diff --git a/frigate/config/camera/ffmpeg.py b/frigate/config/camera/ffmpeg.py
index 2c1e4cdca..d1a1f7065 100644
--- a/frigate/config/camera/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/frigate/config/camera/ffmpeg.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from enum import Enum
+from os.path import join
 from typing import Union
 
 from pydantic import Field, field_validator
@@ -71,21 +72,11 @@ class FfmpegConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
     @property
     def ffmpeg_path(self) -> str:
-        if self.path == "default":
-            return f"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/{DEFAULT_FFMPEG_VERSION}/bin/ffmpeg"
-        elif self.path in INCLUDED_FFMPEG_VERSIONS:
-            return f"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/{self.path}/bin/ffmpeg"
-        else:
-            return f"{self.path}/bin/ffmpeg"
+        return join(self.path, "bin/ffmpeg")
 
     @property
     def ffprobe_path(self) -> str:
-        if self.path == "default":
-            return f"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/{DEFAULT_FFMPEG_VERSION}/bin/ffprobe"
-        elif self.path in INCLUDED_FFMPEG_VERSIONS:
-            return f"/usr/lib/ffmpeg/{self.path}/bin/ffprobe"
-        else:
-            return f"{self.path}/bin/ffprobe"
+        return join(self.path, "bin/ffprobe")
 
 
 class CameraRoleEnum(str, Enum):
diff --git a/frigate/record/export.py b/frigate/record/export.py
index d4b49bb4b..bbcccff61 100644
--- a/frigate/record/export.py
+++ b/frigate/record/export.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
             minutes = int(diff / 60)
             seconds = int(diff % 60)
             ffmpeg_cmd = [
-                "/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg",  # hardcode path for exports thumbnail due to missing libwebp support
+                self.config.ffmpeg.ffmpeg_path,  # hardcode path for exports thumbnail due to missing libwebp support
                 "-hide_banner",
                 "-loglevel",
                 "warning",