diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
index ffc26990..8f279f79 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function guessOutputFileExtension(settings) {
         return settings.image_file_extension;
     }
 
-    container = scene.render.ffmpeg.format
+    const container = settings.video_container_format;
     if (container in videoContainerToExtension) {
         return videoContainerToExtension[container];
     }