diff --git a/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue b/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
index 977d766be..005563b44 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/EncoderOptionsCard.vue
@@ -143,18 +143,10 @@ export default {
       localStorage.setItem('embedMetadataCodec', val)
     },
     getEncodingOptions() {
-      if (this.showAdvancedView) {
-        return {
-          codec: this.customCodec || this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
-          bitrate: this.customBitrate || this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
-          channels: this.customChannels || this.selectedChannels || 2
-        }
-      } else {
-        return {
-          codec: this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
-          bitrate: this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
-          channels: this.selectedChannels || 2
-        }
+      return {
+        codec: this.selectedCodec || 'aac',
+        bitrate: this.selectedBitrate || '128k',
+        channels: this.selectedChannels || 2
       }
     },
     setPreset() {
diff --git a/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue b/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
index 8f3de84af..a9c4ef47b 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/LoadingSpinner.vue
@@ -248,4 +248,4 @@ export default {
     transform: scale(0);
   }
 }
-</style>
+</style>
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diff --git a/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue b/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
index 3dab0605a..d6c8cf9f9 100644
--- a/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
+++ b/client/components/widgets/SeriesInputWidget.vue
@@ -109,4 +109,4 @@ export default {
     }
   }
 }
-</script>
+</script>
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diff --git a/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue b/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
index 377349345..7afe12a9c 100644
--- a/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
+++ b/client/pages/audiobook/_id/manage.vue
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ export default {
 
       const encodeOptions = this.$refs.encoderOptionsCard.getEncodingOptions()
 
-      this.encodingOptions = encodeOptions
-
       const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(encodeOptions)
 
       this.processing = true
diff --git a/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js b/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
index 3611d294f..f6a561607 100644
--- a/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/AbMergeManager.js
@@ -203,15 +203,7 @@ class AbMergeManager {
     // Move library item tracks to cache
     for (const [index, trackPath] of task.data.originalTrackPaths.entries()) {
       const trackFilename = Path.basename(trackPath)
-      let moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, trackFilename)
-
-      // If the track is the same as the temp file, we need to rename it to avoid overwriting it
-      if (task.data.tempFilepath === moveToPath) {
-        const trackExtname = Path.extname(task.data.tempFilepath)
-        const newTrackFilename = Path.basename(task.data.tempFilepath, trackExtname) + '.backup' + trackExtname
-        moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, newTrackFilename)
-      }
-
+      const moveToPath = Path.join(task.data.itemCachePath, trackFilename)
       Logger.debug(`[AbMergeManager] Backing up original track "${trackPath}" to ${moveToPath}`)
       if (index === 0) {
         // copy the first track to the cache directory