diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index 06acd751..e17dcff0 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ namespace Mist{
       }else{
         VERYHIGH_MSG("Track %d no data (key %u @ %u) - waiting...", tid, getKeyForTime(tid, pos) + (getNextKey?1:0), tmp.offset);
         unsigned int i = 0;
-        while (nProxy.curPage[tid].mapped[tmp.offset] == 0 && ++i <= 10){
+        while (!myMeta.live && nProxy.curPage[tid].mapped[tmp.offset] == 0 && ++i <= 10){
           Util::wait(100*i);
           stats();
         }