diff --git a/applications/recorder/src/main.cpp b/applications/recorder/src/main.cpp
index c00daa9755a931dfc894e191746c8bfe52558cc3..58966e176846367f232b9d214e0e5bd68064dede 100644
--- a/applications/recorder/src/main.cpp
+++ b/applications/recorder/src/main.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ static void run(ftl::Configurable *root) {
 		return true;
 	});
 
+	LOG(INFO) << "Start timer";
+	ftl::timer::start(true);
+
 	LOG(INFO) << "Shutting down...";
 	ftl::timer::stop();
 	slave.stop();