diff --git a/src/motion_loop.cpp b/src/motion_loop.cpp
index 7fcca29a..6d1b1ac2 100644
--- a/src/motion_loop.cpp
+++ b/src/motion_loop.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void mlp_init_values(ctx_dev *cam)
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &cam->frame_last_ts);
 
     cam->noise = cam->conf->noise_level;
-
+    cam->passflag = false;
     cam->threshold = cam->conf->threshold;
     cam->device_status = STATUS_CLOSED;
     cam->startup_frames = (cam->conf->framerate * 2) + cam->conf->pre_capture + cam->conf->minimum_motion_frames;
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ static void mlp_parmsupdate(ctx_dev *cam)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (cam->parms_changed ) {
+    if (cam->parms_changed  || (cam->passflag == false)) {
         draw_init_scale(cam);  /* Initialize and validate text_scale */
 
         if (cam->conf->picture_output == "on") {
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static void mlp_frametiming(ctx_dev *cam)
             SLEEP(0, avgtime);
         }
     }
-    cam->passflag = 1;
+    cam->passflag = true;
 }
 
 /** main processing loop for each camera */
diff --git a/src/motionplus.hpp b/src/motionplus.hpp
index c62fc7d0..16efe249 100644
--- a/src/motionplus.hpp
+++ b/src/motionplus.hpp
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ struct ctx_dev {
     int                     smartmask_count;
     unsigned int            smartmask_lastrate;
     int previous_diffs, previous_location_x, previous_location_y;
-    unsigned int            passflag;  //only purpose is to flag first frame vs all others.....
+    bool                    passflag;  //flag first frame vs all others.
 
     pthread_mutex_t         parms_lock;
     ctx_params              *params;            /* Device parameters*/
diff --git a/src/webu_stream.cpp b/src/webu_stream.cpp
index d177dcf5..c4b75124 100644
--- a/src/webu_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/webu_stream.cpp
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ mhdrslt webu_stream_main(ctx_webui *webui)
         return MHD_NO;
     }
 
-    if ((webui->cam->passflag == 0) || (webui->cam->finish_dev)) {
+    if ((webui->cam->passflag == false) || (webui->cam->finish_dev)) {
         return MHD_NO;
     }