diff --git a/CoTreceiver/src/main/java/edu/nps/moves/cot/dis/CoTMsgParserDisRunner.java b/CoTreceiver/src/main/java/edu/nps/moves/cot/dis/CoTMsgParserDisRunner.java
index 98327f5ac3443a3b76e34ba7d2c337c4d067fdb5..304b003102280c811d87695d53f44608cd3c106e 100644
--- a/CoTreceiver/src/main/java/edu/nps/moves/cot/dis/CoTMsgParserDisRunner.java
+++ b/CoTreceiver/src/main/java/edu/nps/moves/cot/dis/CoTMsgParserDisRunner.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class CoTMsgParserDisRunner extends CoTparser
     /** initial simulation time in seconds */
     private double  simulationTimeInitial;
     /** current simulation time in seconds */
-    private double  simulationTimeSeconds = simulationTimeInitial;
+    private double  simulationTimeSeconds;
     /** Maximum number of simulation loops */
     private int MAX_LOOP_COUNT;
     
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ public class CoTMsgParserDisRunner extends CoTparser
     public CoTMsgParserDisRunner()
     {
         descriptor = this.getClass().getSimpleName();
-        simulationTimeStepDuration = 1.0;
-        simulationTimeInitial = 0.0;
+        simulationTimeStepDuration = 1.0d;
+        simulationTimeSeconds = simulationTimeInitial = 0.0d;
         MAX_LOOP_COUNT = 4;
         initialize();
     }