diff --git a/l2tpns.c b/l2tpns.c
index df9e4c8..9d51d24 100644
--- a/l2tpns.c
+++ b/l2tpns.c
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ static clockt now(double *f)
 	return (t.tv_sec - basetime) * 10 + t.tv_usec / 100000 + 1;
 }
 
+
+static void update_time_now_string(void)
+{
+	strftime(time_now_string, sizeof(time_now_string), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&time_now));
+}
+
 // work out a retry time based on try number
 // This is a straight bounded exponential backoff.
 // Maximum re-try time is 32 seconds. (2^5).
@@ -1592,6 +1598,9 @@ static void routeset(sessionidt s, in_addr_t ip, int prefixlen, in_addr_t gw, in
 	metric = config->route_metric;
 	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_PRIORITY, &metric, sizeof(metric));
 
+	// Update time stamp to see in logs if adding/removing routes is very long
+	now(NULL);
+	update_time_now_string();
 	LOG(1, s, session[s].tunnel, "Route %s %s/%d%s%s\n", add ? "add" : "del",
 	    fmtaddr(htonl(ip), 0), prefixlen,
 	    gw ? " via" : "", gw ? fmtaddr(htonl(gw), 2) : "");
@@ -1713,6 +1722,9 @@ void route6set(sessionidt s, struct in6_addr ip, int prefixlen, int add)
 	metric = config->route_metric;
 	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_PRIORITY, &metric, sizeof(metric));
 
+	// Update time stamp to see in logs if adding/removing routes is very long
+	now(NULL);
+	update_time_now_string();
 	LOG(1, s, session[s].tunnel, "Route %s %s/%d\n",
 	    add ? "add" : "del",
 	    inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &ip, ipv6addr, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN),
@@ -6286,7 +6298,7 @@ static void mainloop(void)
 				printf("%s\n", config->bandwidth);
 		 
 			// Update the internal time counter
-			strftime(time_now_string, sizeof(time_now_string), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&time_now));
+			update_time_now_string();
 		 
 			{
 				// Run timer hooks
@@ -7081,7 +7093,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	// Start the timer routine off
 	time(&time_now);
-	strftime(time_now_string, sizeof(time_now_string), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&time_now));
+	update_time_now_string();
 
 	initplugins();
 	initdata(optdebug, optconfig);