diff --git a/src/livekit/options.ts b/src/livekit/options.ts
index 1d4cad774..8210f8a8c 100644
--- a/src/livekit/options.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/options.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ const defaultLiveKitPublishOptions: TrackPublishDefaults = {
   videoSimulcastLayers: [VideoPresets.h180, VideoPresets.h360] as VideoPreset[],
   screenShareEncoding: ScreenSharePresets.h1080fps30.encoding,
   stopMicTrackOnMute: false,
-  videoCodec: "vp8",
+  videoCodec: "h264",
   videoEncoding: VideoPresets.h720.encoding,
-  backupCodec: { codec: "vp8", encoding: VideoPresets.h720.encoding },
+  backupCodec: { codec: "h264", encoding: VideoPresets.h720.encoding },
 } as const;
 
 export const defaultLiveKitOptions: RoomOptions = {
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 06275f599..755d1b96a 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ window.setLKLogLevel = setLKLogLevel;
 initRageshake().catch((e) => {
   logger.error("Failed to initialize rageshake", e);
 });
-setLKLogLevel("info");
+setLKLogLevel("debug");
 setLKLogExtension((level, msg, context) => {
   // we pass a synthetic logger name of "livekit" to the rageshake to make it easier to read
   global.mx_rage_logger.log(level, "livekit", msg, context);