diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tcponudp/extaddrfinder.cc b/libretroshare/src/tcponudp/extaddrfinder.cc
index bbfe9594a..62be9524b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tcponudp/extaddrfinder.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tcponudp/extaddrfinder.cc
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ ExtAddrFinder::ExtAddrFinder()
 	_searching = new bool ;
 	*_searching = false ;
 
-	*mFoundTS = time(NULL) - MAX_IP_STORE;
+        mFoundTS = new time_t;
+        *mFoundTS = time(NULL) - MAX_IP_STORE;
 
 	_addr = (sockaddr_in*)malloc(sizeof(sockaddr_in)) ;