diff --git a/app/dialplan/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml b/app/dialplan/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
index fe4a883361..034bf464e3 100644
--- a/app/dialplan/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
+++ b/app/dialplan/resources/switch/conf/dialplan/050_user_record.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 			<action application="set" data="record_session=true" inline="true"/>
 		</condition>
 		<condition field="${record_session}" expression="^true$">
-			<action application="set" data="record_ext=wav"/>
 			<action application="set" data="api_on_answer=uuid_record ${uuid} start ${recordings_dir}/${domain_name}/archive/${strftime(%Y)}/${strftime(%b)}/${strftime(%d)}/${uuid}.${record_ext}"/>
 		</condition>
 	</extension>
diff --git a/resources/templates/conf/vars.xml b/resources/templates/conf/vars.xml
index 547d4074f6..fedd936fe8 100644
--- a/resources/templates/conf/vars.xml
+++ b/resources/templates/conf/vars.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   -->
 
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="sound_prefix=$${sounds_dir}/en/us/callie"/>
+  <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="record_ext=wav"/>
 
   <!--
       This setting is what sets the default domain FreeSWITCH will use if all else fails.