diff --git a/src-tauri/src/ffmpeg.rs b/src-tauri/src/ffmpeg.rs
index ee40a3c..e9fc4aa 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/ffmpeg.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/ffmpeg.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn locate_ffmpeg() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     if dev2.exists() {
         return Some(dev2);
     }
-    Some(PathBuf::from(exe_name()))
+    None
 }
 
 /// Extract the audio track from `video_path` and re-encode to 16 kHz mono WAV