diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
index 5d6f76770..601a0fa28 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_bird_code(scientific_name):
 def automatic_mqtt_publish(file, detection, path):
     bird = {}
     bird['Date'] = file.file_date
-    bird['Time'] = file.time
+    bird['Time'] = file.start_time
     bird['ScientificName'] = detection.scientific_name.replace('_', ' ')
     bird['CommonName'] = detection.common_name
     bird['Confidence'] = detection.confidence