diff --git a/app/helpers.py b/app/helpers.py
index 4828365..36e2a37 100644
--- a/app/helpers.py
+++ b/app/helpers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tempfile
 from mutagen.flac import FLAC               # type: ignore
 from mutagen.mp3 import MP3                 # type: ignore
 from pydub import effects
+from pydub.utils import mediainfo
 
 from config import Config
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ def normalise_track(path):
             f"File type {ftype} not implemented"
         )
 
+    bitrate = mediainfo(path)['bit_rate']
     audio = get_audio_segment(path)
     if not audio:
         return
@@ -221,7 +223,8 @@ def normalise_track(path):
     # Overwrite original file with normalised output
     normalised = effects.normalize(audio)
     try:
-        normalised.export(path, format=os.path.splitext(path)[1][1:])
+        normalised.export(path, format=os.path.splitext(path)[1][1:],
+                          bitrate=bitrate)
         # Fix up permssions and ownership
         os.chown(path, stats.st_uid, stats.st_gid)
         os.chmod(path, stats.st_mode)