diff --git a/src/modelec_strat/src/navigation_helper.cpp b/src/modelec_strat/src/navigation_helper.cpp
index 17886ca..682cfcf 100644
--- a/src/modelec_strat/src/navigation_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/modelec_strat/src/navigation_helper.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ namespace Modelec
     {
         if ((node_->now() - last_odo_get_pos_time_).seconds() > 1)
         {
+            last_odo_get_pos_time_ = node_->now();
             RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Requesting current position from odometry");
             std_msgs::msg::Empty empty_msg;
             odo_get_pos_pub_->publish(empty_msg);
-            last_odo_get_pos_time_ = node_->now();
         }
     }