diff --git a/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue b/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
index 005563b4..977d766b 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
@@ -143,10 +143,18 @@ export default {
       localStorage.setItem('embedMetadataCodec', val)
     },
     getEncodingOptions() {
-      return {
-        codec: this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
-        bitrate: this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
-        channels: this.selectedChannels || 2
+      if (this.showAdvancedView) {
+        return {
+          codec: this.customCodec || this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
+          bitrate: this.customBitrate || this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
+          channels: this.customChannels || this.selectedChannels || 2
+        }
+      } else {
+        return {
+          codec: this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
+          bitrate: this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
+          channels: this.selectedChannels || 2
+        }
       }
     },
     setPreset() {
diff --git a/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue b/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
index a9c4ef47..8f3de84a 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
@@ -248,4 +248,4 @@ export default {
     transform: scale(0);
   }
 }
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>
diff --git a/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue b/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
index d6c8cf9f..3dab0605 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
@@ -109,4 +109,4 @@ export default {
     }
   }
 }
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>
diff --git a/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue b/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
index 7afe12a9..37734934 100644
--- a/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
+++ b/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ export default {
 
       const encodeOptions = this.$refs.encoderOptionsCard.getEncodingOptions()
 
+      this.encodingOptions = encodeOptions
+
       const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(encodeOptions)
 
       this.processing = true
diff --git a/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js b/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
index f6a56160..3611d294 100644
--- a/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
@@ -203,7 +203,15 @@ class AbMergeManager {
     // Move library item tracks to cache
     for (const [index, trackPath] of task.data.originalTrackPaths.entries()) {
       const trackFilename = Path.basename(trackPath)
-      const moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, trackFilename)
+      let moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, trackFilename)
+
+      // If the track is the same as the temp file, we need to rename it to avoid overwriting it
+      if (task.data.tempFilepath === moveToPath) {
+        const trackExtname = Path.extname(task.data.tempFilepath)
+        const newTrackFilename = Path.basename(task.data.tempFilepath, trackExtname) + '.backup' + trackExtname
+        moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, newTrackFilename)
+      }
+
       Logger.debug(`[AbMergeManager] Backing up original track "${trackPath}" to ${moveToPath}`)
       if (index === 0) {
         // copy the first track to the cache directory