diff --git a/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTC/Services/WebRTCClient.swift b/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTC/Services/WebRTCClient.swift
index 601111b402d2..34b30c660a54 100644
--- a/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTC/Services/WebRTCClient.swift
+++ b/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTC/Services/WebRTCClient.swift
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ final class WebRTCClient: NSObject {
         
         self.peerConnection = pc
         
-        // Create the data channel
-        if let dataChannel = createDataChannel(peerConnection: pc) {
-            dataChannel.delegate = self
-            self.dataChannel = dataChannel
-        }
-        
         self.configureAudioSession()
         self.peerConnection!.delegate = self
     }
@@ -178,15 +172,6 @@ final class WebRTCClient: NSObject {
 // MARK: Data Channels
 extension WebRTCClient: RTCDataChannelDelegate {
     
-    private func createDataChannel(peerConnection : RTCPeerConnection) -> RTCDataChannel? {
-        let config = RTCDataChannelConfiguration()
-        guard let dataChannel = peerConnection.dataChannel(forLabel: "iOSDataChannel", configuration: config) else {
-            debugPrint("Warning: Couldn't create data channel.")
-            return nil
-        }
-        return dataChannel
-    }
-    
     func sendData(_ data: Data) {
         let buffer = RTCDataBuffer(data: data, isBinary: true)
         self.dataChannel?.sendData(buffer)
@@ -239,6 +224,12 @@ extension WebRTCClient: RTCPeerConnectionDelegate {
     
     func peerConnection(_ peerConnection: RTCPeerConnection, didOpen dataChannel: RTCDataChannel) {
         debugPrint("peerConnection did open data channel")
+        
+        // Store datachannel internally for message sending and set datachannel delegate so we can react to its events
+        dataChannel.delegate = self
+        self.dataChannel = dataChannel
+        
+        // Send the device resolution over the datachannel
         self.sendDeviceResolution()
     }
     
diff --git a/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTCStreamingConnection.swift b/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTCStreamingConnection.swift
index 716be564ca81..38aa8e28c3de 100644
--- a/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTCStreamingConnection.swift
+++ b/Engine/Extras/VirtualProduction/LiveLinkVCAM/vcam/WebRTCStreamingConnection.swift
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ extension WebRTCStreamingConnection: WebRTCClientDelegate {
                 case .LatencyTest:
                     fallthrough
                 case .InitialSettings:
+                    // Do nothing with initial settings, but use it to send device resolution as this is a convenient time as we are guaranteed datachannel is working
+                    self.webRTCClient?.sendDeviceResolution()
                     fallthrough
                 case .FileExtension:
                     fallthrough