diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
index ef1fc48..2f4e3e2 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_analysis.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ run_analysis() {
     FILE_LENGTH="$(ffmpeg -i ${1}/${i} 2>&1 \
       | awk -F. '/Duration/ {print $1}' \
       | cut -d':' -f3-4)"
-    [ -z ${RECORDING_LENGTH} ] && RECORDING_LENGTH=9
+    [ -z ${RECORDING_LENGTH} ] && RECORDING_LENGTH=12
     [ ${RECORDING_LENGTH} == "60" ] && RECORDING_LENGTH=01:00
     [ "${FILE_LENGTH}" == "00:${RECORDING_LENGTH}" ] || continue
 
diff --git a/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh b/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
index 8a2c3a3..45f6d81 100755
--- a/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
+++ b/scripts/birdnet_recording.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else
   STAMP="%H:%M:%S"
 fi
 
-[ -z RECORDING_LENGTH ] || RECORDING_LENGTH=9
+[ -z RECORDING_LENGTH ] || RECORDING_LENGTH=12
 
 if pgrep arecord &> /dev/null ;then
   echo "Recording"