diff --git a/dist/roverd b/dist/roverd
index cbc5bc86..6d4d3685 100755
Binary files a/dist/roverd and b/dist/roverd differ
diff --git a/dist/servoverifier b/dist/servoverifier
index d375e5cd..dbf3f429 100755
Binary files a/dist/servoverifier and b/dist/servoverifier differ
diff --git a/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh b/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
index 6be49be6..99686c20 100644
--- a/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
+++ b/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ VIDEO_BITRATE="${VIDEO_BITRATE:-3000000}"
 AUDIO_ENABLE="${AUDIO_ENABLE:-0}"
 AUDIO_DEVICE="${AUDIO_DEVICE:-hw:0,0}"
 AUDIO_RATE="${AUDIO_RATE:-16000}"
-AUDIO_CHANNELS="${AUDIO_CHANNELS:-1}"
+AUDIO_CHANNELS="${AUDIO_CHANNELS:-2}"
 AUDIO_BITRATE="${AUDIO_BITRATE:-64000}"
 AUDIO_FORMAT="${AUDIO_FORMAT:-s32le}"
 
 # Normalize device/rate aggressively to reduce CPU and match the HAT on card0
 AUDIO_DEVICE="hw:0,0"
 AUDIO_RATE=16000
-AUDIO_CHANNELS=1
+AUDIO_CHANNELS=2
 AUDIO_BITRATE=64000
 AUDIO_FORMAT="s32le"
 # Flip the camera 180deg (supported by rpicam-vid/libcamera-vid)
diff --git a/pi/install_roverd.sh b/pi/install_roverd.sh
index b888cecc..72e3fb62 100755
--- a/pi/install_roverd.sh
+++ b/pi/install_roverd.sh
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ VIDEO_BITRATE=3000000
 AUDIO_ENABLE=1
 AUDIO_DEVICE=hw:0,0
 AUDIO_RATE=16000
-AUDIO_CHANNELS=1
+AUDIO_CHANNELS=2
 AUDIO_BITRATE=64000
 ENV
 chown roverd:roverd /var/lib/roverd/video.env
diff --git a/pi/roverd/config.go b/pi/roverd/config.go
index 1173e2de..e84ad6ff 100644
--- a/pi/roverd/config.go
+++ b/pi/roverd/config.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {
 			CaptureEnabled: true,
 			CaptureDevice:  "hw:0,0",
 			SampleRate:     16000,
-			Channels:       1,
+			Channels:       2,
 			Bitrate:        64000,
 			TTSEnabled:     false,
 			DefaultEngine:  "flite",
diff --git a/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml b/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
index 33076b0d..620e4c09 100644
--- a/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
+++ b/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ audio:
   captureEnabled: true
   captureDevice: hw:0,0
   sampleRate: 16000
-  channels: 1
+  channels: 2
   bitrate: 64000
   ttsEnabled: false
   defaultEngine: flite