diff --git a/apps.json b/apps.json
index 12b09f6d1..34e215230 100644
--- a/apps.json
+++ b/apps.json
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
   { "id": "gpsrec",
     "name": "GPS Recorder",
     "icon": "app.png",
-    "version":"0.22",
+    "version":"0.23",
     "interface": "interface.html",
     "description": "Application that allows you to record a GPS track. Can run in background",
     "tags": "tool,outdoors,gps,widget",
diff --git a/apps/gpsrec/ChangeLog b/apps/gpsrec/ChangeLog
index 289fb38d6..8d13df000 100644
--- a/apps/gpsrec/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/gpsrec/ChangeLog
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 0.20: Add documentation to explain time needed for getting a time fix
 0.21: Fix issue where a period of 1s recorded every 2s, 5s every 6s, and so on
 0.22: Ensure Bangle.setGPSPower uses 'gpsrec' as a tag
+0.23: Fix issue where tracks wouldn't record when running from OpenStMap if a period hadn't been set up first
diff --git a/apps/gpsrec/widget.js b/apps/gpsrec/widget.js
index 3d22373ec..6a47f04c5 100644
--- a/apps/gpsrec/widget.js
+++ b/apps/gpsrec/widget.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   var fixToggle = false; // toggles once for each reading
   var gpsTrack; // file for GPS track
   var gpsOn = false;
-  var lastFixTime;
+  var lastFixTime = Date.now();
 
   // draw your widget
   function draw() {
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
     fixToggle = !fixToggle;
     WIDGETS["gpsrec"].draw();
     if (hasFix) {
-      var period = 1000000;
-      if (lastFixTime!==undefined)
-        period = fix.time.getTime() - lastFixTime;
+      var period = fix.time.getTime() - lastFixTime;
       if (period+500 > settings.period*1000) { // round up
         lastFixTime = fix.time.getTime();
         try {
@@ -78,8 +76,7 @@
     reload();
     Bangle.drawWidgets(); // relayout all widgets
   },plotTrack:function(m) { // m=instance of openstmap module
-    settings = require("Storage").readJSON("gpsrec.json",1)||{};
-    settings.file |= 0;
+    // if we're here, settings was already loaded
     var n = settings.file.toString(36);
     var f = require("Storage").open(".gpsrc"+n,"r");
     var l = f.readLine(f);