diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tagesschau.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tagesschau.py
index fec1ff67e..e2ad7c393 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tagesschau.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tagesschau.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class TagesschauIE(InfoExtractor):
             elif res == 'l':
                 res = 'large'
                 quality = 2
+            else:
+                quality = 0
 
             formats.append({
                 'format_id': res+'_'+ext,