diff --git a/wifi_monitor.py b/wifi_monitor.py
index bed75e6..d4068ae 100755
--- a/wifi_monitor.py
+++ b/wifi_monitor.py
@@ -665,10 +665,17 @@ class PacketCapture:
         test_packets = []
         try:
             # Run blocking sniff in executor
+            # Note: snaplen is not supported for live interface capture in scapy
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            sniff_kwargs = {
+                "iface": interface,
+                "prn": lambda pkt: test_packets.append(pkt),
+                "timeout": 1,
+                "store": False
+            }
             await loop.run_in_executor(
                 None,
-                lambda: sniff(iface=interface, prn=lambda pkt: test_packets.append(pkt), timeout=1, store=False, snaplen=self.config.snaplen)
+                lambda: sniff(**sniff_kwargs)
             )
         except OSError as e:
             print(f"Error during test capture (system error): {e}")
@@ -705,7 +712,7 @@ class PacketCapture:
         if self.config.full_packet:
             print("Capturing full packets...")
         else:
-            print(f"Capturing packets (snaplen={self.config.snaplen} bytes, header + some payload)...")
+            print(f"Capturing packets (full packets - snaplen not supported for live capture)...")
 
         packets = []
         pcap_path = None
@@ -719,11 +726,19 @@ class PacketCapture:
         capture_error = None
         try:
             # Run blocking sniff in executor
+            # Note: snaplen is not supported for live interface capture in scapy
+            # We capture full packets and can truncate in post-processing if needed
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            sniff_kwargs = {
+                "iface": interface,
+                "prn": lambda pkt: packets.append(pkt),
+                "timeout": duration,
+                "store": True
+            }
             if self.config.keep_pcap:
                 await loop.run_in_executor(
                     None,
-                    lambda: sniff(iface=interface, prn=lambda pkt: packets.append(pkt), timeout=duration, store=True, snaplen=self.config.snaplen)
+                    lambda: sniff(**sniff_kwargs)
                 )
                 await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: wrpcap(pcap_path, packets))
                 print(f"Pcap file size: {os.path.getsize(pcap_path)} bytes")
@@ -732,7 +747,7 @@ class PacketCapture:
             else:
                 await loop.run_in_executor(
                     None,
-                    lambda: sniff(iface=interface, prn=lambda pkt: packets.append(pkt), timeout=duration, store=True, snaplen=self.config.snaplen)
+                    lambda: sniff(**sniff_kwargs)
                 )
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print("\nCapture interrupted by user")