--- a/soundconverter/ui.py
+++ b/soundconverter/ui.py
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ class PreferencesDialog(GladeWindow):
                     ('audio/mpeg'    , 'lamemp3enc'),
                     ('audio/x-flac'  , 'flacenc'),
                     ('audio/x-wav'   , 'wavenc'),
-                    ('audio/x-m4a'   , 'faac'),
+                    #('audio/x-m4a'   , 'faac'),
+                    ('audio/x-m4a'   , 'avenc_aac'),
                     ('audio/ogg; codecs=opus'   , 'opusenc'),
                     ('gst-profile'   , None),
                     ) # must be in same order in output_mime_type