@@ -1085,11 +1085,11 @@
                 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing test steps")
                 (tasks:sync-test-steps dbh cached-info test-step-ids smallest-last-update-time)
 								(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing test data")
                 (tasks:sync-test-gen-data dbh cached-info test-data-ids smallest-last-update-time)
                 (print "----------done---------------")))
-     (let*  ((smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f)))
+     (let*  ((smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" (current-seconds))))
      (debug:print-info 0 "smallest-time :" smallest-time  " last-sync-time " last-sync-time)
     (if (not (and target run-name)) 
 	  (if (or (and smallest-time (> smallest-time last-sync-time)) (and smallest-time (eq? last-sync-time 0)))
 				(pgdb:write-sync-time dbh area-info smallest-time))))) ;;this needs to be changed
 	(if (tasks:set-area dbh configdat)