diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 362c11cf..ead261bf 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -532,8 +532,10 @@ checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
@@ -948,6 +950,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "drop-app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
  "directories",
  "hex",
  "http",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 6f0e6e2b..7c6483cf 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ tauri-plugin-dialog = "2"
 http = "1.1.0"
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 md5 = "0.7.0"
+chrono = "0.4.38"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.40.0"
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/auth.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/auth.rs
index f0912208..24bbb37d 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/auth.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/auth.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
+use chrono::Utc;
 use log::{info, warn};
 use openssl::{ec::EcKey, hash::MessageDigest, pkey::PKey, sign::Signer};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -57,11 +58,7 @@ pub fn generate_authorization_header() -> String {
         db.auth.clone().unwrap()
     };
 
-    let start = SystemTime::now();
-    let timestamp = start
-        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .expect("Time went backwards");
-    let nonce = timestamp.as_millis().to_string();
+    let nonce = Utc::now().timestamp_millis().to_string();
 
     let signature = sign_nonce(certs.private, nonce.clone()).unwrap();