diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29cc5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+identify
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wear/src/main/java/com/birdsounds/identify/presentation/SoundRecorder.kt b/wear/src/main/java/com/birdsounds/identify/presentation/SoundRecorder.kt
index 3e1843c..1ae067a 100644
--- a/wear/src/main/java/com/birdsounds/identify/presentation/SoundRecorder.kt
+++ b/wear/src/main/java/com/birdsounds/identify/presentation/SoundRecorder.kt
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ class SoundRecorder(
             )
             audioRecord.startRecording()
 
-
             val thread = Thread {
-
+                var num_interactions = 0
                 var last_tstamp: Long = Instant.now().toEpochMilli()
                 while (true) {
                     if (Thread.interrupted()) {
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ class SoundRecorder(
                     )
 
                     chunk_index += 1;
-                    if (last_tstamp in MessageSender.messageLog) {
+                    if ((last_tstamp in MessageSender.messageLog) || (num_interactions == 0)) {
                         var tstamp: Long = Instant.now().toEpochMilli()
                         val tstamp_buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(Long.SIZE_BYTES)
                         val tstamp_bytes = tstamp_buffer.putLong(tstamp).array()