diff --git a/frigate/events.py b/frigate/events.py
index 95ef002cd..4818e5594 100644
--- a/frigate/events.py
+++ b/frigate/events.py
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ class EventProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
         # if the earliest event is more tha max seconds ago, cap it
         earliest_event = max(
-            earliest_event, datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() - max_seconds
+            earliest_event,
+            datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() - self.config.clips.max_seconds,
         )
 
         for f, data in list(self.cached_clips.items()):
diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index 7630d2c05..8341c0dd4 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class MqttBackend:
             json_message = json.loads(message)
             json_message = {
                 "topic": f"{self.topic_prefix}/{json_message['topic']}",
-                "payload": json_message.get["payload"],
+                "payload": json_message["payload"],
                 "retain": json_message.get("retain", False),
             }
         except: