diff --git a/rffmpeg.py b/rffmpeg.py
index e2bd7b7..9fffad6 100755
--- a/rffmpeg.py
+++ b/rffmpeg.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ except Exception as e:
     logger('ERROR: Failed to load configuration: {}'.format(e))
     exit(1)
 
+# Handle the fallback configuration using get() to avoid failing
+config['fallback_ffmpeg_command'] = o_config['rffmpeg']['commands'].get('fallback_ffmpeg', config['ffmpeg_command'])
+config['fallback_ffprobe_command'] = o_config['rffmpeg']['commands'].get('fallback_ffprobe', config['ffprobe_command'])
+
 # Parse CLI args (ffmpeg command line)
 all_args = sys.argv
 cli_ffmpeg_args = all_args[1:]
@@ -108,10 +112,10 @@ def local_ffmpeg_fallback():
 
     # Verify if we're in ffmpeg or ffprobe mode
     if 'ffprobe' in all_args[0]:
-        rffmpeg_command.append(config['ffprobe_command'])
+        rffmpeg_command.append(config['fallback_ffprobe_command'])
         stdout = sys.stdout
     else:
-        rffmpeg_command.append(config['ffmpeg_command'])
+        rffmpeg_command.append(config['fallback_ffmpeg_command'])
 
     # Determine if version, encorders, or decoders is an argument; if so, we output stdout to stdout
     # Weird workaround for something Jellyfin requires...
diff --git a/rffmpeg.yml.sample b/rffmpeg.yml.sample
index 9796f0c..f114a5c 100644
--- a/rffmpeg.yml.sample
+++ b/rffmpeg.yml.sample
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ rffmpeg:
         # The (remote) ffmpeg and ffprobe command binary paths
         ffmpeg: "/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"
         ffprobe: "/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffprobe"
+
+        # An optional local fallback ffmpeg and ffprobe, if you wish this to be different from the above paths
+        #fallback_ffmpeg: "/usr/lib/jellyfn-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"
+        #fallback_ffprobe: "/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffprobe"