diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index 6da1465..20bac21 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static bool submit_old = false;
 bool use_syslog = false;
 bool use_colors = false;
 static bool opt_background = false;
-static bool opt_quiet = false;
+bool opt_quiet = false;
 static int opt_retries = -1;
 static int opt_fail_pause = 30;
 int opt_timeout = 270;
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static void stratum_gen_work(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, struct work *work)
 	for (i = 0; i < (int)sctx->xnonce2_size && !++sctx->job.xnonce2[i]; i++);
 
 	/* Assemble block header */
-	memset(work->data, 0, 128);
+	memset(work->data, 0, sizeof(work->data));
 	work->data[0] = le32dec(sctx->job.version);
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
 		work->data[1 + i] = le32dec((uint32_t *)sctx->job.prevhash + i);
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static void stratum_gen_work(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, struct work *work)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sctx->work_lock);
 
 	if (opt_debug) {
-		char *tm = atime2str(swab32(work->data[17]));
+		char *tm = atime2str(swab32(work->data[17]) - sctx->srvtime_diff);
 		char *xnonce2str = bin2hex(work->xnonce2, sctx->xnonce2_size);
 		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "DEBUG: job_id=%s xnonce2=%s time=%s",
 		       work->job_id, xnonce2str, tm);
@@ -1690,6 +1690,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		sprintf(rpc_userpass, "%s:%s", rpc_user, rpc_pass);
 	}
 
+	/* init stratum data.. */
+	memset(&stratum.url, 0, sizeof(stratum));
+
 	pthread_mutex_init(&stats_lock, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&g_work_lock, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&stratum.sock_lock, NULL);
diff --git a/miner.h b/miner.h
index 3100371..9101c61 100644
--- a/miner.h
+++ b/miner.h
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ struct stratum_ctx {
 	size_t xnonce2_size;
 	struct stratum_job job;
 	pthread_mutex_t work_lock;
+
+	int srvtime_diff;
 };
 
 bool stratum_socket_full(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, int timeout);
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 275abf7..73a1847 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include "compat/winansi.h"
@@ -1012,12 +1011,13 @@ out:
 
 static bool stratum_notify(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, json_t *params)
 {
-	const char *job_id, *prevhash, *coinb1, *coinb2, *version, *nbits, *ntime, *nreward;
+	const char *job_id, *prevhash, *coinb1, *coinb2, *version, *nbits, *stime, *nreward;
 	size_t coinb1_size, coinb2_size;
 	bool clean, ret = false;
 	int merkle_count, i;
 	json_t *merkle_arr;
 	unsigned char **merkle;
+	int ntime;
 
 	job_id = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 0));
 	prevhash = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 1));
@@ -1029,16 +1029,26 @@ static bool stratum_notify(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, json_t *params)
 	merkle_count = json_array_size(merkle_arr);
 	version = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 5));
 	nbits = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 6));
-	ntime = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 7));
+	stime = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 7));
 	clean = json_is_true(json_array_get(params, 8));
 	nreward = json_string_value(json_array_get(params, 9));
 
-	if (!job_id || !prevhash || !coinb1 || !coinb2 || !version || !nbits || !ntime ||
+	if (!job_id || !prevhash || !coinb1 || !coinb2 || !version || !nbits || !stime ||
 	    strlen(prevhash) != 64 || strlen(version) != 8 ||
-	    strlen(nbits) != 8 || strlen(ntime) != 8) {
+	    strlen(nbits) != 8 || strlen(stime) != 8) {
 		applog(LOG_ERR, "Stratum notify: invalid parameters");
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	/* store stratum server time diff */
+	hex2bin((unsigned char *)&ntime, stime, 4);
+	ntime = swab32(ntime) - time(0);
+	if (ntime > sctx->srvtime_diff) {
+		sctx->srvtime_diff = ntime;
+		if (!opt_quiet)
+			applog(LOG_DEBUG, "stratum time is at least %ds in the future", ntime);
+	}
+
 	merkle = (unsigned char**)malloc(merkle_count * sizeof(char *));
 	for (i = 0; i < merkle_count; i++) {
 		const char *s = json_string_value(json_array_get(merkle_arr, i));
@@ -1079,7 +1089,7 @@ static bool stratum_notify(struct stratum_ctx *sctx, json_t *params)
 
 	hex2bin(sctx->job.version, version, 4);
 	hex2bin(sctx->job.nbits, nbits, 4);
-	hex2bin(sctx->job.ntime, ntime, 4);
+	hex2bin(sctx->job.ntime, stime, 4);
 	if(nreward != NULL)
 	{
 		if(strlen(nreward) == 4)
@@ -1368,11 +1378,9 @@ size_t time2str(char* buf, time_t timer)
  */
 char* atime2str(time_t timer)
 {
-	struct tm* tm_info;
-	char* buf = malloc(16);
+	char* buf = (char*) malloc(16);
 	memset(buf, 0, 16);
-	tm_info = localtime(&timer);
-	strftime(buf, 19, "%H:%M:%S", tm_info);
+	time2str(buf, timer);
 	return buf;
 }