diff --git a/backend/src/packages/chaiNNer_standard/image/video_frames/load_video.py b/backend/src/packages/chaiNNer_standard/image/video_frames/load_video.py
index 1781617f4..4b51ddd26 100644
--- a/backend/src/packages/chaiNNer_standard/image/video_frames/load_video.py
+++ b/backend/src/packages/chaiNNer_standard/image/video_frames/load_video.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
-import cv2
 import ffmpeg
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -68,7 +67,12 @@ def load_video_node(
 
     ffmpeg_reader = (
         ffmpeg.input(path)
-        .output("pipe:", format="rawvideo", pix_fmt="rgb24")
+        .output(
+            "pipe:",
+            format="rawvideo",
+            pix_fmt="bgr24",
+            sws_flags="lanczos+accurate_rnd+full_chroma_int+full_chroma_inp+bitexact",
+        )
         .run_async(pipe_stdout=True, cmd=ffmpeg_path)
     )
 
@@ -123,7 +127,6 @@ def iterator():
                 print("Can't receive frame (stream end?). Exiting ...")
                 break
             in_frame = np.frombuffer(in_bytes, np.uint8).reshape([height, width, 3])
-            in_frame = cv2.cvtColor(in_frame, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
             yield in_frame, index
             index += 1