diff --git a/frigate/api/motion_search.py b/frigate/api/motion_search.py
index 09bf8026da..7f8090b51f 100644
--- a/frigate/api/motion_search.py
+++ b/frigate/api/motion_search.py
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ class MotionSearchRequest(BaseModel):
         description="Minimum change area as a percentage of the ROI",
     )
     frame_skip: int = Field(
-        default=5,
+        default=30,
         ge=1,
-        le=30,
+        le=120,
         description="Process every Nth frame (1=all frames, 5=every 5th frame)",
     )
     parallel: bool = Field(
diff --git a/web/src/views/motion-search/MotionSearchView.tsx b/web/src/views/motion-search/MotionSearchView.tsx
index f3a6592e2f..e6e1cae223 100644
--- a/web/src/views/motion-search/MotionSearchView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/motion-search/MotionSearchView.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default function MotionSearchView({
   const [parallelMode, setParallelMode] = useState(false);
   const [threshold, setThreshold] = useState(30);
   const [minArea, setMinArea] = useState(20);
-  const [frameSkip, setFrameSkip] = useState(10);
+  const [frameSkip, setFrameSkip] = useState(30);
   const [maxResults, setMaxResults] = useState(25);
 
   // Job state
@@ -846,7 +846,13 @@ export default function MotionSearchView({
             responseData.errors;
 
           if (Array.isArray(apiMessage)) {
-            errorMessage = apiMessage.join(", ");
+            errorMessage = apiMessage
+              .map((item) =>
+                typeof item === "string"
+                  ? item
+                  : ((item as { msg?: string })?.msg ?? JSON.stringify(item)),
+              )
+              .join(", ");
           } else if (typeof apiMessage === "string") {
             errorMessage = apiMessage;
           } else if (apiMessage) {