diff --git a/app/ASUSWmi.cs b/app/ASUSWmi.cs
index 9cb09742..70d4f129 100644
--- a/app/ASUSWmi.cs
+++ b/app/ASUSWmi.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ public class ASUSWmi
         byte[] args = new byte[8];
         BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)DeviceID).CopyTo(args, 0);
         byte[] status = CallMethod(DSTS, args);
+        
         return BitConverter.ToInt32(status, 0) - 65536;
+
     }
 
     public byte[] DeviceGetBuffer(uint DeviceID, uint Status = 0)
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ public class ASUSWmi
         byte[] args = new byte[8];
         BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)DeviceID).CopyTo(args, 0);
         BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)Status).CopyTo(args, 4);
+        
         return CallMethod(DSTS, args);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/AnimeMatrix/AnimeMatrixDevice.cs b/app/AnimeMatrix/AnimeMatrixDevice.cs
index ba1c9e2d..17190849 100644
--- a/app/AnimeMatrix/AnimeMatrixDevice.cs
+++ b/app/AnimeMatrix/AnimeMatrixDevice.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ using Starlight.Communication;
 using System.Management;
 using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System;
 
 namespace Starlight.AnimeMatrix
 {
@@ -359,6 +361,15 @@ namespace Starlight.AnimeMatrix
         }
 
 
+        public void PresentClock()
+        {
+            int second = DateTime.Now.Second;
+
+            if (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern.Contains("H"))
+                PresentText(DateTime.Now.ToString("H" + ((second % 2 == 0)?":":" ") + "mm"));
+            else
+                PresentText(DateTime.Now.ToString("h" + ((second % 2 == 0) ? ":" : " ") + "mm"), DateTime.Now.ToString("tt"));
+        }
 
         public void PresentText(string text1, string text2 = "")
         {
diff --git a/app/Settings.cs b/app/Settings.cs
index 7294c1f6..75419546 100644
--- a/app/Settings.cs
+++ b/app/Settings.cs
@@ -354,29 +354,7 @@ namespace GHelper
                     mat.PresentNextFrame();
                     break;
                 case 3:
-                    string format1, format2;
-                    if (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern.Contains("H"))
-                    {
-                        format1 = "H:mm";
-                        format2 = "";
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        format1 = "h:mm";
-                        format2 = "tt";
-                    }
-
-                    if (matrixTick > 0)
-                    {
-                        format1 = format1.Replace(":", " ");
-                        matrixTick = 0;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        matrixTick++;
-                    }
-
-                    mat.PresentText(DateTime.Now.ToString(format1), DateTime.Now.ToString(format2));
+                    mat.PresentClock();
                     break;
             }
 
@@ -745,7 +723,6 @@ namespace GHelper
             bool overdriveSetting = (Program.config.getConfig("no_overdrive") != 1);
 
             int overdrive = Program.wmi.DeviceGet(ASUSWmi.ScreenOverdrive);
-
             int miniled = Program.wmi.DeviceGet(ASUSWmi.ScreenMiniled);
 
             bool screenEnabled = (frequency >= 0);