diff --git a/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/SourceSequenceCounter.h b/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/SourceSequenceCounter.h
index 6f2778a4..d7ab5d4a 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/SourceSequenceCounter.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/SourceSequenceCounter.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class SourceSequenceCounter {
   uint16_t sequenceCount;
 
  public:
-  SourceSequenceCounter() : sequenceCount(0) {}
+  SourceSequenceCounter(uint16_t initialSequenceCount = 0) : sequenceCount(initialSequenceCount) {}
   void increment() {
     sequenceCount = (sequenceCount + 1) % (SpacePacketBase::LIMIT_SEQUENCE_COUNT);
   }
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class SourceSequenceCounter {
     sequenceCount = newCount;
     return *this;
   }
+
   operator uint16_t() { return this->get(); }
 };