diff --git a/src/fw_api.py b/src/fw_api.py
index dab722b..ab94f21 100644
--- a/src/fw_api.py
+++ b/src/fw_api.py
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ def get_node_info():
 @logger.catch
 def get_audio_file(track_uuid, listen_url=False, download=False,
                    external_transcoding=get_config('external_transcoder_http_proxy_path'),
-                   transcoding=get_config('enable_server_transcoding'), to='ogg'):
+                   transcoding=get_config('enable_server_transcoding'), to='ogg', max_bitrate=128):
     params = {
         "download": download,
-        "to": to
+        "to": to,
+        "max_bitrate": max_bitrate
     }
     if current_instance.token and not current_instance.listen_token:
         get_me()
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ def get_audio_file(track_uuid, listen_url=False, download=False,
 
     if not transcoding:
         del params['to']
+        del params['max_bitrate']
     if listen_url:
         url = f'https://{current_instance.instance}{track_uuid}?'
     else: