diff --git a/application/views/contesting/index.php b/application/views/contesting/index.php
index 4a6026af..7a00967a 100644
--- a/application/views/contesting/index.php
+++ b/application/views/contesting/index.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
                             <div class="form-group col-md-1">
                                 <label for="start_time"><?php echo lang('general_word_time'); ?></label>
-                                <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm input_time" name="start_time" id="start_time" value="<?php if (($this->session->userdata('start_time') != NULL && ((time() - $this->session->userdata('time_stamp')) < 24 * 60 * 60))) { echo $this->session->userdata('start_time'); } else {echo date('H:i'); } ?>" size="7" <?php echo ($_GET['manual'] == 0 ? "disabled" : "");  ?> >
+                                <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm input_time" name="start_time" id="start_time" value="<?php if (($this->session->userdata('start_time') != NULL && ((time() - $this->session->userdata('time_stamp')) < 24 * 60 * 60))) { echo substr($this->session->userdata('start_time'),0,5); } else {echo date('H:i'); } ?>" size="7" <?php echo ($_GET['manual'] == 0 ? "disabled" : "");  ?> >
                             </div>
 
                             <?php if ( $_GET['manual'] == 0 ) { ?>