diff --git a/ffmpeg-myth.sh b/ffmpeg-myth.sh
index 96b3847..ac1b246 100755
--- a/ffmpeg-myth.sh
+++ b/ffmpeg-myth.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -aex
 
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"
+# ugly kludge due to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 mismatch
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/tmp/root-snap-2020-06-28-21-56-27/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
 unset -v LANGUAGE
 
 working_dir=${working_dir:-"/mnt/lvraid5/ffmpeg-cut-list.d"}