diff --git a/worker/transcribee_worker/reencode.py b/worker/transcribee_worker/reencode.py
index 8ca9e18c..09d51503 100644
--- a/worker/transcribee_worker/reencode.py
+++ b/worker/transcribee_worker/reencode.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import select
+import logging
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
+from threading import Thread
+from typing import IO
 
 import ffmpeg
 from transcribee_worker.types import ProgressCallbackType
@@ -11,20 +13,6 @@ def get_duration(input_path: Path):
     return float(ffmpeg.probe(input_path)["format"]["duration"])
 
 
-def readlines(pipes):
-    while True:
-        fdsin, _, _ = select.select([x.fileno() for x in pipes], [], [])
-        for fd in fdsin:
-            pipe = next(x for x in pipes if x.fileno() == fd)
-            line = pipe.readline()
-            if len(line) == 0:
-                pipes.remove(pipe)
-                continue
-            yield pipe, line
-        if pipes == []:
-            break
-
-
 async def reencode(
     input_path: Path,
     output_path: Path,
@@ -33,6 +21,17 @@ async def reencode(
     duration: float,
     include_video: bool,
 ):
+    def _read_progress(stdout: IO):
+        for raw_line in stdout:
+            key, value = raw_line.decode().strip().split("=", maxsplit=1)
+
+            if key == "out_time_ms":
+                out_time_ms = int(value)
+                out_time_s = out_time_ms / 1e6
+                progress_callback(
+                    progress=out_time_s / duration,
+                )
+
     def work(_):
         pipeline = ffmpeg.input(input_path)
         streams = [pipeline["a:0"]]  # use only first audio stream
@@ -46,31 +45,18 @@ def work(_):
             progress="-",
             map_metadata="-1",
             **output_params,
-        ).run_async(pipe_stdout=True, pipe_stderr=True)
+        ).run_async(pipe_stderr=True, pipe_stdout=True)
+        assert cmd.stderr
         assert cmd.stdout
-        raw_line: bytes
-        progress_dict = {}
 
-        stderr_data = []
+        Thread(target=_read_progress, args=(cmd.stdout,)).start()
 
-        for pipe, raw_line in readlines([cmd.stdout, cmd.stderr]):
-            if pipe == cmd.stderr:
-                stderr_data.append(raw_line.decode())
-                continue
-            if b"=" not in raw_line:
-                continue
-            key, value = raw_line.decode().strip().split("=", maxsplit=1)
-            progress_dict[key] = value.strip()
+        stderr_data = []
+        for raw_line in cmd.stderr:
+            line = raw_line.decode().rstrip()
+            logging.info(line)
+            stderr_data.append(line)
 
-            if key == "progress":
-                if "out_time_ms" in progress_dict:
-                    out_time_ms = int(progress_dict["out_time_ms"])
-                    out_time_s = out_time_ms / 1e6
-                    progress_callback(
-                        progress=out_time_s / duration,
-                        extra_data=progress_dict,
-                    )
-                progress_dict = {}
         returncode = cmd.wait()
         progress_callback(
             progress=1,