diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 70dd722..3a41487 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	minimumMotionArea       = 3000 // Motion detection minimum area needed to move
 	recordLengthAfterMotion = 30   // Number of seconds to keep recording going after motion was last detected
-	motionDetectInterval    = 1    //number of seconds between motion detection attempts // TBD: Implement this, currently does nothing
+	motionDetectInterval    = 30   //number of frames between motion detection attempts // TBD: Implement this, currently does nothing
 )
 
 var (
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ func main() {
 		detectMotion(img)
 	}
 
+	frameCount := 0
+
 	// main loop
 	for {
 		if ok := webcam.Read(&img); !ok {
@@ -75,19 +77,22 @@ func main() {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if detectMotion(img) {
-			// Determine if a new recording needs to start
-			if time.Now().After(lastMotionDetectedTime.Add(time.Second * recordLengthAfterMotion)) {
-				fileName := fmt.Sprintf("storage-%s.avi", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
-				log.Printf("motion detected, started recording to file named %s", fileName)
-				currentRecording, err = gocv.VideoWriterFile(fileName, "MJPG", 25, img.Cols(), img.Rows(), true)
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("error opening video writer device: %v\n", err)
-					return
+		if frameCount >= motionDetectInterval {
+			if detectMotion(img) {
+				// Determine if a new recording needs to start
+				if time.Now().After(lastMotionDetectedTime.Add(time.Second * recordLengthAfterMotion)) {
+					fileName := fmt.Sprintf("storage-%s.avi", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
+					log.Printf("motion detected, started recording to file named %s", fileName)
+					currentRecording, err = gocv.VideoWriterFile(fileName, "MJPG", 25, img.Cols(), img.Rows(), true)
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Printf("error opening video writer device: %v\n", err)
+						return
+					}
 				}
+				// And always update the timestamp
+				lastMotionDetectedTime = time.Now()
 			}
-			// And always update the timestamp
-			lastMotionDetectedTime = time.Now()
+			frameCount = 0
 		}
 
 		// Determine if we are currently recording and if so, then save the frame to the video