diff --git a/cam_control/MemoryBackend.py b/cam_control/MemoryBackend.py
index 843906431b6cf6dd16fee379dbe012b17310df44..46c95408361e0da641e6e1f7529fa2b47fbf7214 100644
--- a/cam_control/MemoryBackend.py
+++ b/cam_control/MemoryBackend.py
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ class MemoryFrame:
         '''Takes in an numpy array and converts it into grayscale image and encodes into base64'''
         
         #t = time.time()  
-        arr = (self._readFrame()*255//1023).astype(np.uint8)
+        arr = self._readFrame()
+        arr = arr * 255 // np.max(arr)
+        #arr = (self._readFrame()*255//1023).astype(np.uint8)
         #t1 = time.time()
         
 
diff --git a/cam_control/intitialConfig.py b/cam_control/intitialConfig.py
index 18115fbea00daff70efaf151c326da5193394474..9ec6b2a6a549e65f0638de13686727a1cafd3e6f 100644
--- a/cam_control/intitialConfig.py
+++ b/cam_control/intitialConfig.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ initial2 = {
     '0x304b' : 0x0A,
     '0x3445' : 0x25,
     '0x3444' : 0x20,
-    '0x301a' : 0x00,
+    '0x301a' : 0x03,
     '0x3019' : 0xFF,
     '0x3018' : 0xFF,
     '0x3007' : 0x00,