diff --git a/src/game/tick.service.ts b/src/game/tick.service.ts
index a12c45220f38fad268d0ca4ab86932f69aa54668..b6ba273588a4b706ebf3b5b929d8ff49946251c0 100644
--- a/src/game/tick.service.ts
+++ b/src/game/tick.service.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ScoreService } from '../score/score.service';
+import { GameService } from './game.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class TickService {
-  constructor(private scoreService: ScoreService) {
+  constructor(
+    private scoreService: ScoreService,
+    private gameService: GameService,
+  ) {
     // whenever Tickservice is called, it will start ticktimer
     /* 
     WARNING: multiple calls start multiple timers, 
@@ -21,6 +25,14 @@ export class TickService {
   async startTimer() {
     this.logger.log('Started timer');
     setInterval(this.Tick, this.tickInterval);
+
+    // get games with STARTED value
+    let games = await this.gameService.listGames('STARTED');
+
+    // add STARTED games to dictionary
+    games.map(game => {
+      this.ongoingGames[game.id] = Date.now();
+    });
   }
 
   // add the game to tick queue