diff --git a/input/src/event_writer.rs b/input/src/event_writer.rs
index ae9912b..c29ec48 100644
--- a/input/src/event_writer.rs
+++ b/input/src/event_writer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::async_file::{AsyncFile, OpenMode};
 use crate::event::Event;
-use crate::setup::{self, input_event};
+use crate::setup::{self, input_event, timeval};
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::mem;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ impl EventWriter {
         self.write_raw(event.to_raw()).await
     }
 
-    pub(crate) async fn write_raw(&mut self, event: input_event) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub(crate) async fn write_raw(&mut self, mut event: input_event) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        event.time = timeval {
+            tv_sec: 0,
+            tv_usec: 0,
+        };
+
         let data: [u8; mem::size_of::<input_event>()] = unsafe { mem::transmute(event) };
         self.file.write_all(&data).await
     }