diff --git a/src/en/animepahe/build.gradle b/src/en/animepahe/build.gradle
index 9ae12296e..b5b89d195 100644
--- a/src/en/animepahe/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/animepahe/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'AnimePahe'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'en.animepahe'
     extClass = '.AnimePahe'
-    extVersionCode = 25
+    extVersionCode = 26
     libVersion = '13'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/animepahe/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animepahe/AnimePahe.kt b/src/en/animepahe/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animepahe/AnimePahe.kt
index 839b62af2..a49e84b99 100644
--- a/src/en/animepahe/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animepahe/AnimePahe.kt
+++ b/src/en/animepahe/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/en/animepahe/AnimePahe.kt
@@ -217,12 +217,14 @@ class AnimePahe : ConfigurableAnimeSource, AnimeHttpSource() {
     override fun List<Video>.sort(): List<Video> {
         val subPreference = preferences.getString(PREF_SUB_KEY, PREF_SUB_DEFAULT)!!
         val quality = preferences.getString(PREF_QUALITY_KEY, PREF_QUALITY_DEFAULT)!!
+        val shouldBeAv1 = preferences.getBoolean(PREF_AV1_KEY, PREF_AV1_DEFAULT)
         val shouldEndWithEng = (subPreference == "eng")
 
         return this.sortedWith(
             compareBy(
                 { it.quality.contains(quality) },
-                { it.quality.endsWith("eng", true) == shouldEndWithEng },
+                { (Regex("""\beng\b""").find(it.quality.lowercase()) != null) == shouldEndWithEng },
+                { it.quality.lowercase().contains("av1") == shouldBeAv1 },
             ),
         ).reversed()
     }
@@ -285,10 +287,22 @@ class AnimePahe : ConfigurableAnimeSource, AnimeHttpSource() {
                 preferences.edit().putBoolean(key, new).commit()
             }
         }
+        val av1Pref = SwitchPreferenceCompat(screen.context).apply {
+            key = PREF_AV1_KEY
+            title = PREF_AV1_TITLE
+            summary = PREF_AV1_SUMMARY
+            setDefaultValue(PREF_AV1_DEFAULT)
+
+            setOnPreferenceChangeListener { _, newValue ->
+                val new = newValue as Boolean
+                preferences.edit().putBoolean(key, new).commit()
+            }
+        }
         screen.addPreference(videoQualityPref)
         screen.addPreference(domainPref)
         screen.addPreference(subPref)
         screen.addPreference(linkPref)
+        screen.addPreference(av1Pref)
     }
 
     // ============================= Utilities ==============================
@@ -354,5 +368,15 @@ class AnimePahe : ConfigurableAnimeSource, AnimeHttpSource() {
             |Note that this will break the ability to seek inside of the video unless the episode is downloaded in advance.
             """.trimMargin()
         }
+
+        // Big slap to whoever misspelled `preferred`
+        private const val PREF_AV1_KEY = "preffered_av1"
+        private const val PREF_AV1_TITLE = "Use AV1 codec"
+        private const val PREF_AV1_DEFAULT = false
+        private val PREF_AV1_SUMMARY by lazy {
+            """Enable to use AV1 if available
+            |Turn off to never select av1 as preferred codec
+            """.trimMargin()
+        }
     }
 }