diff --git a/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp b/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
index 35b15789..6ceed609 100644
--- a/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
+++ b/mission/tmtc/PersistentTmStore.cpp
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ ReturnValue_t PersistentTmStore::createMostRecentFile(std::optional<uint8_t> suf
 }
 
 ReturnValue_t PersistentTmStore::initializeTmStore() {
+  Clock::getClock_timeval(&currentTv);
   updateBaseDir();
   return assignAndOrCreateMostRecentFile();
 }