diff --git a/hass-workstation-service/Domain/Sensors/WebcamActiveSensor.cs b/hass-workstation-service/Domain/Sensors/WebcamActiveSensor.cs
index 823b8fd..aa86cf9 100644
--- a/hass-workstation-service/Domain/Sensors/WebcamActiveSensor.cs
+++ b/hass-workstation-service/Domain/Sensors/WebcamActiveSensor.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 using hass_workstation_service.Communication;
-using Microsoft.Win32;
+using OpenCvSharp;
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Management;
-using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace hass_workstation_service.Domain.Sensors
 {
@@ -35,25 +27,29 @@ namespace hass_workstation_service.Domain.Sensors
 
         private bool IsWebCamInUse()
         {
-            using (var key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\webcam\NonPackaged"))
+            try
             {
-                foreach (var subKeyName in key.GetSubKeyNames())
+                VideoCapture capture = new VideoCapture(0);
+                OutputArray image = OutputArray.Create(new Mat());
+                if (capture.Read(image))
                 {
-                    using (var subKey = key.OpenSubKey(subKeyName))
-                    {
-                        if (subKey.GetValueNames().Contains("LastUsedTimeStop"))
-                        {
-                            var endTime = subKey.GetValue("LastUsedTimeStop") is long ? (long)subKey.GetValue("LastUsedTimeStop") : -1;
-                            if (endTime <= 0)
-                            {
-                                return true;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
+                    capture.Release();
+                    capture.Dispose();
+                    return true;
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    capture.Release();
+                    capture.Dispose();
+                    return false;
+                }
+                
             }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
 
-            return false;
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/hass-workstation-service/hass-workstation-service.csproj b/hass-workstation-service/hass-workstation-service.csproj
index 0757d67..16a3592 100644
--- a/hass-workstation-service/hass-workstation-service.csproj
+++ b/hass-workstation-service/hass-workstation-service.csproj
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="MQTTnet" Version="3.0.13" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenCvSharp4.Windows" Version="4.5.1.20201229" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="3.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="5.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>