--- a/build/mobile/sutagent/android/watcher/WatcherService.java
+++ b/build/mobile/sutagent/android/watcher/WatcherService.java
@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.KeyguardManager;
 import android.app.Notification;
@@ -48,16 +49,17 @@ public class WatcherService extends Serv
 {
     String sErrorPrefix = "##Installer Error## ";
     String currentDir = "/";
     String sPingTarget = "";
     long lDelay = 60000;
     long lPeriod = 300000;
     int nMaxStrikes = 0; // maximum number of tries before we consider network unreachable (0 means don't check)
     boolean bStartSUTAgent = true;
+    boolean bStartedTimer = false;
 
     Process    pProc;
     Context myContext = null;
     Timer myTimer = null;
     private PowerManager.WakeLock pwl = null;
     public static final int NOTIFICATION_ID = 1964;
     boolean bInstalling = false;
 
@@ -212,19 +214,23 @@ public class WatcherService extends Serv
                 boolean bReboot = intent.getBooleanExtra("reboot", true);
                 int nReboot = bReboot ? 1 : 0;
                    SendNotification("WatcherService updating " + sPkgName + " using file " + sPkgFile, "WatcherService updating " + sPkgName + " using file " + sPkgFile);
 
                    UpdateApplication worker = new UpdateApplication(sPkgName, sPkgFile, sOutFile, nReboot);
                 }
             else if (sCmd.equalsIgnoreCase("start"))
                 {
-                doToast("WatcherService started");
-                myTimer = new Timer();
-                myTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new MyTime(), lDelay, lPeriod);
+                if (!this.bStartedTimer) {
+                    doToast("WatcherService started");
+                    myTimer = new Timer();
+                    Date startSchedule = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + lDelay);
+                    myTimer.schedule(new MyTime(), startSchedule, lPeriod);
+                    this.bStartedTimer = true;
+                }
                 }
             else
                 {
                 doToast("WatcherService unknown command");
                 }
             }
         else
             doToast("WatcherService created");