diff --git a/routes/system.js b/routes/system.js
index 6be0416..640a9ac 100644
--- a/routes/system.js
+++ b/routes/system.js
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ var ejs = require('ejs');
 var templ = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../templates/system.ejs').toString();
 var cache = require('../lib/cache');
 
+var started = new Date();
+
 module.exports = system;
 
 function system(req, res) {
   var data = {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
-    started: new Date(Date.now()  - process.uptime()),
+    started: started,
     pid: process.pid,
     cacheage: cache.lastcacherebuild,
     version: process.version