diff --git a/src/Application.kt b/src/Application.kt
index 0e06697..30f44fe 100644
--- a/src/Application.kt
+++ b/src/Application.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>): Unit = io.ktor.server.tomcat.EngineMain.main(args
 fun Application.module(testing: Boolean = false) {
     runBlocking {
         var startTime: Instant
+        var currTimeStamp: Instant
         var elapsed = Duration.ZERO
         val targetTime = Duration.ofSeconds(System.getenv("WAITTIME").toLong())
         var currIter = 0
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ fun Application.module(testing: Boolean = false) {
                 while (elapsed < targetTime) {
                     currIter += 1
                     uploaders.add(Uploader(currIter))
+                    currTimeStamp = Instant.now()
+                    elapsed = Duration.between(startTime, currTimeStamp)
                 }
                 for (uploader in uploaders) {
                     uploader.sendRequest()