diff --git a/contest/views.py b/contest/views.py
index a9f5b5d..cad2dc3 100644
--- a/contest/views.py
+++ b/contest/views.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def log(request):
 
 	if request.method == 'POST':
 		form = QSOForm(user=request.user, data=request.POST)
+		form.helper.form_tag = False
 		if form.is_valid():
 			l = form.instance
 			if not l.time:
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def log(request):
 			data["band"] = qsos[0].band
 
 		form = QSOForm(request.user, initial=data)
+		form.helper.form_tag = False
 
 
 	return render(request, 'contest/log.html', {'form': form, 'qsos': qsos})
diff --git a/templates/contest/log.html b/templates/contest/log.html
index 997ccfc..5227840 100644
--- a/templates/contest/log.html
+++ b/templates/contest/log.html
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@
 
 				</style>
 
-					{% crispy form %}
+					<form method="post" id="qso-log-form" class="form-inline" action="{% url "contest:log" %}">
+					  <div class="form-group">
+						  <label class="control-label">Time</label>
+							<div class="controls">
+							<p id="id_curr_time" class="form-control-static">noot</p>
+						</div>
+					  </div>
+						{% crispy form %}
+					</form>
 
 			</div>
 		</div>
@@ -130,6 +138,21 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	$("#id_otherNo").on("keydown", function(e) { return mvFocusOnSpace(e, "#id_refStr"); });
 	$("#id_refStr").on("keydown", function(e) { return mvFocusOnSpace(e, "#submit-id-submit"); });
 
+	// display current time in log form
+	function zeropad(n) {
+		// srsly, how can javascript not have a printf/zeropad function?
+		if(n < 10)
+			return "0" + n;
+		else
+			return "" + n;
+	}
+
+	function displayTimeInForm() {
+		var d = new Date();
+		dstr = zeropad(d.getHours()) + ":" + zeropad(d.getMinutes()) + ":" + zeropad(d.getSeconds());
+		$("#id_curr_time").text(dstr);
+	}
+	window.setInterval(displayTimeInForm, 200);
 });
 
 </script>