diff --git a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TimestampWrite.cc b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TimestampWrite.cc
index ff3b4bba1472701d6bcc8af81e641c0e0b3a5de8..c903fc8ebeb10c982362c3c4c4990b933f449e11 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TimestampWrite.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/PIC/RSPDriver/src/TimestampWrite.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void TimestampWrite::sendrequest()
   // RSP uses it on CEP output
   // BLP's use it on TBB data output via the backplane
   ts.hdr.set(MEPHeader::RSR_TIMESTAMP_HDR, MEPHeader::DST_ALL, MEPHeader::WRITE);
-  ts.timestamp = m_scheduler.getCurrentTime().sec();
+  ts.timestamp = m_scheduler.getCurrentTime().sec() + 1;
   
   m_hdr = ts.hdr;
   getBoardPort().send(ts);