diff --git a/src/HelperSources/TimeHelper.hpp b/src/HelperSources/TimeHelper.hpp
index 75492437..848eee6b 100644
--- a/src/HelperSources/TimeHelper.hpp
+++ b/src/HelperSources/TimeHelper.hpp
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ static std::string min_max_avg_as_string(const MinMaxAvg<T>& minMaxAvg,bool aver
   }
   return ss.str();
 }
+static MinMaxAvg<uint32_t> min_max_avg_as_us(const MinMaxAvg<std::chrono::nanoseconds>& minMaxAvg){
+  const uint32_t min=std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(minMaxAvg.min).count();
+  const uint32_t max=std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(minMaxAvg.max).count();
+  const uint32_t avg=std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(minMaxAvg.avg).count();
+  return {min,max,avg};
+}
 
 // Use this class to compare many samples of the same kind
 // Saves the minimum,maximum and average of all the samples
diff --git a/src/WBStreamTx.cpp b/src/WBStreamTx.cpp
index c118e8ec..434ad1ba 100644
--- a/src/WBStreamTx.cpp
+++ b/src/WBStreamTx.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ WBStreamTx::Statistics WBStreamTx::get_latest_stats() {
   ret.n_dropped_frames=m_n_dropped_frames;
   ret.current_injected_packets_per_second=m_packets_per_second_calculator.get_last_or_recalculate(
           m_n_injected_packets,std::chrono::seconds(2));
+  ret.curr_block_until_tx_min_us=m_curr_block_until_tx_min_max_avg_us.min;
+  ret.curr_block_until_tx_max_us=m_curr_block_until_tx_min_max_avg_us.max;
+  ret.curr_block_until_tx_avg_us=m_curr_block_until_tx_min_max_avg_us.avg;
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -120,9 +123,10 @@ void WBStreamTx::loop_process_data() {
   }
   static constexpr std::int64_t timeout_usecs=100*1000;
   if(options.enable_fec){
-    std::shared_ptr<EnqueuedBlock> frame;
+    std::shared_ptr<EnqueuedBlock> frame= nullptr;
     while (m_process_data_thread_run){
       if(m_block_queue->wait_dequeue_timed(frame,timeout_usecs)){
+        // dequeued frame
         m_queue_time_calculator.add(std::chrono::steady_clock::now()-frame->enqueue_time_point);
         if(m_queue_time_calculator.get_delta_since_last_reset()>std::chrono::seconds(1)){
           if(options.log_time_spent_in_atomic_queue){
@@ -131,13 +135,14 @@ void WBStreamTx::loop_process_data() {
           m_queue_time_calculator.reset();
         }
         process_enqueued_block(*frame);
-        if(options.log_time_blocks_until_tx){
-          const auto delta=std::chrono::steady_clock::now()-frame->enqueue_time_point;
-          m_block_until_tx_time.add(delta);
-          if(m_block_until_tx_time.get_delta_since_last_reset()>std::chrono::seconds(2)){
+        const auto delta=std::chrono::steady_clock::now()-frame->enqueue_time_point;
+        m_block_until_tx_time.add(delta);
+        if(m_block_until_tx_time.get_delta_since_last_reset()>std::chrono::seconds(2)){
+          if(options.log_time_blocks_until_tx){
             m_console->debug("Time until tx {}",m_block_until_tx_time.getAvgReadable());
-            m_block_until_tx_time.reset();
           }
+          m_curr_block_until_tx_min_max_avg_us= min_max_avg_as_us(m_block_until_tx_time.getMinMaxAvg());
+          m_block_until_tx_time.reset();
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/WBStreamTx.h b/src/WBStreamTx.h
index 2dc64f2e..09a3f535 100644
--- a/src/WBStreamTx.h
+++ b/src/WBStreamTx.h
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class WBStreamTx {
     // In FEC mode (video), every time a frame is dropped this is increased by the n of fragments in this frame
     uint64_t n_dropped_packets;
     int32_t n_dropped_frames;
+    // only for frame (FEC) mode
+    uint32_t curr_block_until_tx_min_us;
+    uint32_t curr_block_until_tx_max_us;
+    uint32_t curr_block_until_tx_avg_us;
   };
   Statistics get_latest_stats();
   // only valid when actually doing FEC
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ class WBStreamTx {
   // Time fragments / blocks spend in the non-blocking atomic queue.
   AvgCalculator m_queue_time_calculator;
   AvgCalculator m_block_until_tx_time;
+  MinMaxAvg<uint32_t> m_curr_block_until_tx_min_max_avg_us{0,0,0};
   // n of packets fed to the instance
   int64_t m_n_input_packets = 0;
   // count of bytes we got passed (aka for example, what the video encoder produced - does not include FEC)