diff --git a/src/zm_eventstream.cpp b/src/zm_eventstream.cpp
index 5e1ad605d..af9dd8639 100644
--- a/src/zm_eventstream.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_eventstream.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ bool EventStream::loadEventData(uint64_t event_id) {
   event_data->storage_id = dbrow[1] ? atoi(dbrow[1]) : 0;
   event_data->frame_count = dbrow[2] == nullptr ? 0 : atoi(dbrow[2]);
   event_data->start_time = SystemTimePoint(Seconds(atoi(dbrow[3])));
-  event_data->end_time = dbrow[4] ? SystemTimePoint(Seconds(atoi(dbrow[4]))) : SystemTimePoint();
+  event_data->end_time = dbrow[4] ? SystemTimePoint(Seconds(atoi(dbrow[4]))) : std::chrono::system_clock::now();
   event_data->duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<Microseconds>(event_data->end_time - event_data->start_time);
   event_data->frames_duration =
       std::chrono::duration_cast<Microseconds>(dbrow[5] ? FPSeconds(atof(dbrow[5])) : FPSeconds(0.0));