diff --git a/builder/build.sh b/builder/build.sh
index ed481df..332fd27 100755
--- a/builder/build.sh
+++ b/builder/build.sh
@@ -76,46 +76,49 @@ if [ ! -d unix/xserver/include ]; then
         patch -s -p0 < ../CVE-2022-2320-v1.19.patch
         ;;
   esac
-
-  autoreconf -i
-  # Configuring Xorg is long and has many distro-specific paths.
-  # The distro paths start after prefix and end with the font path,
-  # everything after that is based on BUILDING.txt to remove unneeded
-  # components.
-  # remove gl check for opensuse
-  if [ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS}" == "opensuse" ] || ([ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS}" == "oracle" ] && [ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS_CODENAME}" == 9 ]); then
-    sed -i 's/LIBGL="gl >= 7.1.0"/LIBGL="gl >= 1.1"/g' configure
-  fi
-
-  # build X11
-  ./configure \
-      --disable-config-hal \
-      --disable-config-udev \
-      --disable-dmx \
-      --disable-dri \
-      --disable-dri2 \
-      --disable-kdrive \
-      --disable-static \
-      --disable-xephyr \
-      --disable-xinerama \
-      --disable-xnest \
-      --disable-xorg \
-      --disable-xvfb \
-      --disable-xwayland \
-      --disable-xwin \
-      --enable-glx \
-      --prefix=/opt/kasmweb \
-      --with-default-font-path="/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,built-ins" \
-      --without-dtrace \
-      --with-sha1=libcrypto \
-      --with-xkb-bin-directory=/usr/bin \
-      --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
-      --with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb "${CONFIG_OPTIONS}"
-
-  # remove array bounds errors for new versions of GCC
-  find . -name "Makefile" -exec sed -i 's/-Werror=array-bounds//g' {} \;
+else
+  cd unix/xserver
 fi
 
+autoreconf -i
+# Configuring Xorg is long and has many distro-specific paths.
+# The distro paths start after prefix and end with the font path,
+# everything after that is based on BUILDING.txt to remove unneeded
+# components.
+# remove gl check for opensuse
+if [ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS}" == "opensuse" ] || ([ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS}" == "oracle" ] && [ "${KASMVNC_BUILD_OS_CODENAME}" == 9 ]); then
+  sed -i 's/LIBGL="gl >= 7.1.0"/LIBGL="gl >= 1.1"/g' configure
+fi
+
+# build X11
+./configure \
+    --disable-config-hal \
+    --disable-config-udev \
+    --disable-dmx \
+    --disable-dri \
+    --disable-dri2 \
+    --disable-kdrive \
+    --disable-static \
+    --disable-xephyr \
+    --disable-xinerama \
+    --disable-xnest \
+    --disable-xorg \
+    --disable-xvfb \
+    --disable-xwayland \
+    --disable-xwin \
+    --enable-glx \
+    --prefix=/opt/kasmweb \
+    --with-default-font-path="/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,built-ins" \
+    --without-dtrace \
+    --with-sha1=libcrypto \
+    --with-xkb-bin-directory=/usr/bin \
+    --with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb \
+    --with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb "${CONFIG_OPTIONS}"
+
+# remove array bounds errors for new versions of GCC
+find . -name "Makefile" -exec sed -i 's/-Werror=array-bounds//g' {} \;
+
+
 make -j"$(nproc)"
 
 # modifications for the servertarball
diff --git a/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx b/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
index 5e94cdc..5dbf1dc 100644
--- a/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ void EncodeManager::doUpdate(bool allowLossy, const Region& changed_,
     int nRects;
     Region changed, cursorRegion;
     struct timeval start;
-    unsigned screenArea;
 
     updates++;
     if (conn->cp.supportsUdp)
@@ -390,16 +389,7 @@ void EncodeManager::doUpdate(bool allowLossy, const Region& changed_,
     memset(&webpstats, 0, sizeof(codecstats_t));
 
