diff --git a/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.cpp b/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.cpp
index 26de2896876d27d86c60648fef99726544f808b7..c5fe2201642c4c24ce8983cd3e8f6a40f6bd13cd 100644
--- a/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ EventLoaderATLASpix::EventLoaderATLASpix(Configuration config, std::shared_ptr<D
     m_highToTCut = m_config.get<int>("high_tot_cut", 40);
     m_buffer_depth = m_config.get<int>("buffer_depth", 1000);
 
+    m_time_offset = m_config.get<double>("time_offset", 0.);
+
     // ts1Range = 0x800 * m_clkdivendM;
     ts2Range = 0x40 * m_clkdivend2M;
 }
@@ -394,6 +396,9 @@ bool EventLoaderATLASpix::read_caribou_data() { // return false when reaching eo
             return true;
         }
 
+        timestamp += m_time_offset;
+        LOG(DEBUG) << "Adding time_offset of " << m_time_offset << " to pixel timestamp. New pixel timestamp: " << timestamp;
+
         // since calibration is not implemented yet, set charge = tot
         Pixel* pixel = new Pixel(m_detector->name(), col, row, tot, tot, timestamp);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.h b/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.h
index 83c10c174d04ae2f7d5b9a01668a4f1b8c4cec7f..a844bb26c883770c7a583d8b4ba4fe7a64cf79f1 100644
--- a/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.h
+++ b/src/modules/EventLoaderATLASpix/EventLoaderATLASpix.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ namespace corryvreckan {
         // int m_clkdivendM;
         int m_clkdivend2M;
         int m_buffer_depth;
+        double m_time_offset;
     };
 } // namespace corryvreckan
 #endif // EventLoaderATLASpix_H