diff --git a/lib/imaginative_restoration/ai/utils.ex b/lib/imaginative_restoration/ai/utils.ex
index e1b0bfc..ab97dbf 100644
--- a/lib/imaginative_restoration/ai/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/imaginative_restoration/ai/utils.ex
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ defmodule ImaginativeRestoration.AI.Utils do
 
         mean = Enum.sum(diffs) / length(diffs)
 
-        dbg({diffs, mean})
-
         # the docs say "In general, a hamming distance of less than 10 indicates that the images are very similar."
         mean >= 10
     end
diff --git a/lib/imaginative_restoration_web/live/index_live.ex b/lib/imaginative_restoration_web/live/index_live.ex
index 9b50580..45a3ab3 100644
--- a/lib/imaginative_restoration_web/live/index_live.ex
+++ b/lib/imaginative_restoration_web/live/index_live.ex
@@ -43,21 +43,20 @@ defmodule ImaginativeRestorationWeb.IndexLive do
   def handle_event("webcam_frame", %{"frame" => dataurl}, socket) do
     pid = self()
 
-    if not Utils.changed_recently?(5) do
-      Logger.info("Skipping frame processing")
+    # only run the AI pipeline if stuff has changed recently
+    if Utils.changed_recently?(5) do
+      # spawn the task which will communicate back to self() via :update_sketch messages
+      Task.start(fn ->
+        dataurl
+        |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.init!()
+        |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
+        |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.crop_and_set_prompt!()
+        |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
+        |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.process!()
+        |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
+      end)
     end
 
-    # spawn the task which will communicate back to self() via :update_sketch messages
-    Task.start(fn ->
-      dataurl
-      |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.init!()
-      |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
-      |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.crop_and_set_prompt!()
-      |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
-      |> ImaginativeRestoration.Sketches.process!()
-      |> send_update_sketch_message(pid)
-    end)
-
     {:noreply, socket}
   end