diff --git a/src/ui/include/ui_fsm.hpp b/src/ui/include/ui_fsm.hpp
index ffaff0bb..6cf2ba4c 100644
--- a/src/ui/include/ui_fsm.hpp
+++ b/src/ui/include/ui_fsm.hpp
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ class Lua : public UiState {
   auto ShowAlert(lua_State*) -> int;
   auto HideAlert(lua_State*) -> int;
 
+  auto Ticks(lua_State*) -> int;
+
   auto SetPlaying(const lua::LuaValue&) -> bool;
   auto SetRandom(const lua::LuaValue&) -> bool;
   auto SetRepeat(const lua::LuaValue&) -> bool;
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_fsm.cpp b/src/ui/ui_fsm.cpp
index 9668b0f3..f5288882 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_fsm.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/ui_fsm.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "core/lv_obj_tree.h"
 #include "database.hpp"
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
+#include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "haptics.hpp"
 #include "lauxlib.h"
 #include "lua_thread.hpp"
@@ -503,6 +504,11 @@ void Lua::entry() {
                       {"show", [&](lua_State* s) { return ShowAlert(s); }},
                       {"hide", [&](lua_State* s) { return HideAlert(s); }},
                   });
+
+    registry.AddPropertyModule(
+        "time", {
+                    {"ticks", [&](lua_State* s) { return Ticks(s); }},
+                });
     registry.AddPropertyModule("database", {
                                                {"updating", &sDatabaseUpdating},
                                            });
@@ -564,6 +570,11 @@ auto Lua::PopLuaScreen(lua_State* s) -> int {
   return 0;
 }
 
+auto Lua::Ticks(lua_State* s) -> int {
+  lua_pushinteger(s, esp_timer_get_time()/1000);
+  return 1;
+}
+
 auto Lua::ShowAlert(lua_State* s) -> int {
   if (!sCurrentScreen) {
     return 0;