diff --git a/src/shared/drivers/timer/TimestampTimer.h b/src/shared/drivers/timer/TimestampTimer.h
index 3f54fb1ad6959892353230fce24cc75a5e813f5c..8b2bc6f2f445bc0a21f3fd32bd754be102759e25 100644
--- a/src/shared/drivers/timer/TimestampTimer.h
+++ b/src/shared/drivers/timer/TimestampTimer.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private:
 inline uint64_t TimestampTimer::getTimestamp()
 {
 #ifdef COMPILE_FOR_HOST
-    return 0;
+    return time(NULL);
 #else
     // With a timer frequency of 250KHz, the conversion from timer ticks to
     // microseconds only take a 2 byte shift (x4)