diff --git a/packages/backend/src/aggregator.ts b/packages/backend/src/aggregator.ts
index d743211..3eb8138 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/aggregator.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/aggregator.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as EventEmitter from 'events';
 import Node from './node';
 import Feed from './feed';
-import { Types, IdSet, FeedMessage } from '@dotstats/common';
+import { timestamp, Types, IdSet, FeedMessage } from '@dotstats/common';
 
 export default class Aggregator extends EventEmitter {
     private nodes = new IdSet<Types.NodeId, Node>();
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default class Aggregator extends EventEmitter {
     private messages: Array<FeedMessage.Message> = [];
 
     public height = 0 as Types.BlockNumber;
+    public blockTimestamp = 0 as Types.Timestamp;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export default class Aggregator extends EventEmitter {
     public addFeed(feed: Feed) {
         this.feeds.add(feed);
 
-        const messages = [Feed.bestBlock(this.height)];
+        const messages = [Feed.timeSync(), Feed.bestBlock(this.height, this.blockTimestamp)];
 
         for (const node of this.nodes.values()) {
             messages.push(Feed.addedNode(node));
@@ -69,18 +70,21 @@ export default class Aggregator extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     private timeoutCheck() {
-        const now = Date.now();
+        const now = timestamp();
 
         for (const node of this.nodes.values()) {
             node.timeoutCheck(now);
         }
+
+        this.broadcast(Feed.timeSync());
     }
 
     private updateBlock(node: Node) {
         if (node.height > this.height) {
             this.height = node.height;
+            this.blockTimestamp = node.blockTimestamp;
 
-            this.broadcast(Feed.bestBlock(this.height));
+            this.broadcast(Feed.bestBlock(this.height, this.blockTimestamp));
 
             console.log(`New block ${this.height}`);
         }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/feed.ts b/packages/backend/src/feed.ts
index 18a7fd2..a56bc37 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/feed.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/feed.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
 import * as EventEmitter from 'events';
 import Node from './node';
-import { Opaque, FeedMessage, Types, idGenerator } from '@dotstats/common';
+import { timestamp, Opaque, FeedMessage, Types, idGenerator } from '@dotstats/common';
 
 const nextId = idGenerator<Types.FeedId>();
 const { Actions } = FeedMessage;
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ export default class Feed extends EventEmitter {
         socket.on('close', () => this.disconnect());
     }
 
-    public static bestBlock(height: Types.BlockNumber): FeedMessage.Message {
+    public static bestBlock(height: Types.BlockNumber, ts: Types.Timestamp): FeedMessage.Message {
         return {
             action: Actions.BestBlock,
-            payload: height
+            payload: [height, ts]
         };
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ export default class Feed extends EventEmitter {
         };
     }
 
+    public static timeSync(): FeedMessage.Message {
+        return {
+            action: Actions.TimeSync,
+            payload: timestamp()
+        };
+    }
+
     public sendData(data: FeedMessage.Data) {
         this.socket.send(data);
     }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index 5106540..294c481 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
-import * as express from 'express';
-import { createServer } from 'http';
 import Node from './node';
 import Feed from './feed';
 import Aggregator from './aggregator';
 
 const aggregator = new Aggregator;
-const app = express();
-const server = createServer(app);
 
 // WebSocket for Nodes feeding telemetry data to the server
 const incomingTelemetry = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 1024 });
 
 // WebSocket for web clients listening to the telemetry data aggregate
-const telemetryFeed = new WebSocket.Server({ server });
+const telemetryFeed = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 8080 });
 
-app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-    res.send('See live listing at <a href="http://telemetry.polkadot.io/">telemetry.polkadot.io/<a>');
-});
+console.log('Telemetry server listening on port 1024');
+console.log('Feed server listening on port 8080');
 
 incomingTelemetry.on('connection', async (socket: WebSocket) => {
     try {
@@ -31,5 +26,3 @@ telemetryFeed.on('connection', (socket: WebSocket) => {
     aggregator.addFeed(new Feed(socket));
 });
 
