diff --git a/platform/minimal-net/clock.c b/platform/minimal-net/clock.c
index 1b4aced3b..ce2be44c8 100644
--- a/platform/minimal-net/clock.c
+++ b/platform/minimal-net/clock.c
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
 #include "sys/clock.h"
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
+static long startsecs=0,startmsecs=0;
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void
+clock_init(void)
+{
+  struct timeval tv;
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) ;
+  startmsecs=tv.tv_usec/1000;
+  startsecs=tv.tv_sec;
+}
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 clock_time_t
 clock_time(void)
@@ -56,6 +66,19 @@ clock_time(void)
 unsigned long
 clock_seconds(void)
 {
+/* Returne seconds since startup */
+  long secs,msecs;
+  struct timeval tv;
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) ;
+  msecs=tv.tv_usec/1000;
+  secs=tv.tv_sec;
+  secs -=startsecs;
+  msecs-=startmsecs;
+  if (msecs<0) secs--;
+  return secs;
+}
+#if 0
+ /* Return seconds since midnight*/
   struct timeval tv;
   struct timezone tz;
    
@@ -63,6 +86,7 @@ clock_seconds(void)
  
   return tv.tv_sec;
 }
+#endif
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void
 clock_delay(unsigned int d)
diff --git a/platform/minimal-net/contiki-main.c b/platform/minimal-net/contiki-main.c
index c65dd3977..4944ab46a 100644
--- a/platform/minimal-net/contiki-main.c
+++ b/platform/minimal-net/contiki-main.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ sprint_ip6(uip_ip6addr_t addr)
 int
 main(void)
 {
+  clock_init();
 #if UIP_CONF_IPV6
 /* A hard coded address overrides the stack default MAC address to allow multiple instances.
  * uip6.c defines it as {0x00,0x06,0x98,0x00,0x02,0x32} giving an ipv6 address of [fe80::206:98ff:fe00:232]
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ main(void)
   /* Make standard output unbuffered. */
   setvbuf(stdout, (char *)NULL, _IONBF, 0);
 
+    printf("\n*******%s online*******\n",CONTIKI_VERSION_STRING);
+
   while(1) {
     fd_set fds;
     int n;