diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4977f7..7e90f17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ max_event_secs = 30
 # this is the maximum amount of secs of video footage that can be 
 # recorded in a motion event.
 #
-img_thresh = 10000
+img_thresh = 8000
 # this application uses 'magick compare' to score the differences between
 # two, one second gapped snapshots of the camera stream. any image pairs 
 # that score greater than this value is considered motion and queues up 
diff --git a/src/camera.cpp b/src/camera.cpp
index ad8bcaf..a06c5e4 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  = 10000;
+    shared.imgThresh  = 8000;
     shared.maxEvents  = 100;
     shared.maxLogSize = 100000;
     shared.skipCmd    = false;
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 85329ab..0047d74 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-#define APP_VER      "3.0.t19"
+#define APP_VER      "3.0.0"
 #define APP_NAME     "Motion Watch"
 #define APP_BIN      "mow"
 #define REC_LOG_NAME "rec_log_lines.html"