diff --git a/lib/archival.py b/lib/archival.py
index 73d7449..7909c8a 100644
--- a/lib/archival.py
+++ b/lib/archival.py
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ def archive_media(media_url):
     return filename
 
 
+def filter_out_bad_content_type(video_variant_list):
+    filtered_variant_list = []
+    for video in video_variant_list:
+        if(video['content_type'] == 'video/mp4'):
+            filtered_variant_list.append(video)
+    return filtered_variant_list
+
+
+def select_video_variant(video_variant_list):
+    filtered_variant_list = filter_out_bad_content_type(video_variant_list)
+    highest_bitrate_variant = filtered_variant_list[0]
+    for video in filtered_variant_list:
+        if(highest_bitrate_variant['bitrate'] < video['bitrate']):
+            highest_bitrate_variant = video
+    return highest_bitrate_variant['url']
+
+
 def archive_media_status(status):
     try:
         if(not ('retweeted_status' in status._json.keys())):
@@ -25,7 +42,7 @@ def archive_media_status(status):
                                 archive_media(media_dict['media_url']))
                         elif(media_dict['type'] == 'video'):
                             archive_filenames.append(archive_media(
-                                media_dict['video_info']['variants'][-1:][0]['url']))
+                                select_video_variant(media_dict['video_info']['variants'])))
                     return archive_filenames
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)