diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 7138cd82..e421a8f2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ function install_tox_client {
 }
 
 function mesh_tox_node {
+    SECONDS=0
     # obtain commits from the main file
     TOXCORE_COMMIT_MAIN=$(grep "TOXCORE_COMMIT=" "/usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/apps/${PROJECT_NAME}-app-tox" | head -n 1 | awk -F "'" '{print $2}')
     if [ ${#TOXCORE_COMMIT_MAIN} -gt 10 ]; then
@@ -533,7 +534,6 @@ EOF
         systemctl enable tox-bootstrapd.service
     fi
 
-    SECONDS=0
     if [ ! -f "$rootdir/usr/local/bin/tox-bootstrapd" ]; then
         duration=$SECONDS
         echo $"Toxcore compile failed at $((duration / 60)) minutes and $((duration % 60)) seconds elapsed."