diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
index 5fcda2af1f..d004fddb76 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets.Delegates
 			var optionsBG = gameRoot.GetWidget("INGAME_OPTIONS_BG");
 			
 			Game.OnGameStart += () => r.OpenWindow("INGAME_ROOT");
-			Game.OnGameStart += () => gameRoot.GetWidget<TimerWidget>("GAME_TIMER").Stopwatch.Reset();
 
 			r.GetWidget("INGAME_OPTIONS_BUTTON").OnMouseUp = mi => {
 				optionsBG.Visible = !optionsBG.Visible;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TimerWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TimerWidget.cs
index be0e9849f7..b9c4f4c6ec 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TimerWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/TimerWidget.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System;
 using System.Drawing;
 using OpenRA.Support;
 
@@ -10,17 +9,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		
 		public TimerWidget ()
 		{
-			Stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
 			IsVisible = () => Game.Settings.ShowGameTimer;
-		}
-		
-		public override void DrawInner (World world)
-		{			
-			var s = WorldUtils.FormatTime((int) Stopwatch.ElapsedTime() * 25);
-			var size = Game.chrome.renderer.RegularFont.Measure(s);
-			var padding = 5;
-			WidgetUtils.DrawPanel("dialog4",new Rectangle(RenderBounds.Top - padding, RenderBounds.Left - padding, size.X + 2*padding, size.Y + 2*padding));
-			Game.chrome.renderer.RegularFont.DrawText(s, new float2(RenderBounds.Top, RenderBounds.Left), Color.White);
+		}
+
+		public override void DrawInner(World world)
+		{
+			var s = WorldUtils.FormatTime(Game.LocalTick);
+			var f = Game.chrome.renderer.TitleFont;
+			var size = f.Measure(s);
+//			var padding = 5;
+//			WidgetUtils.DrawPanel("dialog4", new Rectangle(RenderBounds.Left - padding, RenderBounds.Top - padding, size.X + 2 * padding, size.Y + 2 * padding));
+			f.DrawText(s, new float2(RenderBounds.Left - size.X / 2, RenderBounds.Top - 20), Color.White);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mods/ra/chrome/ingame.yaml b/mods/ra/chrome/ingame.yaml
index 9ee0cc1c9b..3d229dee35 100644
--- a/mods/ra/chrome/ingame.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/chrome/ingame.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Container@ROOT:
 			Children:
 				Timer@GAME_TIMER:
 					Id:GAME_TIMER
-					X: WINDOW_BOTTOM - 30
+					X: WINDOW_RIGHT/2
 					Y: 10
 				PostGame@POSTGAME_TEXT:
 					Id:POSTGAME_TEXT