diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 358c97e1..63230cf9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.4](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/releases/tag/v0.18.4) (2023-06-25)
+
+### ffplayout
+
+- fix player control in HLS Mode [ec33cdb](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/commit/ec33cdb30944ab19c028a085fcb6d974ec4e81be)
+
+
 ## [0.18.3](https://github.com/ffplayout/ffplayout/releases/tag/v0.18.3) (2023-06-16)
 
 ### ffpapi
diff --git a/ffplayout-engine/src/output/hls.rs b/ffplayout-engine/src/output/hls.rs
index 390f62ca..208b36e2 100644
--- a/ffplayout-engine/src/output/hls.rs
+++ b/ffplayout-engine/src/output/hls.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ pub fn write_hls(
             enc_cmd.join(" ")
         );
 
-        let mut enc_proc = match Command::new("ffmpeg")
+        let mut dec_proc = match Command::new("ffmpeg")
             .args(enc_cmd)
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .spawn()
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ pub fn write_hls(
             Ok(proc) => proc,
         };
 
-        let enc_err = BufReader::new(enc_proc.stderr.take().unwrap());
-        *proc_control.encoder_term.lock().unwrap() = Some(enc_proc);
+        let enc_err = BufReader::new(dec_proc.stderr.take().unwrap());
+        *proc_control.decoder_term.lock().unwrap() = Some(dec_proc);
 
         if let Err(e) = stderr_reader(enc_err, Encoder, proc_control.clone()) {
             error!("{e:?}")