diff --git a/src/common.cpp b/src/common.cpp
index 2931ab1..cfd1be4 100644
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ bool rdConf(const QString &filePath, shared_t *share)
         share->evtMax       = 120;
         share->conf         = filePath;
         share->outputType   = "stderr";
-        share->compCmd      = "compare -metric FUZZ " + QString(PREV_IMG) + " " + QString(NEXT_IMG) + " /dev/null";
+        share->compCmd      = "compare -colorspace Gray -metric FUZZ " + QString(PREV_IMG) + " " + QString(NEXT_IMG) + " /dev/null";
         share->vidCodec     = "copy";
         share->audCodec     = "copy";
         share->streamExt    = ".ts";
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ bool rdConf(const QString &filePath, shared_t *share)
         share->liveMins     = 60;
         share->liveClipSecs = 5;
         share->secPerImg    = 4;
-        share->grayImg      = true;
+        share->grayImg      = false;
         share->recScale     = "1280:720";
 
         QString line;
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 06da10d..a0f4438 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#define APP_VERSION  "1.3"
+#define APP_VERSION  "1.4"
 #define APP_NAME     "JustMotion"
 #define APP_TARGET   "jmotion"
 #define DATETIME_FMT "yyyyMMddhhmm"
diff --git a/src/event_loop.cpp b/src/event_loop.cpp
index ce2d6a7..702bdaf 100644
--- a/src/event_loop.cpp
+++ b/src/event_loop.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void EventItem::wroutThenDie()
 EventLoop::EventLoop(shared_t *sharedRes, QThread *thr, QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
     shared    = sharedRes;
-    heartBeat = 3;
+    heartBeat = 10;
     loopTimer = 0;
 
     connect(thr, &QThread::finished, this, &EventLoop::deleteLater);
@@ -219,4 +219,22 @@ void EventLoop::exec()
 
         names.removeFirst();
     }
+
+    // pick the latest image from the live stream and copy that to the live root directory
+    // as a thumbnail.
+
+    names = lsDirsInDir(shared->buffPath + "/img");
+
+    if (names.size() >= 3)
+    {
+        auto lastImgDir = shared->buffPath + "/img/" + names[names.size() - 3];
+        auto imgList    = lsFilesInDir(lastImgDir);
+
+        if (!imgList.isEmpty())
+        {
+            auto thumbnail = lastImgDir + "/" + imgList.last();
+
+            QFile::copy(thumbnail, shared->buffPath + "/thumb." + QFileInfo(thumbnail).suffix());
+        }
+    }
 }