diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/GameTimerLogic.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/GameTimerLogic.cs
index 8233b9eda7..c3b048f404 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/GameTimerLogic.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/GameTimerLogic.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
+using System;
 using OpenRA.Network;
 using OpenRA.Widgets;
 
@@ -19,27 +20,39 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 		public GameTimerLogic(Widget widget, OrderManager orderManager, World world)
 		{
 			var timer = widget.GetOrNull<LabelWidget>("GAME_TIMER");
-			if (timer != null)
-				timer.GetText = () => WidgetUtils.FormatTime(world.WorldTick);
-
 			var status = widget.GetOrNull<LabelWidget>("GAME_TIMER_STATUS");
+			var startTick = Ui.LastTickTime;
+
+			Func<bool> shouldShowStatus = () => (world.Paused || world.Timestep != Game.Timestep)
+				&& (Ui.LastTickTime - startTick) / 1000 % 2 == 0;
+
+			Func<string> statusText = () =>
+			{
+				if (world.Paused || world.Timestep == 0)
+					return "Paused";
+
+				if (world.Timestep == 1)
+					return "Max Speed";
+
+				return "{0:F1}x Speed".F(Game.Timestep * 1f / world.Timestep);
+			};
+
+			if (timer != null)
+			{
+				timer.GetText = () => 
+				{
+					if (status == null && shouldShowStatus())
+						return statusText();
+
+					return WidgetUtils.FormatTime(world.WorldTick);
+				};
+			}
+
 			if (status != null)
 			{
-				var startTick = Ui.LastTickTime;
 				// Blink the status line
-				status.IsVisible = () => (world.Paused || world.Timestep != Game.Timestep)
-					&& (Ui.LastTickTime - startTick) / 1000 % 2 == 0;
-
-				status.GetText = () =>
-				{
-					if (world.Paused || world.Timestep == 0)
-						return "Paused";
-
-					if (world.Timestep == 1)
-						return "Max Speed";
-
-					return "{0:F1}x Speed".F(Game.Timestep * 1f / world.Timestep);
-				};
+				status.IsVisible = shouldShowStatus;
+				status.GetText = statusText;
 			}
 		}
 	}