diff --git a/betterlockscreen b/betterlockscreen
index b6d2bf4..a37e31d 100755
--- a/betterlockscreen
+++ b/betterlockscreen
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ lock() {
 		--insidevercolor=$passwordCorrect --insidewrongcolor=$passwordIncorrect \
 		--ringvercolor=$foreground --ringwrongcolor=$foreground --indpos="x+280:h-70" \
 		--radius=20 --ring-width=4 --veriftext="" --wrongtext="" \
-		--textcolor="$foreground" --timecolor="$foreground" --datecolor="$foreground"
+		--textcolor="$foreground" --timecolor="$foreground" --datecolor="$foreground" \
+		--force-clock
 }
 
 postlock() {