diff --git a/build_deb.sh b/build_deb.sh
index 9326730..2daeffb 100644
--- a/build_deb.sh
+++ b/build_deb.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fpm -s python --python-bin python3 --python-pip pip3 --python-package-name-prefi
     -d "python3-pigpio" \
     -d "python3-numpy" \
     -d "ffmpeg" \
-    -v 0.0.4-16 -t deb setup.py
+    -v 0.0.4-17 -t deb setup.py
 
 #    --deb-changelog changelog \
 #    --deb-upstream-changelog changelog \
diff --git a/compLib/Vision.py b/compLib/Vision.py
index 88937bf..5693198 100644
--- a/compLib/Vision.py
+++ b/compLib/Vision.py
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ class __Streaming:
         This is done implicitly when importing the vision module and will only fail if you would
         create an object of this class. (There can (SHOULD!) only be one VideCapture)
         """
-        self.__camera_stream = cv2.VideoCapture(RTMP_SERVER)
-        # self.__camera_stream = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+        Logging.get_logger().info("capturing rtmp stream is disabled in this version")
+        #self.__camera_stream = cv2.VideoCapture(RTMP_SERVER)
+        self.__camera_stream = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
         self.__newest_frame = None
         self.__lock = threading.Lock()
         Logging.get_logger().info("Initialized vision")
diff --git a/compLib/VisionDaemon.py b/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
index 880ecad..f46bf78 100644
--- a/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
+++ b/compLib/VisionDaemon.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ except Exception as 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\""""
 
+STREAM_RASPI = False if os.getenv("STREAM_RASPI", "false") == "false" else True
+
 
 def check_battery():
     while True:
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         systemd.daemon.notify('READY=1')
 
     logstash_logger.info("starting battery checker")
+    battery_checker = None
     try:
         battery_checker = threading.Thread(target=check_battery)
         battery_checker.start()
@@ -47,6 +50,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except Exception as e:
         logstash_logger.error(f"could not start battery checker -> {str(e)}")
 
-    logstash_logger.info("starting gstreamer background process")
-    os.system(__run)
-    logstash_logger.error("gstreamer stopped...")
+    if STREAM_RASPI:
+        logstash_logger.info("starting gstreamer background process")
+        os.system(__run)
+        logstash_logger.error("gstreamer stopped...")
+    else:
+        logstash_logger.info("not starting gstreamer background process and only checking for battery")
+        if battery_checker is not None:
+            battery_checker.join()
+        else:
+            logstash_logger.info("battery checker failed to initialize.. sleeping for a day")
+            time.sleep(60*60*24)
diff --git a/compLib/__init__.py b/compLib/__init__.py
index 93dfcc1..8a479bd 100644
--- a/compLib/__init__.py
+++ b/compLib/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.4-16"
+__version__ = "0.0.4-17"
 
 import compLib.LogstashLogging
 import logging
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b78ea6a..34585a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ else:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="complib",
-    version="0.0.4-16",
+    version="0.0.4-17",
     author="F-WuTs",
     author_email="--",
     description="",