diff --git a/src/zm_monitor.cpp b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
index 6de0e0ef2..839bdacd6 100644
--- a/src/zm_monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ double Monitor::GetFPS() const
 
 	double curr_fps = image_count/time_diff;
 
+    if ( curr_fps < 0.0 )
+    {
+        //Error( "Negative FPS %f, time_diff = %lf (%d:%ld.%ld - %d:%ld.%ld), ibc: %d", curr_fps, time_diff, index2, time2.tv_sec, time2.tv_usec, index1, time1.tv_sec, time1.tv_usec, image_buffer_count );
+        return( 0.0 );
+    }
 	return( curr_fps );
 }
 
diff --git a/web/ajax/stream.php b/web/ajax/stream.php
index ece137901..50a400169 100644
--- a/web/ajax/stream.php
+++ b/web/ajax/stream.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( "MSG_TIMEOUT", 2.0 );
+define( "MSG_TIMEOUT", 5.0 );
 define( "MSG_DATA_SIZE", 4+256 );
 
 if ( !($_REQUEST['connkey'] && $_REQUEST['command']) )
@@ -57,13 +57,17 @@ $eSockets = NULL;
 $numSockets = @socket_select( $rSockets, $wSockets, $eSockets, MSG_TIMEOUT );
 
 if ( $numSockets === false)
+{
+    ajaxError( "socket_select failed: ".socket_strerror(socket_last_error()) );
+}
+else if ( $numSockets == 0 )
 {
     ajaxError( "Timed out waiting for msg"  );
 }
 else if ( $numSockets > 0 )
 {
     if ( count($rSockets) != 1 )
-        ajaxError( "Bogus return from select" );
+        ajaxError( "Bogus return from select, ".count($rSockets)." sockets available" );
 }
 
 switch( $nbytes = @socket_recvfrom( $socket, $msg, MSG_DATA_SIZE, 0, $remSockFile ) )