diff --git a/toxav/group.c b/toxav/group.c
index 36c30bc6..529167bf 100644
--- a/toxav/group.c
+++ b/toxav/group.c
@@ -503,7 +503,12 @@ int group_send_audio(Group_Chats *g_c, int groupnumber, const int16_t *pcm, unsi
     if (!group_av->audio_encoder || group_av->audio_channels != channels || group_av->audio_sample_rate != sample_rate) {
         group_av->audio_channels = channels;
         group_av->audio_sample_rate = sample_rate;
-        group_av->audio_bitrate = 64000; //TODO: add way of adjusting bitrate
+
+        if (channels == 1) {
+            group_av->audio_bitrate = 32000; //TODO: add way of adjusting bitrate
+        } else {
+            group_av->audio_bitrate = 64000; //TODO: add way of adjusting bitrate
+        }
 
         if (recreate_encoder(group_av) == -1)
             return -1;