diff --git a/proxywatchd.py b/proxywatchd.py
index 6d81897..d72ac17 100644
--- a/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/proxywatchd.py
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ class Proxywatchd():
 		self._close_db()
 
 		self.submit_after = 200 # number of collected jobs before writing db
-		self.echoise = time.time() - 3600;
-		self.ticks = time.time() - 3600;
 		self.jobs = []
 		self.collected = []