diff --git a/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 0c8f36865..1883c8668 100644
--- a/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ function handleClientReady(client, message)
           {
             authorManager.getAuthor(authorId, function(err, author)
             {
+              delete author.timestamp;
               historicalAuthorData[authorId] = author;
               callback(err);
             });