diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/sched/SchedV3.kt b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/sched/SchedV3.kt
index bd8280ced2..10bfea9dc4 100644
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/sched/SchedV3.kt
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/libanki/sched/SchedV3.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ class SchedV3(col: CollectionV16) : AbstractSched(col) {
     // could be made more efficient by constructing a native Card object from
     // the backend card object, instead of doing a separate fetch
     override val card: Card?
-        get() = queuedCards.cardsList.firstOrNull()?.card?.id?.let { col.getCard(it) }
+        get() = queuedCards.cardsList.firstOrNull()?.card?.id?.let {
+            col.getCard(it).apply { startTimer() }
+        }
 
     private val queuedCards: QueuedCards
         get() = col.backend.getQueuedCards(fetchLimit = 1, intradayLearningOnly = false)