diff --git a/src/input/input_tssrt.cpp b/src/input/input_tssrt.cpp
index fc6c46a2..a63f840d 100644
--- a/src/input/input_tssrt.cpp
+++ b/src/input/input_tssrt.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ namespace Mist{
 
   /// Live Setup of SRT Input. Runs only if we are the "main" thread
   bool InputTSSRT::preRun(){
+    Socket::SRT::libraryInit();
     rawMode = config->getBool("raw");
     if (rawMode){INFO_MSG("Entering raw mode");}
     if (srtConn.getSocket() == -1){
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ namespace Mist{
           HIGH_MSG("Spawned new thread for socket %i", S.getSocket());
         }
       }
+      Socket::SRT::libraryCleanup();
       return;
     }
     // If we are here: we have a proper connection (either accepted or pull input) and should start parsing it as such
diff --git a/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp b/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
index e47ead9a..8f35ff7d 100644
--- a/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ static void callThreadCallbackSRT(void *srtPtr){
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+  Socket::SRT::libraryInit();
   DTSC::trackValidMask = TRACK_VALID_EXT_HUMAN;
   Util::redirectLogsIfNeeded();
   Util::Config conf(argv[0]);
@@ -563,5 +564,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
     }
   }
   INFO_MSG("Exit reason: %s", Util::exitReason);
+  Socket::SRT::libraryCleanup();
   return 0;
 }