diff --git a/core/stats.go b/core/stats.go
index 171a30acb..30d7e6fad 100644
--- a/core/stats.go
+++ b/core/stats.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func IsStreamConnected() bool {
 	// Kind of a hack.  It takes a handful of seconds between a RTMP connection and when HLS data is available.
 	// So account for that with an artificial buffer of four segments.
 	timeSinceLastConnected := time.Since(_stats.LastConnectTime.Time).Seconds()
-	if timeSinceLastConnected < float64(config.Config.GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength())*3.0 {
+	if timeSinceLastConnected < float64(config.Config.GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength())*2.0 {
 		return false
 	}