diff --git a/src/livekit/options.ts b/src/livekit/options.ts
index 1d4cad774..a0fa193e9 100644
--- a/src/livekit/options.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/options.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,20 @@ import {
   type RoomOptions,
   ScreenSharePresets,
   type TrackPublishDefaults,
-  type VideoPreset,
+  VideoPreset,
   VideoPresets,
 } from "livekit-client";
 
+const VideoPresetsH264 = {
+  h144: new VideoPreset(256, 144, 155_000, 20),
+  h240: new VideoPreset(480, 234, 160_000, 20),
+  h176: new VideoPreset(320, 176, 160_000, 20),
+  h288: new VideoPreset(382, 288, 180_000, 20),
+//  h360: VideoPresets.h360,
+  h360: new VideoPreset(640, 360, 450_000, 20),
+  h540: new VideoPreset(960, 540, 800_000, 20),
+} as const;
+
 const defaultLiveKitPublishOptions: TrackPublishDefaults = {
   audioPreset: AudioPresets.music,
   dtx: true,
@@ -23,10 +33,13 @@ const defaultLiveKitPublishOptions: TrackPublishDefaults = {
   red: false,
   forceStereo: false,
   simulcast: true,
-  videoSimulcastLayers: [VideoPresets.h180, VideoPresets.h360] as VideoPreset[],
+  videoSimulcastLayers: [
+    VideoPresetsH264.h144,
+    VideoPresets.h360,
+  ] as VideoPreset[],
   screenShareEncoding: ScreenSharePresets.h1080fps30.encoding,
   stopMicTrackOnMute: false,
-  videoCodec: "vp8",
+  videoCodec: "h264",
   videoEncoding: VideoPresets.h720.encoding,
   backupCodec: { codec: "vp8", encoding: VideoPresets.h720.encoding },
 } as const;
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 654bd93cd..a71afef41 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ window.setLKLogLevel = setLKLogLevel;
 initRageshake().catch((e) => {
   logger.error("Failed to initialize rageshake", e);
 });
-setLKLogLevel("info");
+setLKLogLevel("debug");
 setLKLogExtension((level, msg, context) => {
   // we pass a synthetic logger name of "livekit" to the rageshake to make it easier to read
   global.mx_rage_logger.log(level, "livekit", msg, context);