diff --git a/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.cpp b/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.cpp
index 8fb33f12f..aa2590293 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "fsfw/timemanager/Clock.h"
 
+CdsShortTimeStamper::CdsShortTimeStamper() : SystemObject(0, false) {}
+
 CdsShortTimeStamper::CdsShortTimeStamper(object_id_t objectId) : SystemObject(objectId) {}
 
 ReturnValue_t CdsShortTimeStamper::serialize(uint8_t **buffer, size_t *size, size_t maxSize,
diff --git a/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.h b/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.h
index 244d54b66..a16a07b6f 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/timemanager/CdsShortTimeStamper.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 class CdsShortTimeStamper : public TimeWriterIF, public TimeReaderIF, public SystemObject {
  public:
   static constexpr size_t TIMESTAMP_LEN = 7;
+  CdsShortTimeStamper();
   /**
    * @brief   Default constructor which also registers the time stamper as a
    *          system object so it can be found with the #objectManager.