diff --git a/scripts/zmfilter.pl.in b/scripts/zmfilter.pl.in
index 6540413b7..6527742c8 100644
--- a/scripts/zmfilter.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmfilter.pl.in
@@ -448,10 +448,10 @@ sub generateImage {
   } elsif ( -r $capture_image_path ) {
     $image_path = $capture_image_path;
   } elsif ( -r $video_path ) {
-    my $command ="ffmpeg -ss $$frame{Delta} -i '$video_path' -frames:v 1 '$capture_image_path'";
+    my $command ="ffmpeg -nostdin -ss $$frame{Delta} -i '$video_path' -frames:v 1 '$capture_image_path'";
     #$command = "ffmpeg -y -v 0 -i $video_path -vf 'select=gte(n\\,$$frame{FrameId}),setpts=PTS-STARTPTS' -vframes 1 -f image2 $capture_image_path";
     my $output = qx($command);
-    chomp( $output );
+    chomp($output);
     my $status = $? >> 8;
     if ( $status || logDebugging() ) {
       Debug("Output: $output");
diff --git a/src/zm_event.cpp b/src/zm_event.cpp
index 108aed5c6..dba7d1c52 100644
--- a/src/zm_event.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_event.cpp
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ void Event::AddFrame(Image *image, struct timeval timestamp, int score, Image *a
   bool write_to_db = false;
 
   if ( monitor->GetOptSaveJPEGs() & 1 ) {
+    if ( frames == 1 )
+      write_to_db = true; // web ui might show this as thumbnail, so db needs to know about it.
     static char event_file[PATH_MAX];
     snprintf(event_file, sizeof(event_file), staticConfig.capture_file_format, path, frames);
     Debug(1, "Writing capture frame %d to %s", frames, event_file);
@@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ void Event::AddFrame(Image *image, struct timeval timestamp, int score, Image *a
   if ( score < 0 )
     score = 0;
 
-  bool db_frame = ( frame_type != BULK ) || (!frames) || ((frames%config.bulk_frame_interval)==0) ;
+  bool db_frame = ( frame_type != BULK ) || (frames==1) || ((frames%config.bulk_frame_interval)==0) ;
   if ( db_frame ) {
     static char sql[ZM_SQL_MED_BUFSIZ];