diff --git a/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.c b/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.c
index 29a8e98031..769bbf703a 100644
--- a/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.c
+++ b/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ ges_timeline_pipeline_set_render_settings (GESTimelinePipeline * pipeline,
   }
 
   g_object_set (pipeline->encodebin, "profile", profile, NULL);
+  pipeline->profile = profile;
 
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.h b/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.h
index 3a92644185..04e1f7b00f 100644
--- a/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.h
+++ b/ges/ges-timeline-pipeline.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ struct _GESTimelinePipeline {
   GESPipelineFlags mode;
 
   GList *chains;
+
+  GstEncodingProfile *profile;
 };
 
 struct _GESTimelinePipelineClass {