset = "veryfast"
 	variant.SetVideoFramerate(30)
-
 	transcoder.AddVariant(variant)
 
+	variant2 := HLSVariant{}
+	variant2.videoBitrate = 3500
+	variant2.isAudioPassthrough = true
+	variant2.encoderPreset = "faster"
+	variant2.SetVideoFramerate(24)
+	transcoder.AddVariant(variant2)
+
 	cmd := transcoder.getString()
 
-	expected := `/fake/path/ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -i  fakecontent.flv  -map v:0 -c:v:0 libx264 -b:v:0 1200k -maxrate:v:0 1272k -bufsize:v:0 1440k -g:v:0 119 -x264-params:v:0 "scenecut=0:open_gop=0:min-keyint=119:keyint=119" -map a:0 -c:a:0 copy -r 30 -preset veryfast  -var_stream_map "v:0,a:0 " -f hls -hls_time 4 -hls_list_size 10 -hls_delete_threshold 10  -tune zerolatency -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v high -sc_threshold 0 -master_pl_name stream.m3u8 -strftime 1 -hls_segment_filename http://127.0.0.1:8123/%v/stream-jdofFGg%s.ts -max_muxing_queue_size 400 -method PUT -http_persistent 1 -fflags +genpts http://127.0.0.1:8123/%v/stream.m3u8 2> transcoder.log`
+	expected := `/fake/path/ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -i  fakecontent.flv  -map v:0 -c:v:0 libx264 -b:v:0 1200k -maxrate:v:0 1272k -bufsize:v:0 1440k -g:v:0 119 -x264-params:v:0 "scenecut=0:open_gop=0:min-keyint=119:keyint=119" -map a:0 -c:a:0 copy -r 30 -preset veryfast -map v:0 -c:v:1 libx264 -b:v:1 3500k -maxrate:v:1 3710k -bufsize:v:1 4200k -g:v:1 95 -x264-params:v:1 "scenecut=0:open_gop=0:min-keyint=95:keyint=95" -map a:0 -c:a:1 copy -r 24 -preset faster  -var_stream_map "v:0,a:0 v:1,a:1 " -f hls -hls_time 4 -hls_list_size 10 -hls_delete_threshold 10  -tune zerolatency -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v high -sc_threshold 0 -master_pl_name stream.m3u8 -strftime 1 -hls_segment_filename http://127.0.0.1:8123/%v/stream-jdofFGg%s.ts -max_muxing_queue_size 400 -method PUT -http_persistent 1 -fflags +genpts http://127.0.0.1:8123/%v/stream.m3u8 2> transcoder.log`
 
 	if cmd != expected {
 		t.Errorf("ffmpeg command does not match expected.  Got %s, want: %s", cmd, expected)