diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/MusicDir.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/MusicDir.php
index 3ac977c31..d104ac268 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/MusicDir.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/MusicDir.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class MusicDir {
     {
         if(!is_dir($p_dir)){
             return array("code"=>2, "error"=>"'$p_dir' is not a valid directory.");
-        }else if(Application_Model_Preference::GetImportTimestamp()+10 > $now){
+        }else if(Application_Model_Preference::GetImportTimestamp()+10 > time()){
             return array("code"=>3, "error"=>"Airtime is currently importing files. Please wait until this is complete before changing the storage directory.");
         }
         $dir = self::getStorDir();
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
index 18fe4a919..4d8b10cbe 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ class Application_Model_Preference
     
     public static function SetImportTimestamp(){
         $now = time();
-        Application_Model_Preference::SetValue("import_timestamp", $now);
+        if(Application_Model_Preference::GetImportTimestamp()+5 < $now){
+            Application_Model_Preference::SetValue("import_timestamp", $now);
+        }
     }
     
     public static function GetImportTimestamp(){
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/library/index.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/library/index.phtml
index 7e4082bc0..866cc48ad 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/library/index.phtml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/library/index.phtml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	<!--<li><a href="#advancedSearch">Advanced Search</a></li>-->
 </ul>
 <div id="simpleSearch">
+    <div id="import_status" style="visibility:hidden">File import in progress...</div>
 	<table id="library_display" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="datatable">
 		<thead>
 			<tr>
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
index f93d0b2ad..971bad119 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/library/library.js
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ function confirmDeletePlaylist(params){
 
 function checkImportStatus(){
     $.getJSON('/Preference/is-import-in-progress', function(data){
-        var div = $('#library_display_processing');
+        var div = $('#import_status');
         if(data == true){
-            div.html("File import in progress...");
             div.css('visibility', 'visible');
         }else{
             div.css('visibility', 'hidden');
-            div.html("Processing...");
         }
     })
 }
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/MediaMonitor.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/MediaMonitor.py
index 4535d2474..bda1b15c0 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/MediaMonitor.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/MediaMonitor.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ try:
     bootstrap = AirtimeMediaMonitorBootstrap(logger, pe, api_client, mmc)
     bootstrap.scan()
     
-    notifier = AirtimeNotifier(wm, pe, read_freq=1, timeout=0, airtime_config=config, api_client=api_client, bootstrap=bootstrap, mmc=mmc)
+    notifier = AirtimeNotifier(wm, pe, read_freq=0.1, timeout=0, airtime_config=config, api_client=api_client, bootstrap=bootstrap, mmc=mmc)
     notifier.coalesce_events()
         
     #create 5 worker threads
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimeprocessevent.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimeprocessevent.py
index a9279f6b5..cc7b6f6b6 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimeprocessevent.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimeprocessevent.py
@@ -176,9 +176,10 @@ class AirtimeProcessEvent(ProcessEvent):
             for event in self.file_events:
                 self.multi_queue.put(event)
             self.mmc.touch_index_file()
-
+            
             self.file_events = []
-
+        #yeild to workder thread
+        time.sleep(0)
         #use items() because we are going to be modifying this
         #dictionary while iterating over it.
         for k, pair in self.cookies_IN_MOVED_FROM.items():