diff --git a/classes/NMLClock.sc b/classes/NMLClock.sc
index 8873194..4eda9e3 100644
--- a/classes/NMLClock.sc
+++ b/classes/NMLClock.sc
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ FollowerClock : Clock {
 		if (phase < 0) { phase = phase % quant };
 		^roundUp(this.beats - baseBarBeat - (phase % quant), quant) + baseBarBeat + phase
 	}
+
+	timeToNextBeat { arg quant=1.0; // logical time to next beat
+		^quant.nextTimeOnGrid(this) - this.beats
+	}
 }
 
 ConductorClock {
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ BeaconClock : TempoClock {
 				count = msg[2];
 				numReplies = msg[3];
 				onlinePeers = addrBook.onlinePeers;
-				if((name != addrBook.me.name && numReplies == onlinePeers.size) || (numReplies < 3 && (numReplies > 0) && numReplies == onlinePeers.size), { // ignore my own beacons if possible
+				if(((name != addrBook.me.name) && (numReplies == (onlinePeers.size-1))) || ((numReplies < 3) && (numReplies > 0) && (numReplies == onlinePeers.size)), { // ignore my own beacons if possible
 					//(addrBook.me.name ++ "received Beacon").postln;
 					beaconKey = (name ++ count).asSymbol;
 					myBeats = this.secs2beats(time);