diff --git a/src/zm_monitor.cpp b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
index 9a1b747b6..cc426586c 100644
--- a/src/zm_monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <chrono>
 
 #if ZM_MEM_MAPPED
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -1123,9 +1124,7 @@ bool Monitor::connect() {
 #if HAVE_LIBCURL    //janus setup. Depends on libcurl.
     if (janus_enabled && (path.find("rtsp://") !=  std::string::npos)) {
       if (add_to_janus() != 0) {
-        if (add_to_janus() != 0) { //The initial attempt may fail. This is a temporary workaround.
-          Warning("Failed to add monitor stream to Janus!");
-        }
+          Warning("Failed to add monitor stream to Janus!"); //The first attempt may fail. Will be reattempted in the Poller thread
       }
     }
 #else
@@ -1797,6 +1796,8 @@ void Monitor::UpdateFPS() {
 //Thread where ONVIF polling, and other similar status polling can happen.
 //Since these can be blocking, run here to avoid intefering with other processing
 bool Monitor::Poll() {
+  //We want to trigger every 5 seconds or so. so grab the time at the beginning of the loop, and sleep at the end.
+  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point loop_start_time = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
 
 #ifdef WITH_GSOAP
   if (ONVIF_Healthy) {
@@ -1838,10 +1839,14 @@ bool Monitor::Poll() {
         }
       }
     }
-  } else {
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for (std::chrono::seconds(1)); //thread sleep to avoid the busy loop.
   }
 #endif
+  if (janus_enabled) {
+    if (check_janus() != 1) {
+      add_to_janus();
+    }
+  }
+  std::this_thread::sleep_until(loop_start_time + std::chrono::seconds(5));
   return TRUE;
 } //end Poll
 
@@ -3166,10 +3171,8 @@ int Monitor::PrimeCapture() {
     }
   }  // end if rtsp_server
 
-#ifdef WITH_GSOAP //For now, just don't run the thread if no ONVIF support. This may change if we add other long polling options.
-  //ONVIF Thread
-
-  if (onvif_event_listener  && ONVIF_Healthy) {
+  //Poller Thread
+  if (onvif_event_listener || janus_enabled) {
 
     if (!Poller) {
       Poller = zm::make_unique<PollThread>(this);
@@ -3177,7 +3180,7 @@ int Monitor::PrimeCapture() {
       Poller->Start();
     }
   }
-#endif
+
   if (decoding_enabled) {
     if (!decoder_it) decoder_it = packetqueue.get_video_it(false);
     if (!decoder) {
@@ -3381,7 +3384,6 @@ size_t Monitor::WriteCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *u
 }
 
 int Monitor::add_to_janus() {
-  //TODO clean this up, add error checking, etc
   std::string response;
   std::string endpoint;
   if ((config.janus_path != nullptr) && (config.janus_path[0] != '\0')) {
@@ -3479,8 +3481,73 @@ int Monitor::add_to_janus() {
   curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
   return 0;
 }
+
+int Monitor::check_janus() {
+  std::string response;
+  std::string endpoint;
+  if ((config.janus_path != nullptr) && (config.janus_path[0] != '\0')) {
+    endpoint = config.janus_path;
+  } else {
+    endpoint = "127.0.0.1:8088/janus/";
+  }
+  std::string postData = "{\"janus\" : \"create\", \"transaction\" : \"randomString\"}";
+  std::size_t pos;
+  CURLcode res;
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(!curl) return -1;
+
+
+  //Start Janus API init. Need to get a session_id and handle_id
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, endpoint.c_str());
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, postData.c_str());
+  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+  if (res != CURLE_OK) return -1;
+
+  pos = response.find("\"id\": ");
+  if (pos == std::string::npos) return -1;
+  std::string janus_id = response.substr(pos + 6, 16);
+  response = "";
+  endpoint += "/";
+  endpoint += janus_id;
+  postData = "{\"janus\" : \"attach\", \"plugin\" : \"janus.plugin.streaming\", \"transaction\" : \"randomString\"}";
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,endpoint.c_str());
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, postData.c_str());
+  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+  if (res != CURLE_OK) return -1;
+
+  pos = response.find("\"id\": ");
+  if (pos == std::string::npos) return -1;
+  std::string handle_id = response.substr(pos + 6, 16);
+  endpoint += "/";
+  endpoint += handle_id;
+
+  //Assemble our actual request
+  postData = "{\"janus\" : \"message\", \"transaction\" : \"randomString\", \"body\" : {";
+  postData +=  "\"request\" : \"info\", \"id\" : ";
+  postData += std::to_string(id);
+  postData += "}}";
+
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,endpoint.c_str());
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, postData.c_str());
+  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+  if (res != CURLE_OK) return -1;
+
+  Debug(1, "Queried for stream status: %s", response.c_str());
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  if (response.find("No such mountpoint") == std::string::npos) {
+    return 1;
+  } else {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
 int Monitor::remove_from_janus() {
-  //TODO clean this up, add error checking, etc
   std::string response;
   std::string endpoint;
   if ((config.janus_path != nullptr) && (config.janus_path[0] != '\0')) {
diff --git a/src/zm_monitor.h b/src/zm_monitor.h
index 898349eb3..381855c97 100644
--- a/src/zm_monitor.h
+++ b/src/zm_monitor.h
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ public:
   bool OnvifEnabled() {
     return onvif_event_listener;
   }
+  int check_janus(); //returns 1 for healthy, 0 for success but missing stream, negative for error.
 #ifdef WITH_GSOAP
   bool OnvifHealthy() {
     return ONVIF_Healthy;