diff --git a/src/Camera.cpp b/src/Camera.cpp
index 24b62f92..1f9f0faf 100644
--- a/src/Camera.cpp
+++ b/src/Camera.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ void Camera::takeImage()
 			Settings::getCamera_imageHeight().toInt() != img->height)
 		{
 			// declare a destination IplImage object with correct size, depth and channels
-			cv::Mat imgMat(cvSize(Settings::getCamera_imageWidth().toInt(), Settings::getCamera_imageHeight().toInt()),
-						   img->depth,
-						   img->nChannels );
+			cv::Mat headerImg = img;
+			cv::Mat imgMat(Settings::getCamera_imageHeight().toInt(),
+						   Settings::getCamera_imageWidth().toInt(),
+						   headerImg.type());
 
 			//use cvResize to resize source to a destination image (linear interpolation)
 			IplImage resampledImg = imgMat;
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index c67b6560..fc163ac6 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(Camera * camera, QWidget * parent) :
 	connect(ui_->actionLoad_objects, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(loadObjects()));
 	connect(ui_->actionAbout, SIGNAL(triggered()), aboutDialog_ , SLOT(exec()));
 
-	QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, SLOT(startProcessing()));
+	QTimer::singleShot(10, this, SLOT(startProcessing()));
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()