diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2b18f73..e029061 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -295,12 +295,14 @@ export default class VideoReporter extends WdioReporter {
     if (!allureOutputDir) {
       return
     }
-    const abortTime = Date.now() + this.options.videoRenderTimeout
+    const abortTime =  this.options.videoRenderTimeout
+
+    const startTime = new Date().getTime()
 
     waitForVideosToExist(this.videos, abortTime)
     waitForVideosToBeWritten(this.videos, abortTime)
 
-    if (new Date().getTime() > abortTime) {
+    if (new Date().getTime() - startTime > abortTime) {
       console.log('videoRenderTimeout triggered, not all videos finished writing to disk before patching Allure')
     }