diff --git a/src/livekit/options.ts b/src/livekit/options.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd4789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/livekit/options.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import {
+  AudioPresets,
+  DefaultReconnectPolicy,
+  RoomOptions,
+  ScreenSharePresets,
+  TrackPublishDefaults,
+  VideoPreset,
+  VideoPresets,
+} from "livekit-client";
+
+const publishOptions: TrackPublishDefaults = {
+  audioPreset: AudioPresets.music,
+  dtx: true,
+  red: true,
+  forceStereo: false,
+  simulcast: true,
+  videoSimulcastLayers: [VideoPresets.h180, VideoPresets.h216] as VideoPreset[],
+  screenShareEncoding: ScreenSharePresets.h1080fps15.encoding,
+  stopMicTrackOnMute: false,
+  videoCodec: "vp8",
+  videoEncoding: VideoPresets.h360.encoding,
+  backupCodec: { codec: "vp8", encoding: VideoPresets.h360.encoding },
+} as const;
+
+export const roomOptions: RoomOptions = {
+  // automatically manage subscribed video quality
+  adaptiveStream: true,
+
+  // optimize publishing bandwidth and CPU for published tracks
+  dynacast: true,
+
+  // capture settings
+  videoCaptureDefaults: {
+    resolution: VideoPresets.h360.resolution,
+  },
+
+  // publish settings
+  publishDefaults: publishOptions,
+
+  // default LiveKit options that seem to be sane
+  stopLocalTrackOnUnpublish: true,
+  reconnectPolicy: new DefaultReconnectPolicy(),
+  disconnectOnPageLeave: true,
+  expWebAudioMix: false,
+};
diff --git a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
index 90f9eba..4bd68a6 100644
--- a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 
 import { MediaDevicesState, MediaDevices } from "../settings/mediaDevices";
 import { LocalMediaInfo, MediaInfo } from "../room/VideoPreview";
+import { roomOptions } from "./options";
 
 type LiveKitState = {
   // The state of the media devices (changing the devices will also change them in the room).
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ type LiveKitState = {
 export function useLiveKit(): LiveKitState | undefined {
   // TODO: Pass the proper paramters to configure the room (supported codecs, simulcast, adaptive streaming, etc).
   const [room] = React.useState<Room>(() => {
-    return new Room();
+    return new Room(roomOptions);
   });
 
   // Create a React state to store the available devices and the selected device for each kind.