     if (allowLossy && activeEncoders[encoderFullColour] == encoderTightWEBP) {
-        const unsigned rate = 1024 * 1000 / rfb::Server::frameRate;
-
-        screenArea = pb->getRect().width() * pb->getRect().height();
-        screenArea *= 1024;
-        screenArea /= 256 * 256;
-        screenArea *= webpBenchResult;
-        // Encoding the entire screen would take this many 1024*msecs, worst case
-
-        // Calculate how many us we can send webp for, before switching to jpeg
-        webpFallbackUs = rate * rate / screenArea;
+        webpFallbackUs = (1000 * 1000 / rfb::Server::frameRate) * (static_cast<double>(Server::webpEncodingTime) / 100.0);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -883,7 +873,7 @@ void EncodeManager::findSolidRect(const Rect& rect, Region *changed,
 void EncodeManager::checkWebpFallback(const timeval *start) {
     // Have we taken too long for the frame? If so, drop from WEBP to JPEG
     if (start && activeEncoders[encoderFullColour] == encoderTightWEBP && !webpTookTooLong.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
-        const auto us = msSince(start) * 1024;
+        const auto us = msSince(start) * 1000;
         if (us > webpFallbackUs)
             webpTookTooLong.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
diff --git a/common/rfb/ServerCore.cxx b/common/rfb/ServerCore.cxx
index 03a69d9..3881693 100644
--- a/common/rfb/ServerCore.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/ServerCore.cxx
@@ -287,3 +287,8 @@ rfb::PresetParameter rfb::Server::preferBandwidth
 ("PreferBandwidth",
  "Set various options for lower bandwidth use. The default is off, aka to prefer quality.",
  false, bandwidthPreset);
+
+rfb::IntParameter rfb::Server::webpEncodingTime
+("webpEncodingTime",
+ "Percentage of time allotted for encoding a frame, that can be used for encoding rects in webp.",
+ 30, 0, 100);
diff --git a/common/rfb/ServerCore.h b/common/rfb/ServerCore.h
index 2035cf6..c3a53e5 100644
--- a/common/rfb/ServerCore.h
+++ b/common/rfb/ServerCore.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ namespace rfb {
     static BoolParameter ignoreClientSettingsKasm;
     static BoolParameter selfBench;
     static PresetParameter preferBandwidth;
+    static IntParameter webpEncodingTime;
   };
 
 };
diff --git a/common/rfb/TightWEBPEncoder.cxx b/common/rfb/TightWEBPEncoder.cxx
index 89d9b3a..2e79c6c 100644
--- a/common/rfb/TightWEBPEncoder.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/TightWEBPEncoder.cxx
@@ -259,13 +259,14 @@ void TightWEBPEncoder::writeRect(const PixelBuffer* pb, const Palette& palette)
   WebPMemoryWriterClear(&wrt);
 }
 
-// How many milliseconds would it take to encode a 256x256 block at quality 8
+// How many milliseconds would it take to encode a 256x256 block at quality 5
 rdr::U32 TightWEBPEncoder::benchmark() const
 {
   rdr::U8* buffer;
   struct timeval start;
   int stride, i;
-  const uint8_t quality = 8, method = 2;
+  // the minimum WebP quality settings used in KasmVNC
+  const uint8_t quality = 5, method = 0; 
   WebPConfig cfg;
   WebPPicture pic;
   WebPMemoryWriter wrt;
diff --git a/unix/kasmvnc_defaults.yaml b/unix/kasmvnc_defaults.yaml
index 3d0551c..afad666 100644
--- a/unix/kasmvnc_defaults.yaml
+++ b/unix/kasmvnc_defaults.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ user_session:
 
 keyboard:
   remap_keys:
-    # - 0x22->0x40
+  # - 0x22->0x40
   ignore_numlock: false
   raw_keyboard: false
 
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ encoding:
     logging:
       level: off
     scaling_algorithm: progressive_bilinear
+    webp_encoding_time: 30
 
   compare_framebuffer: auto
   zrle_zlib_level: auto
diff --git a/unix/vncserver b/unix/vncserver
index 41fc1be..1ac99c8 100755
--- a/unix/vncserver
+++ b/unix/vncserver
@@ -2068,6 +2068,15 @@ sub DefineConfigToCLIConversion {
           $value;
         }
     }),
+    KasmVNC::CliOption->new({
+        name => 'WebpEncodingTime',
+        configKeys => [
+          KasmVNC::ConfigKey->new({
+            name => "encoding.video_encoding_mode.webp_encoding_time",
+            type => KasmVNC::ConfigKey::INT
+          })
+        ]
+    }),
     KasmVNC::CliOption->new({
         name => 'CompareFB',
         configKeys => [