diff --git a/defs/constants.ts b/defs/constants.ts
index 6397e6a0..60557d2b 100644
--- a/defs/constants.ts
+++ b/defs/constants.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ export const EMAIL_VERIFICATION_VALIDITY_SECS = 3600;
 
 export const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS = 10;
 
-export const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS = 30;
+export const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_START_SHUTDOWN_SECS = 30;
+
+export const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS = 60;
 
 export const FORWARD_IP_HEADER = "x-openstream-forwarded-ip";
 
diff --git a/front/app/src/routes/(root)/(online)/(app)/accounts/[account]/account-station-item.svelte b/front/app/src/routes/(root)/(online)/(app)/accounts/[account]/account-station-item.svelte
index 6766a5aa..2ee71de5 100644
--- a/front/app/src/routes/(root)/(online)/(app)/accounts/[account]/account-station-item.svelte
+++ b/front/app/src/routes/(root)/(online)/(app)/accounts/[account]/account-station-item.svelte
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     flex: none;
     width: min(30%, 8rem);
     aspect-ratio: 1;
-    margin: 1rem 2rem 1rem 1rem;
+    margin: 1rem 1.5rem 1rem 1rem;
     border-radius:  0.5rem;;
     background-size: contain;
     background-position: center;
diff --git a/rs/config/constants/src/lib.rs b/rs/config/constants/src/lib.rs
index 5ff28609..418caf33 100644
--- a/rs/config/constants/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rs/config/constants/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub const STREAM_IP_CONNECTIONS_LIMIT: u64 = 8;
 pub const PLAYLIST_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 10;
 
 #[const_register]
-pub const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 30;
+pub const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 60;
 
 /// delay to shutdown a relay session when it run out of listeners
 #[const_register]
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ pub const RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 10;
 #[const_register]
 pub const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS: u64 = 10;
 
+/// delay of which if external doesn't produce first data chunk, it will be cancelled
+#[const_register]
+pub const EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_START_SHUTDOWN_SECS: u64 = 30;
+
 /// limit of authotization, or other sensible api endpoints requests from the same ip
 #[const_register]
 pub const API_IP_LIMIT: usize = 60;
diff --git a/rs/packages/media-sessions/src/external_relay.rs b/rs/packages/media-sessions/src/external_relay.rs
index 6418f02a..525826fb 100644
--- a/rs/packages/media-sessions/src/external_relay.rs
+++ b/rs/packages/media-sessions/src/external_relay.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 
 use crate::{SendError, Transmitter};
 use constants::{
-  EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS, EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS,
-  /*STREAM_BURST_LENGTH,*/
+  EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS, EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_START_SHUTDOWN_SECS,
+  EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS, /*STREAM_BURST_LENGTH,*/
   STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE, STREAM_KBITRATE,
 };
 use db::media_session::MediaSession;
@@ -188,11 +188,26 @@ pub fn run_external_relay_session(
           // let chunks = chunks.rated(STREAM_KBITRATE * 1000);
           // tokio::pin!(chunks);
 
+          async fn chunk_timeout(first_chunk: bool) {
+            if first_chunk {
+              tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(
+                EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_START_SHUTDOWN_SECS,
+              ))
+              .await
+            } else {
+              tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(
+                EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS,
+              ))
+              .await
+            }
+          }
+
+          let mut first_chunk = true;
           loop {
             let chunk = tokio::select! {
-              _ = tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_DATA_SHUTDOWN_SECS)) => {
+              _ = chunk_timeout(first_chunk) => {
                 info!(
-                  "shutting down external-relay for station {} (no data received in specified window)",
+                  "shutting down external-relay for station {} (no data received in specified start window)",
                   station_id
                 );
                 break;
@@ -201,6 +216,8 @@ pub fn run_external_relay_session(
               chunk = chunks.next() => chunk
             };
 
+            first_chunk = false;
+
             match chunk {
               None => break,
               Some(Err(_e)) => break,
@@ -221,9 +238,9 @@ pub fn run_external_relay_session(
                         > EXTERNAL_RELAY_NO_LISTENERS_SHUTDOWN_DELAY_SECS
                       {
                         info!(
-                      "shutting down external-relay for station {} (no listeners shutdown delay elapsed)",
-                      station_id
-                    );
+                          "shutting down external-relay for station {} (no listeners shutdown delay elapsed)",
+                          station_id
+                        );
                         break;
                       } else {
                         continue;