diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1fb628c..909bfe5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This is a fork of the now-outdated (June 2023) Python script to display the temp
 - [TODO](#todo)
 
 ## Introduction
-No commands are sent the the camera. Instead, we take the raw video feed, do some OpenCV processing, and display a nice heatmap along with relevant temperature points highlighted.
+No commands are sent to the camera. Instead, we take the raw video feed, do some OpenCV processing, and display a nice heatmap along with relevant temperature points highlighted.
 
 ![Screenshot](media/TC00120230701-131032.png)
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/guiController.py b/src/controllers/guiController.py
index a7bec8d..cd7107c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/guiController.py
+++ b/src/controllers/guiController.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.isInverted: bool = False
         
         # Recording stats
-        self.recordingStartTime: str = RECORDING_START_TIME
+        self.recordingStartTime: float = RECORDING_START_TIME
         self.last_snapshot_time: str = LAST_SNAPSHOT_TIME
         self.recordingDuration: str = RECORDING_DURATION
         
diff --git a/src/controllers/thermalcameracontroller.py b/src/controllers/thermalcameracontroller.py
index 04ce78c..bbe12f5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/thermalcameracontroller.py
+++ b/src/controllers/thermalcameracontroller.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._lrow: int = 0
         
         # Media/recording init
-        self._isRecording = RECORDING
+        self._isRecording = not RECORDING
         self._mediaOutputPath: str = mediaOutputPath
         
         if not os.path.exists(self._mediaOutputPath):
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def _checkForKeyPress(self, keyPress: int, img):
             
         
         ### RECORDING/MEDIA CONTROLS
-        if keyPress == ord(KEY_RECORD) and self._isRecording == False: # Start reording
+        if keyPress == ord(KEY_RECORD) and self._isRecording == False: # Start recording
             self._videoOut = self._record()
             self._isRecording = RECORDING
             self._guiController.recordingStartTime = time.time()
diff --git a/src/defaults/gui_values.py b/src/defaults/gui_values.py
index 36779a8..cd1be5d 100644
--- a/src/defaults/gui_values.py
+++ b/src/defaults/gui_values.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 FULLSCREEN: bool = False
 HUD_VISIBLE: bool = True
 LAST_SNAPSHOT_TIME: str = ""
-RECORDING_START_TIME: str = ""
+RECORDING_START_TIME: float = 0
 RECORDING_DURATION: str = "00:00:00"
 FONT: int = FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX
 # Scale
diff --git a/src/defaults/recording_values.py b/src/defaults/recording_values.py
index 6f6a34a..faeacfa 100644
--- a/src/defaults/recording_values.py
+++ b/src/defaults/recording_values.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 ### DEFAULT RECORDING CONSTANTS
 MEDIA_OUTPUT_PATH: str = f"{getcwd()}/output"
-RECORDING: bool = False
\ No newline at end of file
+RECORDING: bool = True
\ No newline at end of file