diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 104027c27..7524d4e38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## UNRELEASED
 
 * Profile: Improve encryption state dialog
+* Improved video quality of short clips
 * Update Russian translation
 
 ## v0.9.0
diff --git a/MessengerProj/src/main/java/com/b44t/ui/VideoEditorActivity.java b/MessengerProj/src/main/java/com/b44t/ui/VideoEditorActivity.java
index 83276c337..38adf6509 100644
--- a/MessengerProj/src/main/java/com/b44t/ui/VideoEditorActivity.java
+++ b/MessengerProj/src/main/java/com/b44t/ui/VideoEditorActivity.java
@@ -732,7 +732,15 @@ public class VideoEditorActivity extends BaseFragment implements TextureView.Sur
             resultBitrate = 200000;
         }
         else if (resultBitrate > 500000) {
-            resultBitrate = 500000; // ~ 3.7 MB/minute, plus Audio
+            if( resultDurationMs<30*1000 ) {
+                resultBitrate = 1500000; // ~ 12 MB/minute, plus Audio
+            }
+            else if( resultDurationMs<60*1000 ) {
+                resultBitrate = 1000000; // ~ 8 MB/minute, plus Audio
+            }
+            else {
+                resultBitrate = 500000; // ~ 3.7 MB/minute, plus Audio
+            }
         }
 
         // get video dimensions