diff --git a/src/timemanager.f90 b/src/timemanager.f90
index 21bbae5ad0a8d6131ea24d7bdd4dc2e44074de18..a3f5e7367f2ff8d99d84e5af9cf931fe17ffce9e 100644
--- a/src/timemanager.f90
+++ b/src/timemanager.f90
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ subroutine timemanager
 
 
   !write(*,45) itime,numpart,gridtotalunc,wetgridtotalunc,drygridtotalunc
+  itime=0 ! initialise to avoid random numbers on output IP 2015-03-02
   write(*,46) float(itime)/3600,itime,numpart
   if (verbosity.gt.0) then
     write (*,*) 'timemanager> starting simulation'