diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/transaction/transaction.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/transaction/transaction.component.ts
index 4c2dbccb0..3fe194cb5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/transaction/transaction.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/transaction/transaction.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class TransactionComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   fetchRbfHistory$ = new Subject<string>();
   fetchCachedTx$ = new Subject<string>();
   isCached: boolean = false;
-  now = new Date().getTime();
+  now = Date.now();
   timeAvg$: Observable<number>;
   liquidUnblinding = new LiquidUnblinding();
   inputIndex: number;
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ export class TransactionComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
         return;
       }
 
+      this.now = Date.now();
+
       const txFeePerVSize =
         this.tx.effectiveFeePerVsize || this.tx.fee / (this.tx.weight / 4);