diff --git a/apps/app_meetme.c b/apps/app_meetme.c
index 064e52c7816cfbd473bef5268346bfe789a42472..637ebef83d92193afa6bbaf2b5f06eb18d474d82 100755
--- a/apps/app_meetme.c
+++ b/apps/app_meetme.c
@@ -534,7 +534,9 @@ static int conf_run(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_conference *conf, int c
 	memset(user, 0, sizeof(struct ast_conf_user));
 
 	user->user_no = 0; /* User number 0 means starting up user! (dead - not in the list!) */
-	
+
+	time(&user->jointime);
+
 	if (conf->locked) {
 		/* Sorry, but this confernce is locked! */	
 		if (!ast_streamfile(chan, "conf-locked", chan->language))
@@ -567,7 +569,6 @@ static int conf_run(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_conference *conf, int c
 			conf->lastuser = user;
 		}
 	}
-	strncpy(user->usrvalue, "test", sizeof(user->usrvalue) - 1);
 	user->chan = chan;
 	user->userflags = confflags;
 	user->adminflags = 0;
@@ -1053,10 +1054,10 @@ outrun:
 				else
 					ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Bad! Bad! Bad! user->prevuser is NULL but we're not the beginning!\n");
 			}
-			/* Return the number of seconds the user was in the conf */
-			snprintf(meetmesecs, sizeof(meetmesecs), "%i", (int) (user->jointime - time(NULL)));
-			pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "MEETMESECS", meetmesecs);
 		}
+		/* Return the number of seconds the user was in the conf */
+		snprintf(meetmesecs, sizeof(meetmesecs), "%i", (int) (time(NULL) - user->jointime));
+		pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "MEETMESECS", meetmesecs);
 	}
 	free(user);
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&conflock);