diff --git a/src/navier-stokes.c b/src/navier-stokes.c
index bab2710..afcb1ee 100644
--- a/src/navier-stokes.c
+++ b/src/navier-stokes.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int eea(
       remove_entry(params, "starting_time");
       remove_entry(params, "init");
       remove_entry(params, "nsteps");
-      fprintf(savefile," -p \"%s;starting_time=%lu;nsteps=%lu;init=file:%s\"", params, t+1, (nsteps < t+1 ? 0 : nsteps-t-1), savefile_string);
+      fprintf(savefile," -p \"%s;starting_time=%lu;nsteps=%lu;init=file:%s\"", params, t+1, (nsteps+starting_time < t+1 ? 0 : nsteps+starting_time-t-1), savefile_string);
       free(params);
     }
     fprintf(savefile," energy\n");