diff --git a/src/ssb.rpc.c b/src/ssb.rpc.c
index fa3d95bb..f4e9f347 100644
--- a/src/ssb.rpc.c
+++ b/src/ssb.rpc.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 #define _countof(a) ((int)(sizeof((a)) / sizeof(*(a))))
 #endif
 
-static void _tf_ssb_rpc_gossip_ping(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t flags, int32_t request_number, JSValue args, const uint8_t* message, size_t size, void* user_data)
+static void _tf_ssb_rpc_gossip_ping_callback(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t flags, int32_t request_number, JSValue args, const uint8_t* message, size_t size, void* user_data)
 {
 	char buffer[256];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%" PRId64, (int64_t)time(NULL));
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%" PRId64, (int64_t)time(NULL) * 1000);
 	tf_ssb_connection_rpc_send(
 		connection,
 		flags,
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ static void _tf_ssb_rpc_gossip_ping(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t fla
 		NULL);
 }
 
+static void _tf_ssb_rpc_gossip_ping(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t flags, int32_t request_number, JSValue args, const uint8_t* message, size_t size, void* user_data)
+{
+	tf_ssb_connection_add_request(connection, -request_number, _tf_ssb_rpc_gossip_ping_callback, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 static void _tf_ssb_rpc_blobs_get(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t flags, int32_t request_number, JSValue args, const uint8_t* message, size_t size, void* user_data)
 {
 	tf_ssb_t* ssb = tf_ssb_connection_get_ssb(connection);