diff --git a/esp_time.ino b/esp_time.ino
index f2cb366..863fb07 100644
--- a/esp_time.ino
+++ b/esp_time.ino
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ TimeChangeRule *tcr;
 // Network clients
 WiFiUDP ntpUDP;
 HTTPClient http;
-NTPClient timeClient(ntpUDP, "raspberrypi.lan", 0, 60000); //use internal ntp server, update every 10 minutes
+NTPClient timeClient(ntpUDP, "raspberrypi.lan", 9, 60000); //use internal ntp server, update every 10 minutes, taking in to account the 9 seconds it takes to update the screen for the current time
 
 //NTPClient timeClient(ntpUDP, "au.pool.ntp.org", 0, 60000); //use internal ntp server, update every 10 minutes