diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/tmss_ra_adapter/lib/tmss_ra_adapter.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/tmss_ra_adapter/lib/tmss_ra_adapter.py
index 1e861ccbda82ab4907fce008a53cb2828c62d85a..eeadb94510ff62034f92b6ffbafd76f6c042d4cf 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/tmss_ra_adapter/lib/tmss_ra_adapter.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/services/tmss_ra_adapter/lib/tmss_ra_adapter.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 import requests
 from dateutil import parser
+from datetime import timedelta
 import json
 from lofar.common import isProductionEnvironment, isTestEnvironment
 from lofar.common.util import waitForInterrupt
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ class RAEventMessageHandlerForTMSSSynchronization(RAEventMessageHandler):
                         "description": "A reservation while OTDB observation %s %s %s is observing" % (ra_task['project_name'], ra_task['otdb_id'], ra_task['description']),
                         "specifications_doc": specifications_doc,
                         "specifications_template": self._tmss_client.get_full_url_for_path('/reservation_template/1'),
-                        "start_time": ra_task['starttime'],
-                        "stop_time": ra_task['endtime']
+                        "start_time": (parser.parse(ra_task['starttime'], ignoretz=True) - timedelta(minutes=1)).isoformat(),  # add one minute so that TMSS stops early enough before MoM starts
+                        "stop_time": (parser.parse(ra_task['endtime'], ignoretz=True) + timedelta(minutes=1)).isoformat()  # add one minute so that TMSS does not start something else too soon after MoM finishes
                     }
                     self._tmss_client.post_to_path_and_get_result_as_json_object('/reservation', json_data=reservation)