diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/timerUtils.ts b/apps/server/src/services/timerUtils.ts
index 4c0c3764a..71b796da8 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/timerUtils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/timerUtils.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export const updateRoll = (state: RuntimeState) => {
  * @returns
  */
 export function getRuntimeOffset(state: RuntimeState): MaybeNumber {
-  if (state.runtime.actualStart === null) {
+  if (state.eventNow === null || state.runtime.actualStart === null) {
     return null;
   }