diff --git a/src/cam.cpp b/src/cam.cpp
index ce497370d77a0fdc16a60779ef646ecf43bd36ff..4f3cd4f84591a55f1195598aa1d7f366ee4971fb 100644
--- a/src/cam.cpp
+++ b/src/cam.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ _id(""),
 _state(closed),
 _frames(FramePtrVector(threadsPerCam())),
 _payloadSize(0LL),
-_pixelFormat("")
+_pixelFormat(""),
+_timer(new QTimer(this))
 {
+	_timer->setSingleShot(true);
+	connect(_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(stopRecording()));
 	name();
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ void Cam::startRecording(seconds dur)
 
 	// Convert to milliseconds
 	auto dur_ms = duration_cast<milliseconds>(dur).count();
-	QTimer::singleShot(dur_ms, this, SLOT(stopRecording()));
+	_timer->start(dur_ms);
 }
 
 void Cam::startRecording(minutes dur)
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ void Cam::startRecording(minutes dur)
 	// Convert to seconds
 	auto dur_s = duration_cast<seconds>(dur);
 	startRecording(dur_s);
+
 }
 
 /* Does:
@@ -161,6 +165,8 @@ void Cam::startRecording(minutes dur)
 */
 void Cam::stopRecording()
 {
+	_timer->stop();
+
 	FeaturePtr pFeature;
 	try
 	{
diff --git a/src/cam.h b/src/cam.h
index 42e162ce33484a11bda021d9cd28d6d9fcd3f6ef..72cac15259fc3612c469f1ffa2aeaf60891a56fc 100644
--- a/src/cam.h
+++ b/src/cam.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using VmbCPP::FramePtrVector;
 using std::chrono::minutes;
 using std::chrono::seconds;
 
+class QTimer;
 class Cam;
 using CamPtr = std::shared_ptr<Cam>;
 using CamPtrVector = std::vector<CamPtr>;
@@ -65,5 +66,6 @@ private:
 	FramePtrVector _frames;
 	VmbInt64_t _payloadSize;
 	std::string _pixelFormat;
+	QTimer* _timer;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/core.cpp b/src/core.cpp
index 3164c97f479bacb46e2e3b6fb25376b085266043..40a25d74e17dbad1fe062a676f6895c43c99de97 100644
--- a/src/core.cpp
+++ b/src/core.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Core::Core() : IPrinter(),
 	_apiStarted( false ),
 	_sys( VmbSystem::GetInstance() ), // create and get Vimba singleton
 	_cameras( CamPtrVector() ),
-	_recDuration( 6s ) //default
+	_recDuration( 16s ) //default
 {
 	QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(init())); //delayed init to allow connections to be established -> print/error signals!
 }