diff --git a/revid/config.go b/revid/config.go
index b0ba2bc4..6f682028 100644
--- a/revid/config.go
+++ b/revid/config.go
@@ -148,11 +148,9 @@ func (c *Config) Validate(r *Revid) error {
 		// Configuration really needs to be rethought here.
 		if c.Quantize && c.Quantization == 0 {
 			c.Quantization = defaultQuantization
-		} else {
-			c.Bitrate = defaultBitrate
 		}
 
-		if (c.Bitrate > 0 && c.Quantization > 0) || (c.Bitrate == 0 && c.Quantization == 0) {
+		if (c.Bitrate > 0 && c.Quantize) || (c.Bitrate == 0 && !c.Quantize) {
 			return errors.New("bad bitrate and quantization combination for H264 input")
 		}