diff --git a/lib/Resmon/Status.pm b/lib/Resmon/Status.pm
index 3a2d78afeb97bfde9c8e367d36d2fbc18622d01f..5937f1e5b23f9e5d31df1ea3d6d6b1eee07b0e41 100644
--- a/lib/Resmon/Status.pm
+++ b/lib/Resmon/Status.pm
@@ -369,9 +369,7 @@ sub service {
         if($1 eq "System::Time" && $2 eq "now") {
             my $info = {
               metric => {
-                name => 'now',
-	        type => 'i',
-	        value => time(),
+                now =>  [ time(), 'L' ],
               }
             };
             my $response = plain_info($1,$2,$info);
@@ -391,9 +389,7 @@ sub service {
         if($1 eq "System::Time" && $2 eq "now") {
             my $info = {
               metric => {
-                name => 'now',
-	        type => 'i',
-	        value => time(),
+	        now => [ time(), 'L'],
               }
             };
             my $response = qq^<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n^;