diff --git a/src/warden-client/bin/sender.pl b/src/warden-client/bin/sender.pl
index 0cd320a9246e3f1a1f5c803e6ccfeb1a4a2e2a3f..2c250c474d1092dd1bc1e2ea4d86db8f0f17d3f4 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/bin/sender.pl
+++ b/src/warden-client/bin/sender.pl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ switch (int(rand(2) + 0.5)) {
   case 2 { $service = 'HoneyScan'; }
   }
 
-my $local_detected = time()
+my $local_detected = time();
 my $detected = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $local_detected);
 
 my $type = "";
diff --git a/src/warden-client/doc/example-sender.pl.txt b/src/warden-client/doc/example-sender.pl.txt
index c76cfde3fdd0a964df64d9c392fe3509ccb38547..2ccf5c498a47bcd4eff78ab852995036e4845d98 100644
--- a/src/warden-client/doc/example-sender.pl.txt
+++ b/src/warden-client/doc/example-sender.pl.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use DateTime;
 # This should be handled by detection application.
 
 
-my $local_detected = time()
+my $local_detected = time();
 
 my $service 		= "ScanDetector";
 my $detected 		= DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $local_detected);