diff --git a/transcoder/transcoder.go b/transcoder/transcoder.go
index e0a7568..d882da8 100644
--- a/transcoder/transcoder.go
+++ b/transcoder/transcoder.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ func (t *Transcoder) Start() {
 func (t *Transcoder) Transcode(inFile string) {
 	// create ingest and archive paths
   ingestPath := filepath.Join(t.repo.GetIngestPath(), inFile)
-  outputPath := filepath.Join(t.repo.GetOutputPath(), inFile)
+	outputName := strings.Join([]string{util.FilenameWithoutExtension(inFile), viper.GetString("transcoder.video_format")}, ".")
+  outputPath := filepath.Join(t.repo.GetOutputPath(), outputName)
 
   log.Printf("Transcoding video file %s.", ingestPath)