diff --git a/Code/Forms/BatchForm.cs b/Code/Forms/BatchForm.cs
index 95e1c72..681f4ab 100644
--- a/Code/Forms/BatchForm.cs
+++ b/Code/Forms/BatchForm.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace Flowframes.Forms
 
                 InterpSettings current = Program.mainForm.GetCurrentSettings();
                 current.UpdatePaths(path, path.GetParentDir());
-                current.inFps = GetFramerate(path);
+                current.inFps = await GetFramerate(path);
                 current.outFps = current.inFps * current.interpFactor;
                 Program.batchQueue.Enqueue(current);
                 RefreshGui();
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ namespace Flowframes.Forms
             }
         }
 
-        float GetFramerate (string path)
+        async Task<float> GetFramerate (string path)
         {
             float fps = Interpolate.current.inFps;
-            float fpsFromFile = IOUtils.GetFpsFolderOrVideo(path);
+            float fpsFromFile = await IOUtils.GetFpsFolderOrVideo(path);
             if (fpsFromFile > 0)
                 return fpsFromFile;
 
diff --git a/Code/Forms/SettingsForm.Designer.cs b/Code/Forms/SettingsForm.Designer.cs
index fb88dd7..608d300 100644
--- a/Code/Forms/SettingsForm.Designer.cs
+++ b/Code/Forms/SettingsForm.Designer.cs
@@ -1244,9 +1244,9 @@
             this.label58.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(420, 301);
             this.label58.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(10, 10, 10, 7);
             this.label58.Name = "label58";
-            this.label58.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(255, 13);
+            this.label58.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(221, 13);
             this.label58.TabIndex = 65;
-            this.label58.Text = "Lower is better. Use slightly higher values than h265!";
+            this.label58.Text = "Lower is better. Use higher values than h265!";
             // 
             // vp9Crf
             // 
diff --git a/Code/IO/IOUtils.cs b/Code/IO/IOUtils.cs
index db3bdfe..0a4295a 100644
--- a/Code/IO/IOUtils.cs
+++ b/Code/IO/IOUtils.cs
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ namespace Flowframes.IO
 			}
 		}
 
-		public static float GetVideoFramerate (string path)
+		public static async Task<float> GetVideoFramerate (string path)
         {
 			float fps = 0;
             try
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace Flowframes.IO
 				Logger.Log("Failed to read FPS - Trying alternative method...", true);
 				try
 				{
-					fps = FfmpegCommands.GetFramerate(path);
+					fps = await FfmpegCommands.GetFramerate(path);
 					Logger.Log("Detected FPS of " + Path.GetFileName(path) + " as " + fps + " FPS", true);
 				}
 				catch
@@ -478,19 +478,21 @@ namespace Flowframes.IO
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		public static float GetFpsFolderOrVideo(string path)
+		public static async Task<float> GetFpsFolderOrVideo(string path)
 		{
             try
             {
 				if (IsPathDirectory(path))
 				{
 					float dirFps = GetVideoFramerateForDir(path);
+
 					if (dirFps > 0)
 						return dirFps;
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					float vidFps = GetVideoFramerate(path);
+					float vidFps = await GetVideoFramerate(path);
+
 					if (vidFps > 0)
 						return vidFps;
 				}
@@ -499,6 +501,7 @@ namespace Flowframes.IO
             {
 				Logger.Log("GetFpsFolderOrVideo() Error: " + e.Message);
             }
+
 			return 0;
 		}
 
diff --git a/Code/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs b/Code/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
index b75d296..48346ba 100644
--- a/Code/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
+++ b/Code/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
@@ -61,23 +61,32 @@ namespace Flowframes
             return FormatUtils.MsFromTimestamp(info);
         }
 
-        public static float GetFramerate(string inputFile)
+        public static async Task<float> GetFramerate(string inputFile)
         {
-            Logger.Log("Reading FPS using ffmpeg.", true, false, "ffmpeg");
-            string args = $" -i {inputFile.Wrap()}";
-            string output = GetFfmpegOutput(args);
-            string[] entries = output.Split(',');
-            foreach (string entry in entries)
+            Logger.Log($"GetFramerate('{inputFile}')", true, false, "ffmpeg");
+
+            try
             {
-                if (entry.Contains(" fps") && !entry.Contains("Input "))    // Avoid reading FPS from the filename, in case filename contains "fps"
+                string args = $" -i {inputFile.Wrap()}";
+                string output = await GetFfmpegOutputAsync(args);
+                string[] entries = output.Split(',');
+
+                foreach (string entry in entries)
                 {
-                    Logger.Log("[FFCmds] FPS Entry: " + entry, true);
-                    string num = entry.Replace(" fps", "").Trim().Replace(",", ".");
-                    float value;
-                    float.TryParse(num, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out value);
-                    return value;
+                    if (entry.Contains(" fps") && !entry.Contains("Input "))    // Avoid reading FPS from the filename, in case filename contains "fps"
+                    {
+                        string num = entry.Replace(" fps", "").Trim().Replace(",", ".");
+                        float value;
+                        float.TryParse(num, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out value);
+                        return value;
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.Log("GetFramerate Error: " + e.Message, true, false);
+            }
+            
             return 0f;
         }
 
diff --git a/Code/UI/MainUiFunctions.cs b/Code/UI/MainUiFunctions.cs
index 76dfc64..427e630 100644
--- a/Code/UI/MainUiFunctions.cs
+++ b/Code/UI/MainUiFunctions.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Flowframes.UI
             int frameCount = await InterpolateUtils.GetInputFrameCountAsync(path);
 
             string fpsStr = "Not Found";
-            float fps = IOUtils.GetFpsFolderOrVideo(path);
+            float fps = await IOUtils.GetFpsFolderOrVideo(path);
             fpsInTbox.Text = fps.ToString();
 
             if (fps > 0)