diff --git a/src/qudi/hardware/timetagger/swabian_tagger.py b/src/qudi/hardware/timetagger/swabian_tagger.py
index 1151179..7d842db 100644
--- a/src/qudi/hardware/timetagger/swabian_tagger.py
+++ b/src/qudi/hardware/timetagger/swabian_tagger.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def __update_data(self):
             if self.module_state() == 'locked':
                 self.counter.waitUntilFinished(self._bin_width * 1e-6 * 100) # in ms, should never reach this limit, but just in case
                 self.sigScanFinished.emit(
-                    np.array([time.time(), np.squeeze(self.get_data_trace())])
+                    np.array(np.squeeze(self.get_data_trace()))
                 )
                 
                 self.counter.startFor(self._bin_width * 1000) # in ps, should be stored as such #TODO