diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bede88e..e615b45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rdflib-ocdm"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 description = ""
 authors = ["arcangelo7 <arcangelomas@gmail.com>"]
 license = "ISC"
diff --git a/rdflib_ocdm/ocdm_graph.py b/rdflib_ocdm/ocdm_graph.py
index 4f9e404..5631c2c 100644
--- a/rdflib_ocdm/ocdm_graph.py
+++ b/rdflib_ocdm/ocdm_graph.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 
 from copy import deepcopy
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
 
 from rdflib import ConjunctiveGraph, Graph, URIRef
 
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ def preexisting_finished(self: Graph|ConjunctiveGraph|OCDMGraphCommons, resp_age
             count = self.provenance.counter_handler.read_counter(subject)
             if count == 0:
                 if c_time is None:
-                    cur_time: str = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat(sep="T")
+                    cur_time: str = (datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0) - timedelta(seconds=5)).isoformat(sep="T")
                 else:
-                    cur_time: str = datetime.fromtimestamp(c_time, tz=timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat(sep="T")
+                    cur_time: str = (datetime.fromtimestamp(c_time, tz=timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0) - timedelta(seconds=5)).isoformat(sep="T")
                 new_snapshot: SnapshotEntity = self.provenance._create_snapshot(subject, cur_time)
                 new_snapshot.has_description(f"The entity '{str(subject)}' has been created.")