diff --git a/src/zm_monitor.cpp b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
index 026fad766..71dc9d2d5 100644
--- a/src/zm_monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
@@ -1822,8 +1822,8 @@ bool Monitor::Analyse() {
                 Debug(1, "Linked monitor %d %s is connected",
                     linked_monitors[i]->Id(), linked_monitors[i]->Name());
                 if (linked_monitors[i]->hasAlarmed()) {
-                  Debug(1, "Linked monitor %d %s is alarmed",
-                      linked_monitors[i]->Id(), linked_monitors[i]->Name());
+                  Debug(1, "Linked monitor %d %s is alarmed score will be %d",
+                      linked_monitors[i]->Id(), linked_monitors[i]->Name(), linked_monitors[i]->lastFrameScore());
                   if (!event) {
                     if (first_link) {
                       if (cause.length())
@@ -1948,6 +1948,9 @@ bool Monitor::Analyse() {
           } // end if active and doing motion detection
 
 
+          // Set this before any state changes so that it's value is picked up immediately by linked monitors
+          shared_data->last_frame_score = score;
+
           // If motion detecting, score will be > 0 on motion, but if skipping frames, might not be. So also test snap->score
           if ((score > 0) or ((snap->score > 0) and (function != MONITOR))) {
             if ((state == IDLE) || (state == TAPE) || (state == PREALARM)) {
@@ -2160,7 +2163,6 @@ bool Monitor::Analyse() {
           last_signal = signal;
         } // end if videostream
       } // end if signal
-      shared_data->last_frame_score = score;
     } else {
       Debug(3, "trigger == off");
       if (event) {