diff --git a/RhinoReminds/ClientListener.cs b/RhinoReminds/ClientListener.cs
index 41bdc06..455d7e1 100644
--- a/RhinoReminds/ClientListener.cs
+++ b/RhinoReminds/ClientListener.cs
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ namespace RhinoReminds
 			while (true) {
 				nextReminder = reminderList.GetNextReminder();
 				// Wait for the next reminder
-				TimeSpan nextWaitingTime;
+				TimeSpan nextWaitingTime = new TimeSpan();
 				try {
 					if (nextReminder != null) {
 						nextWaitingTime = nextReminder.Time - DateTime.Now;
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace RhinoReminds
 				Jid targetJid = nextReminder.Jid; // Apparently nextReminder is null after the sendAndDeleteReminder() call - very odd!
 				sendAndDeleteReminder(nextReminder);
 
-				if (nextWaitingTime.TotalMilliseconds < -1) {
+				if (nextWaitingTime.TotalMilliseconds < -1 * 2000) {
 					client.SendChatMessage(
 						targetJid,
 						"(Sorry I'm late reminding you! I might not have been running at the time, " +