diff --git a/beadDetect.py b/beadDetect.py
index 4bfda16..e88368a 100755
--- a/beadDetect.py
+++ b/beadDetect.py
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ if videoFile == "piCamera":
 	from picamera.array import PiRGBArray
 	from picamera import PiCamera
 	vs = PiVideoStream(resolution=(width,height), framerate=framerate).start()
-	time.sleep(2.0)
+	time.sleep(5.0)
 else:
 	vs = cv2.VideoCapture(videoFile)
+	# skip first 5 seconds
+	for i in range(0, 5*framerate):
+		ret, frame = vs.read()
 
 print("[INFO] sampling THREADED frames from `" + videoFile + "` at " + str(framerate) + " frame/s")
 fps = FPS().start()