diff --git a/server/internal/capture/broadcast.go b/server/internal/capture/broadcast.go
index a3aa48ca..f1e81335 100644
--- a/server/internal/capture/broadcast.go
+++ b/server/internal/capture/broadcast.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type BroacastManagerCtx struct {
 	started bool
 }
 
-func broadcastNew(pipelineFn func(url string) (string, error), url string, started bool) *BroacastManagerCtx {
+func broadcastNew(pipelineFn func(url string) (string, error), defaultUrl string) *BroacastManagerCtx {
 	logger := log.With().
 		Str("module", "capture").
 		Str("submodule", "broadcast").
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ func broadcastNew(pipelineFn func(url string) (string, error), url string, start
 	return &BroacastManagerCtx{
 		logger:     logger,
 		pipelineFn: pipelineFn,
-		url:        url,
-		started:    started,
+		url:        defaultUrl,
+		started:    defaultUrl != "",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/server/internal/capture/manager.go b/server/internal/capture/manager.go
index 63466818..a5660517 100644
--- a/server/internal/capture/manager.go
+++ b/server/internal/capture/manager.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func New(desktop types.DesktopManager, config *config.Capture) *CaptureManagerCt
 		// sinks
 		broadcast: broadcastNew(func(url string) (string, error) {
 			return NewBroadcastPipeline(config.AudioDevice, config.Display, config.BroadcastPipeline, url)
-		}, config.BroadcastUrl, config.BroadcastStarted),
+		}, config.BroadcastUrl),
 		audio: streamSinkNew(config.AudioCodec, func() (string, error) {
 			return NewAudioPipeline(config.AudioCodec, config.AudioDevice, config.AudioPipeline, config.AudioBitrate)
 		}, "audio"),
diff --git a/server/internal/config/capture.go b/server/internal/config/capture.go
index d5caf0f7..7dcf309a 100644
--- a/server/internal/config/capture.go
+++ b/server/internal/config/capture.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ type Capture struct {
 	// broadcast
 	BroadcastPipeline string
 	BroadcastUrl      string
-	BroadcastStarted  bool
 }
 
 func (Capture) Init(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
@@ -222,5 +221,4 @@ func (s *Capture) Set() {
 
 	s.BroadcastPipeline = viper.GetString("broadcast_pipeline")
 	s.BroadcastUrl = viper.GetString("broadcast_url")
-	s.BroadcastStarted = s.BroadcastUrl != ""
 }