diff --git a/compLib/Spi.py b/compLib/Spi.py
index c2f963f..a3b2c14 100644
--- a/compLib/Spi.py
+++ b/compLib/Spi.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SPI_BUS = 1
 SPI_DEVICE = 2
 SPI_SPEED = 1000000
 SPI_BUFFER_SIZE = 32
+SPI_HEALTH = True
 
 spi = spidev.SpiDev()
 spi.open(SPI_BUS, SPI_DEVICE)
@@ -179,8 +180,13 @@ class Spi(object):
         health_check_thread.setDaemon(True)
         health_check_thread.start()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def disable_health_check():
+        global SPI_HEALTH
+        SPI_HEALTH = False
+
     @staticmethod
     def health_check_loop():
-        while True:
+        while SPI_HEALTH:
             Spi.health_check()
             time.sleep(0.5)
diff --git a/compLib/VisionDaemon.py b/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
index 94f443d..2f7def8 100644
--- a/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
+++ b/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import socket
 RUN_IP_CHECK = False
 try:
     from compLib.Display import Display
+    from compLib.Spi import Spi
 except Exception as e:
-    logstash_logger.warning(f"Could not import display for battery output {str(e)}")
+    logstash_logger.warning(f"Could not import display or spi for ip output {str(e)}")
 
 
 __run = """raspivid -t 0 -b 5000000 -w 1280 -h 720 -fps 30 -n -o - | gst-launch-1.0 fdsrc ! video/x-h264,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1,noise-reduction=1,profile=high,stream-format=byte-stream  ! h264parse ! queue ! flvmux streamable=true ! rtmpsink location=\"rtmp://localhost/live/stream\""""
@@ -53,11 +54,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     ip_output = None
     if RUN_IP_CHECK and IP_OUTPUT:
         try:
+            Spi.disable_health_check()
             ip_output = threading.Thread(target=write_ip_to_screen)
             ip_output.start()
-            logstash_logger.info("starting battery checker - DONE")
+            logstash_logger.info("starting ip output - DONE")
         except Exception as e:
-            logstash_logger.error(f"could not start battery checker -> {str(e)}")
+            logstash_logger.error(f"could not start ip output -> {str(e)}")
 
     if STREAM_RASPI:
         logstash_logger.info("starting gstreamer background process")