diff --git a/include/globals.h b/include/globals.h
index 8755b1f0..e11fb67e 100644
--- a/include/globals.h
+++ b/include/globals.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ extern uint8_t volatile channel;              // wifi channel rotation counter
 extern uint16_t volatile macs_total, macs_wifi, macs_ble,
     batt_voltage; // display values
 extern hw_timer_t *sendCycle, *displaytimer;
-extern SemaphoreHandle_t I2Caccess;
+extern SemaphoreHandle_t I2Caccess, TimePulse;
 extern bool volatile BitsPending;
 
 extern std::set<uint16_t, std::less<uint16_t>, Mallocator<uint16_t>> macs;
diff --git a/src/cyclic.cpp b/src/cyclic.cpp
index 4b921e5a..e20d2948 100644
--- a/src/cyclic.cpp
+++ b/src/cyclic.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void doHousekeeping() {
   if ((millis() >= nextRTCTimeSync) && (timeStatus() == timeSet)) {
     nextRTCTimeSync = millis() + TIME_WRITE_INTERVAL_RTC *
                                      60000; // set up next time sync period
-    if (!set_rtctime(now()))                // epoch time
+    if (!set_rtctime(now()))    // epoch time
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RTC set time failure");
     else
       ESP_LOGI(TAG, "RTC time updated");
diff --git a/src/gpsread.cpp b/src/gpsread.cpp
index 639ad725..4a46a482 100644
--- a/src/gpsread.cpp
+++ b/src/gpsread.cpp
@@ -90,16 +90,26 @@ time_t tmConvert_t(uint16_t YYYY, uint8_t MM, uint8_t DD, uint8_t hh,
 time_t get_gpstime(void) {
   // never call now() in this function, this would break this function
   // to use as SyncProvider due to recursive call to now()
-  time_t t = 0;
+
+  time_t t;
   if ((gps.time.age() < 1500) && (gps.time.isValid())) {
-    t = 1 + tmConvert_t(gps.date.year(), gps.date.month(), gps.date.day(),
-                    gps.time.hour(), gps.time.minute(), gps.time.second());
+    t = tmConvert_t(gps.date.year(), gps.date.month(), gps.date.day(),
+                        gps.time.hour(), gps.time.minute(), gps.time.second());
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "GPS time: %4d/%02d/%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", year(t), month(t),
              day(t), hour(t), minute(t), second(t));
   } else {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "GPS has no confident time");
+    return 0;
   }
-  return t;
+
+  // sync on top of next second bv timepulse
+  if (xSemaphoreTake(TimePulse, pdMS_TO_TICKS(1000)) == pdTRUE)
+    return t;
+  else {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No GPS timepulse, thus time can't be synced by GPS");
+    return 0;
+  } // failure
+
 } // get_gpstime()
 
 // GPS serial feed FreeRTos Task
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b2ce3336..64ec184f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ hw_timer_t *displaytimer = NULL;
 #endif
 
 TaskHandle_t irqHandlerTask;
-SemaphoreHandle_t I2Caccess;
+SemaphoreHandle_t I2Caccess, TimePulse;
 
 // container holding unique MAC address hashes with Memory Alloctor using PSRAM,
 // if present
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ void setup() {
 
   I2Caccess = xSemaphoreCreateMutex(); // for access management of i2c bus
   if (I2Caccess)
-    xSemaphoreGive((I2Caccess)); // Flag the i2c bus available for use
+    xSemaphoreGive(I2Caccess); // Flag the i2c bus available for use
+
+  TimePulse = xSemaphoreCreateMutex(); // for time pulse flip
+  if (TimePulse)
+    xSemaphoreTake(TimePulse, (TickType_t)10);
+    // Block TimePulse since we have no pulse yet
 
     // disable brownout detection
 #ifdef DISABLE_BROWNOUT
diff --git a/src/rtctime.cpp b/src/rtctime.cpp
index 1f2c13da..8beb3b4c 100644
--- a/src/rtctime.cpp
+++ b/src/rtctime.cpp
@@ -191,5 +191,8 @@ time_t sync_clock(time_t t) {
 // timer
 void IRAM_ATTR CLOCKIRQ() {
   xTaskNotifyFromISR(ClockTask, xTaskGetTickCountFromISR(), eSetBits, NULL);
+#ifdef GPS_INT
+  xSemaphoreGiveFromISR(TimePulse, NULL);
+#endif
   portYIELD_FROM_ISR();
 }
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