diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 7ee61c42b..d4c5cffbf 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type VideoSettings struct {
 	StreamingKey         string          `yaml:"streamingKey"`
 	EncoderPreset        string          `yaml:"encoderPreset"`
 	StreamQualities      []StreamQuality `yaml:"streamQualities"`
+	EnablePassthrough    bool            `yaml:"passthrough"`
 }
 
 type StreamQuality struct {
@@ -106,7 +107,4 @@ func checkConfig(config Config) {
 		panic("A video encoder preset is required to be set in the config file.")
 	}
 
-	if len(config.VideoSettings.StreamQualities) < 1 {
-		panic("At least one stream quality must be set in the config file.")
-	}
 }
diff --git a/config/config-example.yaml b/config/config-example.yaml
index 1a5bd1e2a..ea44e5bfd 100644
--- a/config/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config/config-example.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ videoSettings:
   chunkLengthInSeconds: 4
   streamingKey: abc123
   encoderPreset: superfast # https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
+  passthrough: true # Enabling this will ignore the below stream qualities and pass through the same quality that you're sending it
 
   streamQualities:
     - bitrate: 6000k
diff --git a/ffmpeg.go b/ffmpeg.go
index c51347de8..797f9b128 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.go
+++ b/ffmpeg.go
@@ -33,21 +33,33 @@ func startFfmpeg(configuration Config) {
 	var videoMaps = make([]string, 0)
 	var streamMaps = make([]string, 0)
 	var audioMaps = make([]string, 0)
-	for index, quality := range configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities {
-		videoMaps = append(videoMaps, fmt.Sprintf("-map v:0 -c:v:%d libx264 -b:v:%d %s", index, index, quality.Bitrate))
-		streamMaps = append(streamMaps, fmt.Sprintf("v:%d,a:%d", index, index))
-		audioMaps = append(audioMaps, "-map a:0")
+	var videoMapsString = ""
+	var audioMapsString = ""
+	var streamMappingString = ""
+
+	if configuration.VideoSettings.EnablePassthrough || len(configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("Enabling passthrough video")
+		// videoMaps = append(videoMaps, fmt.Sprintf("-map 0:v -c:v copy"))
+		streamMaps = append(streamMaps, fmt.Sprintf("v:%d,a:%d", 0, 0))
+	} else {
+		for index, quality := range configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities {
+			videoMaps = append(videoMaps, fmt.Sprintf("-map v:0 -c:v:%d libx264 -b:v:%d %s", index, index, quality.Bitrate))
+			streamMaps = append(streamMaps, fmt.Sprintf("v:%d,a:%d", index, index))
+			videoMapsString = strings.Join(videoMaps, " ")
+			audioMaps = append(audioMaps, "-map a:0")
+			audioMapsString = strings.Join(audioMaps, " ") + " -c:a copy" // Pass through audio for all the variants, don't reencode
+		}
 	}
 
+	streamMappingString = "-var_stream_map \"" + strings.Join(streamMaps, " ") + "\""
 	ffmpegFlags := []string{
 		"-hide_banner",
 		"-re",
 		"-i pipe:",
 		// "-vf scale=900:-2", // Re-enable in the future with a config to togging resizing?
 		// "-sws_flags fast_bilinear",
-		strings.Join(videoMaps, " "),                // All the different video variants
-		strings.Join(audioMaps, " ") + " -c:a copy", // Audio for all the variants
-		// strings.Join(audioMaps, " ") + " -c:a aac -b:a 192k -ac 2", // Audio for all the variants
+		videoMapsString, // All the different video variants
+		audioMapsString,
 		"-master_pl_name stream.m3u8",
 		"-g 60", "-keyint_min 60", // create key frame (I-frame) every 48 frames (~2 seconds) - will later affect correct slicing of segments and alignment of renditions
 		"-framerate 30",
@@ -66,8 +78,7 @@ func startFfmpeg(configuration Config) {
 		"-segment_wrap 100",
 		"-tune zerolatency",
 
-		// "-master_m3u8_publish_rate 5",
-		"-var_stream_map \"" + strings.Join(streamMaps, " ") + "\"",
+		streamMappingString,
 		variantPlaylistName,
 	}
 
diff --git a/playlistMonitor.go b/playlistMonitor.go
index 783080e73..7936bd7c0 100644
--- a/playlistMonitor.go
+++ b/playlistMonitor.go
@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@ func getVariantIndexFromPath(fullDiskPath string) int {
 var variants []Variant
 
 func monitorVideoContent(pathToMonitor string, configuration Config, storage ChunkStorage) {
-	// Create structures to store the segments for the different stream variants
+	// Create at least one structure to store the segments for the different stream variants
 	variants = make([]Variant, len(configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities))
-	for index := range variants {
-		variants[index] = Variant{index, make([]Segment, 0)}
+	if len(configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities) > 0 && !configuration.VideoSettings.EnablePassthrough {
+		for index := range variants {
+			variants[index] = Variant{index, make([]Segment, 0)}
+		}
+	} else {
+		variants[0] = Variant{0, make([]Segment, 0)}
 	}
-
-	log.Printf("Using %s for storing files with %d variants...\n", pathToMonitor, len(variants))
+	log.Printf("Using directory %s for storing files with %d variants...\n", pathToMonitor, len(variants))
 
 	w := watcher.New()
 
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 4d0f161a0..cfd6654b6 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -57,13 +57,19 @@ func copy(src, dst string) {
 func resetDirectories(configuration Config) {
 	// Wipe the public, web-accessible hls data directory
 	os.RemoveAll(configuration.PublicHLSPath)
+	os.RemoveAll(configuration.PrivateHLSPath)
 	os.MkdirAll(configuration.PublicHLSPath, 0777)
+	os.MkdirAll(configuration.PrivateHLSPath, 0777)
 
 	// Create private hls data dirs
-	os.RemoveAll(configuration.PrivateHLSPath)
-	for index := range configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities {
-		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PrivateHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
-		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PublicHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+	if !configuration.VideoSettings.EnablePassthrough || len(configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities) == 0 {
+		for index := range configuration.VideoSettings.StreamQualities {
+			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PrivateHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PublicHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+		}
+	} else {
+		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PrivateHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
+		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(configuration.PublicHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
 	}
 }