diff --git a/bin/import_cv2.py b/bin/import_cv2.py
index d6c8c192..19a5741c 100755
--- a/bin/import_cv2.py
+++ b/bin/import_cv2.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from ds_ctcdecoder import Alphabet
 
 FIELDNAMES = ["wav_filename", "wav_filesize", "transcript"]
 SAMPLE_RATE = 16000
+CHANNELS = 1
 MAX_SECS = 10
 PARAMS = None
 FILTER_OBJ = None
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def _preprocess_data(tsv_dir, audio_dir, space_after_every_character=False):
 def _maybe_convert_wav(mp3_filename, wav_filename):
     if not os.path.exists(wav_filename):
         transformer = sox.Transformer()
-        transformer.convert(samplerate=SAMPLE_RATE)
+        transformer.convert(samplerate=SAMPLE_RATE, n_channels=CHANNELS)
         try:
             transformer.build(mp3_filename, wav_filename)
         except sox.core.SoxError: