diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 33e5155..1a2d211 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('gpu-screen-recorder', ['c', 'cpp'], version : '5.10.0', default_options : ['warning_level=2'])
+project('gpu-screen-recorder', ['c', 'cpp'], version : '5.10.1', default_options : ['warning_level=2'])
 
 add_project_arguments('-Wshadow', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
 if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
diff --git a/project.conf b/project.conf
index 14f5f25..7a8e69e 100644
--- a/project.conf
+++ b/project.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gpu-screen-recorder"
 type = "executable"
-version = "5.10.0"
+version = "5.10.1"
 platforms = ["posix"]
 
 [config]
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 583072c..8329877 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3552,7 +3552,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 while(running) {
                     void *sound_buffer;
                     int sound_buffer_size = -1;
-                    //const double time_before_read_seconds = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
+                    const double time_before_read_seconds = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
                     if(audio_device.sound_device.handle) {
                         // TODO: use this instead of calculating time to read. But this can fluctuate and we dont want to go back in time,
                         // also it's 0.0 for some users???
@@ -3562,8 +3562,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                     const bool got_audio_data = sound_buffer_size >= 0;
                     //fprintf(stderr, "got audio data: %s\n", got_audio_data ? "yes" : "no");
-                    //const double time_after_read_seconds = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
-                    //const double time_to_read_seconds = time_after_read_seconds - time_before_read_seconds;
                     //fprintf(stderr, "time to read: %f, %s, %f\n", time_to_read_seconds, got_audio_data ? "yes" : "no", timeout_sec);
                     const double this_audio_frame_time = clock_get_monotonic_seconds() - paused_time_offset;
 
@@ -3632,10 +3630,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if(!audio_device.sound_device.handle)
+                    if(!audio_device.sound_device.handle) {
                         av_usleep(timeout_ms * 1000);
-
-                    if(got_audio_data) {
+                    } else if(got_audio_data) {
                         // TODO: Instead of converting audio, get float audio from alsa. Or does alsa do conversion internally to get this format?
                         if(needs_audio_conversion)
                             swr_convert(swr, &audio_device.frame->data[0], audio_track.codec_context->frame_size, (const uint8_t**)&sound_buffer, audio_track.codec_context->frame_size);
@@ -3663,6 +3660,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                         audio_device.frame->pts += audio_track.codec_context->frame_size;
                         num_received_frames++;
+                    } else {
+                        const double time_after_read_seconds = clock_get_monotonic_seconds();
+                        const double time_to_read_seconds = time_after_read_seconds - time_before_read_seconds;
+                        const double time_to_sleep_until_next_frame = timeout_sec - time_to_read_seconds;
+                        if(time_to_sleep_until_next_frame > 0.0)
+                            av_usleep(time_to_sleep_until_next_frame * 1000ULL * 1000ULL);
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/sound.cpp b/src/sound.cpp
index 69ad1e6..1be3aed 100644
--- a/src/sound.cpp
+++ b/src/sound.cpp
@@ -312,10 +312,9 @@ static int pa_sound_device_read(pa_handle *p, double timeout_seconds) {
     if(!pa_sound_device_handle_reconnect(p, device_name, sizeof(device_name), start_time))
         goto fail;
 
-    if(pa_stream_get_state(p->stream) != PA_STREAM_READY) {
-        pa_mainloop_iterate(p->mainloop, 0, NULL);
+    pa_mainloop_iterate(p->mainloop, 0, NULL);
+    if(pa_stream_get_state(p->stream) != PA_STREAM_READY)
         goto fail;
-    }
 
     CHECK_DEAD_GOTO(p, rerror, fail);