diff --git a/lib/lolcommits/capture_linux.rb b/lib/lolcommits/capture_linux.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/lolcommits/capture_linux.rb
+++ b/lib/lolcommits/capture_linux.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ module Lolcommits
 
       # There's no way to give a capture delay in mplayer, but a number of frame
       # I've found that 6 is a good value for me.
-      frames = if capture_delay != 0 then capture_delay else 6 end
+      delay = if capture_delay != 0 then capture_delay else 6 end
+
+      # mplayer's "delay" is actually a number of frames at 25fps
+      # multiply the set value (in seconds) by 25
+      frames = delay.to_i * 25
 
       debug "LinuxCapturer: calling out to mplayer to capture image"
       # mplayer's output is ugly and useless, let's throw it away
Actually delay for LOLCOMMITS_DELAY seconds, not <I>ths of a second