diff --git a/src/camera.cpp b/src/camera.cpp
index 5848d08..16becd8 100644
--- a/src/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/camera.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Camera::Camera(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
     shared.camName.clear();
 
     shared.retCode    = 0;
-    shared.imgThresh  = 15000;
+    shared.imgThresh  = 10000;
     shared.maxEvents  = 100;
     shared.maxLogSize = 100000;
     shared.skipCmd    = false;
@@ -231,42 +231,21 @@ bool Upkeep::exec()
 
     enforceMaxLogSize(QString("logs/") + REC_LOG_NAME, shared);
     enforceMaxLogSize(QString("logs/") + DET_LOG_NAME, shared);
-    enforceMaxLogSize(QString("logs/") + UPK_LOG_NAME, shared);
 
     dumpLogs(QString("logs/") + REC_LOG_NAME, shared->recLog);
     dumpLogs(QString("logs/") + DET_LOG_NAME, shared->detLog);
-    dumpLogs(QString("logs/") + UPK_LOG_NAME, shared->upkLog);
 
     shared->recLog.clear();
     shared->detLog.clear();
-    shared->upkLog.clear();
 
-    initLogFrontPages(shared);
+    initLogFrontPages();
     enforceMaxEvents(shared);
     enforceMaxImages();
 
     genHTMLul(".", shared->camName, shared);
-    upkLog("camera specific webroot page updated: " + shared->outDir + "/index.html", shared);
 
-    QFile tmp("/tmp/mow-lock");
-
-    if (!tmp.exists())
-    {
-        tmp.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
-        tmp.write(QByteArray());
-
-        genCSS(shared);
-        genHTMLul(shared->webRoot, QString(APP_NAME) + " " + QString(APP_VER), shared);
-
-        tmp.close();
-        tmp.remove();
-
-        upkLog("webroot page updated: " + QDir::cleanPath(shared->webRoot) + "/index.html", shared);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        upkLog("skipping update of the webroot page, it is busy.", shared);
-    }
+    genCSS(shared);
+    genHTMLul(shared->webRoot, QString(APP_NAME) + " " + QString(APP_VER), shared);
 
     return Loop::exec();
 }
@@ -419,6 +398,9 @@ void DetectLoop::pcBreak()
         }
         else
         {
+            if (delayCycles == 0) delayCycles  = 1;
+            else                  delayCycles += 1;
+
             detLog("no motion detected, running post command: " + shared->postCmd, shared);
             system(shared->postCmd.toUtf8().data());
         }
@@ -432,13 +414,15 @@ bool DetectLoop::exec()
     if (delayCycles > 0)
     {
         delayCycles -= 1;
+
+        detLog("spec: detection cycle skipped. cycles left to be skipped: " + QString::number(delayCycles), shared);
     }
     else
     {
         auto curDT  = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-        auto images = backwardFacingFiles("img", ".bmp", curDT, 10);
+        auto images = backwardFacingFiles("img", ".bmp", curDT, 5);
 
-        if (images.size() < 3)
+        if (images.size() < 2)
         {
             detLog("wrn: didn't pick up enough image files from the image stream. number of files: " + QString::number(images.size()), shared);
             detLog("     will try again on the next loop.", shared);
@@ -452,8 +436,8 @@ bool DetectLoop::exec()
 
             args << "compare";
             args << "-metric" << "FUZZ";
-            args << images[pos - 2];
             args << images[pos - 1];
+            args << images[pos];
             args << "/dev/null";
 
             extComp.start("magick", args);
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 0411165..5674b7e 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#define APP_VER      "3.0.t7"
+#define APP_VER      "3.0.t8"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define APP_BIN      "mow"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"
diff --git a/src/logger.cpp b/src/logger.cpp
index bfc77e0..293b64b 100644
--- a/src/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/logger.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ void detLog(const QString &line, shared_t *share)
     share->detLog += QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("[yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss] ") + line + "<br>\n";
 }
 
-void upkLog(const QString &line, shared_t *share)
-{
-    share->upkLog += QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("[yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss] ") + line + "<br>\n";
-}
-
 void enforceMaxLogSize(const QString &filePath, shared_t *share)
 {
     QFile file(filePath);
@@ -115,9 +110,8 @@ void initLogFrontPage(const QString &filePath, const QString &logLinesFile)
     }
 }
 
-void initLogFrontPages(shared_t *share)
+void initLogFrontPages()
 {
     initLogFrontPage("logs/recording_log.html", REC_LOG_NAME);
     initLogFrontPage("logs/detection_log.html", DET_LOG_NAME);
-    initLogFrontPage("logs/upkeep_log.html",    UPK_LOG_NAME);
 }
diff --git a/src/logger.h b/src/logger.h
index 5af1d28..7c2d6bd 100644
--- a/src/logger.h
+++ b/src/logger.h
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 
 void recLog(const QString &line, shared_t *share);
 void detLog(const QString &line, shared_t *share);
-void upkLog(const QString &line, shared_t *share);
 void dumpLogs(const QString &fileName, const QString &lines);
 void enforceMaxLogSize(const QString &filePath, shared_t *share);
-void initLogFrontPages(shared_t *share);
+void initLogFrontPages();
 
 #endif // lOGGER_H