diff --git a/host/fipy/lib/rtc_time.py b/host/fipy/lib/rtc_time.py
index c957d2fc769e405cc7c06e037547ccadc1809341..d57b3944d0e00847266b988349464009d3e0a971 100644
--- a/host/fipy/lib/rtc_time.py
+++ b/host/fipy/lib/rtc_time.py
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ from machine import RTC
 
 
 class RTCTime:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        main_ntp_server: str = "pool.ntp.org",
-        backup_ntp_server: str = "time.nist.gov",
-        update_interval_seconds: int = 3600,
-    ):
+    # def __init__(
+    #     self,
+    #     main_ntp_server: str = "pool.ntp.org",
+    #     backup_ntp_server: str = "time.nist.gov",
+    #     update_interval_seconds: int = 3600,
+    # ):
+    #     self.rtc = RTC()
+    #     self._setup_ntp(main_ntp_server, backup_ntp_server, update_interval_seconds)
+    
+    
+    def __init__(self, datetime):
         self.rtc = RTC()
-        self._setup_ntp(main_ntp_server, backup_ntp_server, update_interval_seconds)
+        self.rtc.init(datetime)
 
     def _setup_ntp(
         self, main_ntp_server: str, backup_ntp_server: str, update_interval_seconds: int
@@ -21,6 +26,8 @@ class RTCTime:
             print(self.rtc.synced())
             sleep(1)
 
+    
+
     def get_time(self):
         return self.rtc.now()
 
diff --git a/host/fipy/main.py b/host/fipy/main.py
index 4f51b3de80d3a5452eca45df6d08ca3898394c4c..9e65d65ab025701fe5dd71b5f2f25b2a839d741b 100644
--- a/host/fipy/main.py
+++ b/host/fipy/main.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ data.send(
 )
 # data.disconnect()
 
-rtc_time = RTCTime()
+rtc_time = RTCTime((2014, 5, 1, 4, 13, 0, 0, 0))
 # w = WLAN()
 
 # ESPNOW.init()