diff --git a/src/AvTranscoder/Transcoder/StreamTranscoder.cpp b/src/AvTranscoder/Transcoder/StreamTranscoder.cpp
index 5dca7caa..ff892567 100644
--- a/src/AvTranscoder/Transcoder/StreamTranscoder.cpp
+++ b/src/AvTranscoder/Transcoder/StreamTranscoder.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ StreamTranscoder::StreamTranscoder(
 
 		_transform = new AudioEssenceTransform();
 		
-		_currentEssence = _dummyEssence;
+		_currentEssence = _inputEssence;
 		return;
 	}