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 ff31e8ee4b41d4638647b1157602bdb214e08cdc..2945826d900fd2ba161baf6eef9a84e0d3188f97 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
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public class CoTMsgParserDisRunner extends CoTparser
         if (pduFactory == null)
             pduFactory      = getDisChannel().getPduFactory();
         entityStatePdu_1    = pduFactory.makeEntityStatePdu();
+        simulationTimeInitial = entityStatePdu_1.getTimestamp();
 //        entityStatePdu_2    = pduFactory.makeEntityStatePdu();
 //        firePdu_1a          = pduFactory.makeFirePdu();
 //        firePdu_1b          = pduFactory.makeFirePdu();