diff --git a/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp b/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
index e640d95bd868768bf9c7af8907ff980ef681714d..38c45c940c23d3ee879b0ca02cd55b0a8da1d077 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/chat.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format.tab-size 4		(Plain Text/Source Code File Header)			*
  * @format.use-tabs true	(see http://www.synchro.net/ptsc_hdr.html)		*
  *																			*
- * Copyright 2003 Rob Swindell - http://www.synchro.net/copyright.html		*
+ * Copyright 2005 Rob Swindell - http://www.synchro.net/copyright.html		*
  *																			*
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or			*
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License				*
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@ void sbbs_t::privchat(bool local)
 		}
 	}
 
+	gettimeleft();
+
 	if(getnodedat(cfg.node_num,&thisnode,true)==0) {
 		thisnode.action=action=NODE_PCHT;
 		thisnode.aux=n;