diff --git a/cmd/cgr-tester/cgr-tester.go b/cmd/cgr-tester/cgr-tester.go
index f8e2b9bd6..0d509a2c0 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-tester/cgr-tester.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-tester/cgr-tester.go
@@ -155,11 +155,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	var timeparsed time.Duration
 	var err error
+	tstart := time.Now().Local()
 	timeparsed, err = time.ParseDuration(*usage)
-	timeout := time.Now().Local().Add(timeparsed)
+	tend := tstart.Add(timeparsed)
 	cd := &engine.CallDescriptor{
-		TimeStart:     time.Now().Local(),
-		TimeEnd:       timeout,
+		TimeStart:     tstart,
+		TimeEnd:       tend,
 		DurationIndex: 60 * time.Second,
 		Direction:     "*out",
 		TOR:           *tor,