diff --git a/plugins/hikvision/package-lock.json b/plugins/hikvision/package-lock.json
index 419e2dd9c0..e43cfee962 100644
--- a/plugins/hikvision/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/hikvision/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/hikvision",
-   "version": "0.0.147",
+   "version": "0.0.148",
    "lockfileVersion": 2,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/hikvision",
-         "version": "0.0.147",
+         "version": "0.0.148",
          "license": "Apache",
          "dependencies": {
             "@scrypted/common": "file:../../common",
diff --git a/plugins/hikvision/package.json b/plugins/hikvision/package.json
index 722c84d4fa..df71a7d71b 100644
--- a/plugins/hikvision/package.json
+++ b/plugins/hikvision/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/hikvision",
-   "version": "0.0.147",
+   "version": "0.0.148",
    "description": "Hikvision Plugin for Scrypted",
    "author": "Scrypted",
    "license": "Apache",
diff --git a/plugins/hikvision/src/hikvision-camera-api.ts b/plugins/hikvision/src/hikvision-camera-api.ts
index 8fa6b53eb7..5cd171f828 100644
--- a/plugins/hikvision/src/hikvision-camera-api.ts
+++ b/plugins/hikvision/src/hikvision-camera-api.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ export class HikvisionCameraAPI {
                             continue;
                         if (ignore === boundaryEnd)
                             continue;
-                        if (ignore !== boundary) {
+                        if (ignore !== boundary
+                            // older hikvision nvr send a boundary in the headers, but then use a totally different constant boundary value
+                            && ignore != "--boundary") {
                             this.console.error('expected boundary but found', ignore);
                             throw new Error('expected boundary');
                         }