diff --git a/src/dailyai/transports/abstract_transport.py b/src/dailyai/transports/abstract_transport.py
index f5ecc5880..ad323a5af 100644
--- a/src/dailyai/transports/abstract_transport.py
+++ b/src/dailyai/transports/abstract_transport.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self._camera_enabled = kwargs.get("camera_enabled") or False
         self._camera_width = kwargs.get("camera_width") or 1024
         self._camera_height = kwargs.get("camera_height") or 768
+        self._camera_bitrate = kwargs.get("camera_bitrate") or 250000
         self._speaker_enabled = kwargs.get("speaker_enabled") or False
         self._speaker_sample_rate = kwargs.get("speaker_sample_rate") or 16000
         self._fps = kwargs.get("fps") or 8
diff --git a/src/dailyai/transports/daily_transport.py b/src/dailyai/transports/daily_transport.py
index 6ca1dd2b2..09214dd2f 100644
--- a/src/dailyai/transports/daily_transport.py
+++ b/src/dailyai/transports/daily_transport.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def _prerun(self):
                             "maxQuality": "low",
                             "encodings": {
                                 "low": {
-                                    "maxBitrate": 250000,
+                                    "maxBitrate": self._camera_bitrate,
                                     "scaleResolutionDownBy": 1.333,
                                     "maxFramerate": 30,
                                 }