diff --git a/src/framegrab/grabber.py b/src/framegrab/grabber.py
index 3dbfd8b..88fb7f6 100644
--- a/src/framegrab/grabber.py
+++ b/src/framegrab/grabber.py
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def _grab_implementation(self) -> np.ndarray:
         # Buffer can be set as low as 1, but even still, if we simply read once, we will get the buffered (stale) frame.
         # Assuming buffer size of 1, we need to read twice to get the current frame.
         t1 = time.time()
-        for _ in range(2):
+        for _ in range(1):
             t1_inner = time.time()
             _, frame = self.capture.read()
             t2_inner = time.time()