diff --git a/src/api/broadcastdaemon.cpp b/src/api/broadcastdaemon.cpp
index 9d742c21..388bb4de 100644
--- a/src/api/broadcastdaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/api/broadcastdaemon.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,11 @@ void BroadcastDaemon::run(float sleep_duration_ms)
                     end - start
                     );
         auto sleep_duration = inter_frame_duration - processing_duration;
-        if (sleep_duration.count() > 0)
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(sleep_duration);
+        // Disable sleep temporarily on the experimental Windows
+        // branch, due to the suspected blocking nature of the
+        // Epiphan API calls.
+        // if (sleep_duration.count() > 0)
+        //     std::this_thread::sleep_for(sleep_duration);
     }
     delete fill_frame;
 }
diff --git a/src/epiphansdk/epiphansdk_video_source.cpp b/src/epiphansdk/epiphansdk_video_source.cpp
index 599dbf78..5a197e42 100644
--- a/src/epiphansdk/epiphansdk_video_source.cpp
+++ b/src/epiphansdk/epiphansdk_video_source.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ VideoSourceEpiphanSDK::VideoSourceEpiphanSDK(
         std::cerr << "Could not open " << device_id << std::endl;
         return;
     }
+    FrmGrab_SetMaxFps(_frame_grabber, 160);
 
     if (colour_space != V2U_GRABFRAME_FORMAT_I420 && colour_space != V2U_GRABFRAME_FORMAT_RGB24)
     {