diff --git a/VideoNodes/FFMpegEncoder.cs b/VideoNodes/FFMpegEncoder.cs
index 9cd33f1d..bd04c5dc 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/FFMpegEncoder.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/FFMpegEncoder.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ namespace FileFlows.VideoNodes
             if (dontAddOutputFile == false)
             {
                 if (arguments.Last() != "-")
+                {
+                    // strict -2 needs to be just before the output file
+                    arguments.AddRange(new[] { "-strict", "-2" }); // allow experimental stuff
                     arguments.Add(output);
+                }
                 else
                     Logger.ILog("Last argument '-' skipping adding output file");
             }
diff --git a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
index a9804fec..56e84eb4 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/FfmpegBuilderExecutor.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ namespace FileFlows.VideoNodes.FfmpegBuilderNodes
             else
                 model.InputFiles[0] = args.WorkingFile;
 
-            startArgs.AddRange(new[] { "-strict", "-2" }); // allow experimental stuff
             startArgs.AddRange(new[] { "-fflags", "+genpts" }); //Generate missing PTS if DTS is present.
 
             startArgs.AddRange(new[] {