diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f1d491ac..2e83cf63 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1568,8 +1568,10 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
 	{
 		FILE *telem_binary = fopen("/home/pi/CubeSatSim/tlm.bin", "wb");
 		if (telem_binary != NULL) {
+			time_t now = time(0);
+			fwrite(b, sizeof(how), 1, &now);
 			int bytes_written = fwrite(b, sizeof(char), 70, telem_binary);
-			printf("Writing %d bytes to tlm.bin\n", bytes_written);
+			printf("Writing %d bytes to tlm.bin\n", bytes_written + 4);
 			fclose(telem_binary);
 		}
 		else