diff --git a/daemon/lightningd.c b/daemon/lightningd.c
index 3889083fa..996960228 100644
--- a/daemon/lightningd.c
+++ b/daemon/lightningd.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static struct lightningd_state *lightningd_state(void)
 	list_head_init(&dstate->pay_commands);
 	dstate->portnum = 0;
 	dstate->testnet = true;
-	timers_init(&dstate->timers, time_now());
+	timers_init(&dstate->timers, time_mono());
 	txwatch_hash_init(&dstate->txwatches);
 	txowatch_hash_init(&dstate->txowatches);
 	dstate->secpctx = secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY
diff --git a/daemon/timeout.c b/daemon/timeout.c
index 47fe29ab1..d04ab8cae 100644
--- a/daemon/timeout.c
+++ b/daemon/timeout.c
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ struct oneshot *new_reltimer_(struct lightningd_state *dstate,
 			      void (*cb)(void *), void *arg)
 {
 	struct oneshot *t = tal(ctx, struct oneshot);
-	struct timeabs expiry = timeabs_add(time_now(), relexpiry);
 
 	t->cb = cb;
 	t->arg = arg;
 	t->dstate = dstate;
 	timer_init(&t->timer);
-	timer_add(&dstate->timers, &t->timer, expiry);
+	timer_addrel(&dstate->timers, &t->timer, relexpiry);
 	tal_add_destructor(t, remove_timer);
 
 	return t;