diff --git a/frigate/events.py b/frigate/events.py
index f502c4ded..e18312ff9 100644
--- a/frigate/events.py
+++ b/frigate/events.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR
 from frigate.models import Event
 from frigate.types import CameraMetricsTypes
 
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 from typing import Dict
 
diff --git a/frigate/record.py b/frigate/record.py
index 7693db914..f713aeeca 100644
--- a/frigate/record.py
+++ b/frigate/record.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import subprocess as sp
 import threading
 from collections import defaultdict
 from pathlib import Path
+import faster_fifo as ff
 
 import psutil
 from peewee import JOIN, DoesNotExist
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def remove_empty_directories(directory):
 
 class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(
-        self, config: FrigateConfig, recordings_info_queue: mp.Queue, stop_event
+        self, config: FrigateConfig, recordings_info_queue: ff.Queue, stop_event
     ):
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
         self.name = "recording_maint"
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                 grouped_recordings[camera] = grouped_recordings[camera][-keep_count:]
 
         for camera, recordings in grouped_recordings.items():
-
             # clear out all the recording info for old frames
             while (
                 len(self.recordings_info[camera]) > 0
diff --git a/frigate/util.py b/frigate/util.py
index b03489479..ea804a7e4 100755
--- a/frigate/util.py
+++ b/frigate/util.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import subprocess as sp
 import json
 import re
 import signal
+import time
 import traceback
 import urllib.parse
 import yaml
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import yaml
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import Counter
 from collections.abc import Mapping
-from multiprocessing import shared_memory
+from multiprocessing import shared_memory, RawValue
 from queue import Empty, Full
 from typing import Any, AnyStr, Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ class LimitedQueue(FFQueue):
     ):
         super().__init__(max_size_bytes=max_size_bytes, loads=loads, dumps=dumps)
         self.maxsize = maxsize
-        self.size = multiprocessing.RawValue(
+        self.size = RawValue(
             ctypes.c_int, 0
         )  # Add a counter for the number of items in the queue