diff --git a/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php b/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
index d45ca998..72463fb8 100644
--- a/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
+++ b/application/views/interface_assets/footer.php
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ $(document).on('keypress',function(e) {
 
       if ( ! manual ) {
         $(function($) {
-           resetTimers();
+           resetTimers(0);
         });
       }
     });
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ $(document).on('keypress',function(e) {
 	  if (e.key === "Escape") { // escape key maps to keycode `27`
 		  reset_fields();
 		  if ( ! manual ) {
-		     resetTimers()
+		     resetTimers(0)
 		  }
 		  $('#callsign').val("");
 		  $("#callsign").focus();
diff --git a/application/views/qso/index.php b/application/views/qso/index.php
index ba10812f..5fb4acd4 100755
--- a/application/views/qso/index.php
+++ b/application/views/qso/index.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <div class="col-sm-5">
     <div class="card">
 
-    <form id="qso_input" method="post" action="<?php echo site_url('qso') . "?manual=" . $_GET['manual']; ?>" name="qsos" autocomplete="off" onReset="resetTimers();">
+    <form id="qso_input" method="post" action="<?php echo site_url('qso') . "?manual=" . $_GET['manual']; ?>" name="qsos" autocomplete="off" onReset="resetTimers(<?php echo $_GET['manual']; ?>);">
 
       <div class="card-header">
         <ul style="font-size: 15px;" class="nav nav-tabs card-header-tabs pull-right"  id="myTab" role="tablist">
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/qso.js b/assets/js/sections/qso.js
index 58f0a962..5a8aa64a 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/qso.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/qso.js
@@ -522,10 +522,12 @@ function reset_fields() {
 	$('.dxccsummary').remove();
 }
 
-function resetTimers() {
-	handleStart = setInterval(function() { getUTCTimeStamp($('.input_start_time')); }, 500);
-	handleEnd = setInterval(function() { getUTCTimeStamp($('.input_end_time')); }, 500);
-	handleDate = setInterval(function() { getUTCDateStamp($('.input_date')); }, 1000);
+function resetTimers(manual) {
+	if (typeof manual !== 'undefined' && manual != 1) {
+		handleStart = setInterval(function() { getUTCTimeStamp($('.input_start_time')); }, 500);
+		handleEnd = setInterval(function() { getUTCTimeStamp($('.input_end_time')); }, 500);
+		handleDate = setInterval(function() { getUTCDateStamp($('.input_date')); }, 1000);
+	}
 }
 
 $("#callsign").focusout(function() {