diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 2db7e656a6368ff3349cd7416209db12ec705ffb..372476fa7e549133b3a77f762076d5cdef30e0d4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ ignoreSetupDownloadErrors=true
         </for>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="refresh.local" depends="clean.backups,clean.duplicates,clean.RoundTrip,commonSetup,processScenes,catalog" description="quick master refresh of all .x3d examples:  processScenes, catalog, zip">
+    <target name="refresh.local" depends="echo.timestamp,clean.backups,clean.duplicates,clean.RoundTrip,commonSetup,processScenes,catalog" description="quick master refresh of all .x3d examples:  processScenes, catalog, zip">
         <!-- unreliable when network delays occur: validate.DTD -->
         <antcall target="echo.timestamp"/>
         <echo message="${archive.name} refresh.local complete."/>