diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 601ed23b..32c53652 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -846,11 +846,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-+EUsqGPLsM+j/zdChZjsnX51g4XrHFOIXwfnCVPGlQk/k5giakcKsuxCObBRu6DSm9opw/O6slWbJdghQM4bBg=="
     },
-    "node-ffprobe": {
-      "version": "3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-ffprobe/-/node-ffprobe-3.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2LNTLStz2hw/urwo4xJ00TIOvthgepcl3tF4HB8BWnhJ4nhJ7S08YThapBHkGLYV+GUuY9pML/kX76+dqY2iUg=="
-    },
     "normalize-path": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-3.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a0f8924..9fd3c0c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "fluent-ffmpeg": "^2.1.2",
     "htmlparser2": "^8.0.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
-    "node-ffprobe": "^3.0.0",
     "socket.io": "^4.4.1",
     "xml2js": "^0.4.23"
   }
diff --git a/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/LICENSE b/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d2680a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2011 Listener Approved LLC.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/index.js b/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6d78233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/libs/nodeFfprobe/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//
+// node-ffprobe modified for audiobookshelf
+// SOURCE: https://github.com/ListenerApproved/node-ffprobe
+//
+
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn
+
+module.exports = (function () {
+  function doProbe(file) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      let proc = spawn(module.exports.FFPROBE_PATH || 'ffprobe', ['-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'fatal', '-show_error', '-show_format', '-show_streams', '-show_programs', '-show_chapters', '-show_private_data', '-print_format', 'json', file])
+      let probeData = []
+      let errData = []
+
+      proc.stdout.setEncoding('utf8')
+      proc.stderr.setEncoding('utf8')
+
+      proc.stdout.on('data', function (data) { probeData.push(data) })
+      proc.stderr.on('data', function (data) { errData.push(data) })
+
+      proc.on('exit', code => { exitCode = code })
+      proc.on('error', err => reject(err))
+      proc.on('close', () => resolve(JSON.parse(probeData.join(''))))
+    })
+  }
+
+  return doProbe
+})()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/utils/prober.js b/server/utils/prober.js
index 890899b8..ec047fbf 100644
--- a/server/utils/prober.js
+++ b/server/utils/prober.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const ffprobe = require('node-ffprobe')
+const ffprobe = require('../libs/nodeFfprobe')
 const MediaProbeData = require('../scanner/MediaProbeData')
 
 const Logger = require('../Logger')