diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51d81b9..f70e9f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ environment:
   - PGID=1000                 # Group ID for permissions (default: 1000)
   - VERBOSE_LOGS=false        # Enable verbose logging for yt-dlp (default: false)
   - TRIM_METADATA=false       # Trim metadata from files (default: false)
-  - PREFFERED_LANGUAGE=en     # Desired language for downloads (default: en)
+  - PREFERRED_LANGUAGE=en     # Desired language for downloads (default: en)
   - PREFERRED_AUDIO_CODEC=aac # Desired audio codec (default: aac)
   - PREFERRED_VIDEO_CODEC=vp9 # Desired video codec (default: vp9)
   - PREFERRED_VIDEO_EXT=mp4   # Preferred video file extension (default: mp4)
diff --git a/tubetube/yt_downloader.py b/tubetube/yt_downloader.py
index 2c95dfa..870e900 100644
--- a/tubetube/yt_downloader.py
+++ b/tubetube/yt_downloader.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.trim_metadata = bool(os.getenv("TRIM_METADATA", "False").lower() == "true")
         logging.info(f"Trim Metadata set to: {self.trim_metadata}")
 
-        self.preffered_language = os.getenv("PREFERRED_LANGUAGE", "en")
-        logging.info(f"Preferred Language: {self.preffered_language}")
+        self.preferred_language = os.getenv("PREFERRED_LANGUAGE", "en")
+        logging.info(f"Preferred Language: {self.preferred_language}")
 
         self.preferred_audio_codec = os.getenv("PREFERRED_AUDIO_CODEC", "aac")
         logging.info(f"Preferred Audio Codec: {self.preferred_audio_codec}")
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def _download_item(self, download_id):
             "no_overwrites": True,
             "verbose": self.verbose_ytdlp,
             "no_mtime": True,
-            "format_sort": [f"lang:{self.preffered_language}", f"acodec:{self.preferred_audio_codec}", "quality", "size", f"vcodec:{self.preferred_video_codec}", f"vext:{self.preferred_video_ext}"],
+            "format_sort": [f"lang:{self.preferred_language}", f"acodec:{self.preferred_audio_codec}", "quality", "size", f"vcodec:{self.preferred_video_codec}", f"vext:{self.preferred_video_ext}"],
         }
 
         post_processors = [