diff --git a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
index 718943855c..156896a759 100644
--- a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
+++ b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ def burnins_from_data(
 
         bit_rate = burnin._streams[0].get("bit_rate")
         if bit_rate:
-            ffmpeg_args.append("--b:v {}".format(bit_rate))
+            ffmpeg_args.append("-b:v {}".format(bit_rate))
 
         pix_fmt = burnin._streams[0].get("pix_fmt")
         if pix_fmt: