diff --git a/js/misc/zeitgeist.js b/js/misc/zeitgeist.js
index 2709ac509..93c7e66cc 100644
--- a/js/misc/zeitgeist.js
+++ b/js/misc/zeitgeist.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Event.fromPlain = function(rawEvent) {
                           subjects, // subjects
                           rawEvent[2]);// payload
     event.id = rawEvent[0][0]; // id
-    event.timestamp = rawEvent[0][1]; // timestamp
+    event.timestamp = parseInt(rawEvent[0][1], 10); // timestamp - it comes as a string over d-bus (yuck)
     return event;
 };