diff --git a/apps/sched/boot.js b/apps/sched/boot.js
index c1bb1fc66..d736dd0e7 100644
--- a/apps/sched/boot.js
+++ b/apps/sched/boot.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     If active[0].js is defined, just run that code as-is and not alarm.js */
     Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout(active[0].js||'load("sched.js")',t);
   } else { // check for new alarms at midnight (so day of week works)
-    Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout('eval(require("Storage").read("sched.boot.js"))', 86400000 - (Date.now()%86400000));
+    Bangle.SCHED = setTimeout('eval(require("Storage").read("sched.boot.js"))', 86400000 - currentTime);
   }
 })();
 /* DEBUGGING