diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd38e53..99f6678 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ frame_gap = 10
 # check the pixel diffs for motion. the lower the value, the more frames
 # will be checked, however with that comes higher cpu usage.
 #
-img_thresh = 1024
+img_thresh = 10000
 # this indicates how many pixels need to be different in between frame_gap
 # before it is considered motion. any video clips found with frames
 # exceeding this value will be moved from buff_dir to web_root.
diff --git a/src/common.cpp b/src/common.cpp
index 654e6ff..0ddcbd5 100644
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ bool rdConf(shared_t *share)
         share->retCode     = 0;
         share->frameGap    = 10;
         share->pixThresh   = 150;
-        share->imgThresh   = 1024;
+        share->imgThresh   = 10000;
         share->secs        = 60;
         share->maxDays     = 15;
         share->maxClips    = 90;
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 8763319..b240a42 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
 
-#define APP_VER  "1.5.t17"
+#define APP_VER  "1.5.t18"
 #define APP_NAME "Motion Watch"
 
 struct shared_t
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 273959a..3d19556 100755
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
         for (auto i = 0; i < share->secs; i += 10)
         {
             auto bufPath = cleanDir(share->buffDir) + "/" + to_string(i) + "." + share->vidExt;
-            auto cmd     = "ffmpeg -hide_banner -i " + share->recordUrl + " -y -vcodec " + share->vidCodec + " -movflags faststart -t 10 " + bufPath;
+            auto limSecs = to_string(share->secs + 2);
+            auto cmd     = "timeout -k 1 " + limSecs + " ";
+
+            cmd += "ffmpeg -hide_banner -i " + share->recordUrl + " -y -vcodec " + share->vidCodec + " -movflags faststart -t 10 " + bufPath;
 
             recLog("ffmpeg_run: " + cmd, share);