diff --git a/darkflow/defaults.py b/darkflow/defaults.py
index a54b2ec27..ebb7e26ae 100644
--- a/darkflow/defaults.py
+++ b/darkflow/defaults.py
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ def setDefaults(self):
         self.define('batch', 16, 'batch size')
         self.define('epoch', 1000, 'number of epoch')
         self.define('save', 2000, 'save checkpoint every ? training examples')
-        self.define('demo', '', 'demo on webcam')
+        self.define('demo', '', 'path to video source or type camera for webcam')
         self.define('queue', 1, 'process demo in batch')
         self.define('json', False, 'Outputs bounding box information in json format.')
         self.define('saveVideo', False, 'Records video from input video or camera')
+        self.define('display', False, 'Displays the post processed video')
         self.define('pbLoad', '', 'path to .pb protobuf file (metaLoad must also be specified)')
         self.define('metaLoad', '', 'path to .meta file generated during --savepb that corresponds to .pb file')
 
diff --git a/darkflow/net/help.py b/darkflow/net/help.py
index 616e85bf6..d0bffb318 100644
--- a/darkflow/net/help.py
+++ b/darkflow/net/help.py
@@ -68,30 +68,30 @@ def _get_fps(self, frame):
 def camera(self):
     file = self.FLAGS.demo
     SaveVideo = self.FLAGS.saveVideo
+    display = self.FLAGS.display
     
     if file == 'camera':
         file = 0
+        display = True
     else:
         assert os.path.isfile(file), \
         'file {} does not exist'.format(file)
         
     camera = cv2.VideoCapture(file)
     
-    if file == 0:
+    if display:
         self.say('Press [ESC] to quit demo')
         
     assert camera.isOpened(), \
     'Cannot capture source'
     
-    if file == 0:#camera window
+    _, frame = camera.read()
+    height, width, _ = frame.shape
+
+    if display:#camera window
         cv2.namedWindow('', 0)
-        _, frame = camera.read()
-        height, width, _ = frame.shape
         cv2.resizeWindow('', width, height)
-    else:
-        _, frame = camera.read()
-        height, width, _ = frame.shape
-
+    
     if SaveVideo:
         fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'XVID')
         if file == 0:#camera window
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def camera(self):
                     single_out, img, False)
                 if SaveVideo:
                     videoWriter.write(postprocessed)
-                if file == 0: #camera window
+                if display: #camera window
                     cv2.imshow('', postprocessed)
             # Clear Buffers
             buffer_inp = list()
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def camera(self):
             sys.stdout.write('{0:3.3f} FPS'.format(
                 elapsed / (timer() - start)))
             sys.stdout.flush()
-        if file == 0: #camera window
+        if display: #camera window
             choice = cv2.waitKey(1)
             if choice == 27: break
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def camera(self):
     if SaveVideo:
         videoWriter.release()
     camera.release()
-    if file == 0: #camera window
+    if display: #camera window
         cv2.destroyAllWindows()
 
 def to_darknet(self):