diff --git a/cista/preview_worker.py b/cista/preview_worker.py
index 972ed48..83d007b 100644
--- a/cista/preview_worker.py
+++ b/cista/preview_worker.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import io
 import logging
 import mimetypes
 import os
+
+# Silence the SVT-AV1 encoder's stderr spam, set log level ERROR
+os.environ.setdefault("SVT_LOG", "1")
+
 import shlex
 import struct
 import subprocess