diff --git a/src/Handler/Health.hs b/src/Handler/Health.hs
index ca41fe686..3fe2a4437 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Health.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Health.hs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import qualified Data.Set as Set
 
 import Control.Concurrent.STM.Delay
 
-import Language.Haskell.TH (stringE,runIO)
-
 -- import Data.FileEmbed (embedStringFile)
 
 getHealthR :: Handler TypedContent
@@ -123,15 +121,13 @@ getStatusR = do
             Uptime: #{show $ ddays starttime currtime} days.
           <p>
             Compile Time <br>
-            #{comptime} #
-            $maybe ctime <- readMay comptime 
-              Build age: #{show $ ddays ctime currtime} days.
+            #{show cTime} #
+            Build age: #{show $ ddays cTime currtime} days.
     |]
   where 
-    -- vnr_full :: Text = $(embedStringFile "nix/docker/version.json") -- nix/ files not accessible during container construction
+    -- vnr_full :: Text = $(embedStringFile "nix/docker/version.json") -- nix/ files not accessible during container construction  
+    cTime :: UTCTime
+    cTime = $compileTime
 
-    comptime :: Text 
-    comptime = $(stringE =<< runIO (show <$> getCurrentTime))
-    
     ddays :: UTCTime -> UTCTime -> Double
     ddays tstart tstop = (/100) $ fromIntegral $ round $ diffUTCTime tstop tstart / (36 * 24)
diff --git a/src/Utils/DateTime.hs b/src/Utils/DateTime.hs
index f97596ef3..b7963f128 100644
--- a/src/Utils/DateTime.hs
+++ b/src/Utils/DateTime.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 module Utils.DateTime
   ( timeLocaleMap
   , TimeLocale(..)
+  , compileTime
   , currentYear
   , HasLocalTime(..)
   , DateTimeFormat(..)
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ timeLocaleMap extra@((_, defLocale):_) = do
 
   letE [localeMap'] (varE localeMap)
 
+compileTime :: ExpQ -- Type UTCTime
+compileTime = do 
+  now <- runIO getCurrentTime
+  [e|now|]
+
 currentYear :: ExpQ
 currentYear = do
   now <- runIO getCurrentTime