diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
index 42efb2b99..e303ade61 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_timer.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ CComponentsTimer::CComponentsTimer( const int& interval)
 	tm_interval		= interval;
 
 	sl = sigc::mem_fun(*this, &CComponentsTimer::stopTimer);
-	startTimer();
+	if (interval > 0)
+		startTimer();
 }
 
 CComponentsTimer::~CComponentsTimer()