diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f000044..978d957 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Recording {
       silence: '1.0',
       recorder: 'sox',
       endOnSilence: false,
-      audioType: 'wav'
+      audioType: 'waveaudio'
     }
 
     this.options = Object.assign(defaults, options)
diff --git a/recorders/sox.js b/recorders/sox.js
index 8ebfe2b..97daf2d 100644
--- a/recorders/sox.js
+++ b/recorders/sox.js
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ module.exports = (options) => {
   const cmd = 'sox'
 
   let args = [
+    '--type', options.audioType, // audio type
     '--default-device',
     '--no-show-progress', // show no progress
     '--rate', options.sampleRate, // sample rate
     '--channels', options.channels, // channels
     '--encoding', 'signed-integer', // sample encoding
     '--bits', '16', // precision (bits)
-    '--type', options.audioType, // audio type
-    '-' // pipe
+    '-p' // pipe
   ]
 
   if (options.endOnSilence) {