-console.log('Starting server on port 8080');
-server.listen(8080);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/node.ts b/packages/backend/src/node.ts
index aea9073..053a337 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/node.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/node.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
 import * as EventEmitter from 'events';
-import { Maybe, Types, idGenerator } from '@dotstats/common';
+import { timestamp, Maybe, Types, idGenerator } from '@dotstats/common';
 import { parseMessage, getBestBlock, Message, BestBlock, SystemInterval } from './message';
 
 const BLOCK_TIME_HISTORY = 10;
-const TIMEOUT = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute
+const TIMEOUT = (1000 * 60 * 1) as Types.Milliseconds; // 1 minute
 
 const nextId = idGenerator<Types.NodeId>();
 
 export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
-    public lastMessage: number;
+    public lastMessage: Types.Timestamp;
     public id: Types.NodeId;
     public name: Types.NodeName;
     public implementation: Types.NodeImplementation;
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
     public height = 0 as Types.BlockNumber;
     public latency = 0 as Types.Milliseconds;
     public blockTime = 0 as Types.Milliseconds;
+    public blockTimestamp = 0 as Types.Timestamp;
 
     private peers = 0 as Types.PeerCount;
     private txcount = 0 as Types.TransactionCount;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
     ) {
         super();
 
-        this.lastMessage = Date.now();
+        this.lastMessage = timestamp();
         this.id = nextId();
         this.socket = socket;
         this.name = name;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
                 return;
             }
 
-            this.lastMessage = Date.now();
+            this.lastMessage = timestamp();
             this.updateLatency(message.ts);
 
             const update = getBestBlock(message);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
         });
     }
 
-    public timeoutCheck(now: number) {
+    public timeoutCheck(now: Types.Timestamp) {
         if (this.lastMessage + TIMEOUT < now) {
             this.disconnect();
         }
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     public blockDetails(): Types.BlockDetails {
-        return [this.height, this.best, this.blockTime];
+        return [this.height, this.best, this.blockTime, this.blockTimestamp];
     }
 
     public get average(): number {
@@ -147,6 +148,14 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
         return sum / accounted;
     }
 
+    public get localBlockAt(): Types.Milliseconds {
+        if (!this.lastBlockAt) {
+            return 0 as Types.Milliseconds;
+        }
+
+        return +(this.lastBlockAt || 0) as Types.Milliseconds;
+    }
+
     private disconnect() {
         this.socket.removeAllListeners();
         this.socket.close();
@@ -177,6 +186,7 @@ export default class Node extends EventEmitter {
 
             this.best = best;
             this.height = height;
+            this.blockTimestamp = timestamp();
             this.lastBlockAt = time;
             this.blockTimes[height % BLOCK_TIME_HISTORY] = blockTime;
             this.blockTime = blockTime;
diff --git a/packages/common/src/feed.ts b/packages/common/src/feed.ts
index 9cadcc5..31570fa 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/feed.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/feed.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Opaque } from './helpers';
-import { NodeId, NodeDetails, NodeStats, BlockNumber, BlockDetails } from './types';
+import { NodeId, NodeDetails, NodeStats, BlockNumber, BlockDetails, Timestamp } from './types';
 
 export const Actions = {
     BestBlock: 0 as 0,
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const Actions = {
     RemovedNode: 2 as 2,
     ImportedBlock: 3 as 3,
     NodeStats: 4 as 4,
+    TimeSync: 5 as 5,
 };
 
 export type Action = typeof Actions[keyof typeof Actions];
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export namespace Variants {
 
     export interface BestBlockMessage extends MessageBase {
         action: typeof Actions.BestBlock;
-        payload: BlockNumber;
+        payload: [BlockNumber, Timestamp];
     }
 
     export interface AddedNodeMessage extends MessageBase {
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ export namespace Variants {
     export interface NodeStatsMessage extends MessageBase {
         action: typeof Actions.NodeStats;
         payload: [NodeId, NodeStats];
-    };
+    }
+
+    export interface TimeSyncMessage extends MessageBase {
+        action: typeof Actions.TimeSync;
+        payload: Timestamp;
+    }
 }
 
 export type Message =
@@ -48,7 +54,8 @@ export type Message =
     | Variants.AddedNodeMessage
     | Variants.RemovedNodeMessage
     | Variants.ImportedBlockMessage
-    | Variants.NodeStatsMessage;
+    | Variants.NodeStatsMessage
+    | Variants.TimeSyncMessage;
 
 /**
  * Opaque data type to be sent to the feed. Passing through
diff --git a/packages/common/src/helpers.ts b/packages/common/src/helpers.ts
index 8eeea7c..ff46191 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { Milliseconds } from './types';
+import { Milliseconds, Timestamp } from './types';
 
 /**
  * PhantomData akin to Rust, because sometimes you need to be smarter than
  * the compiler.
  */
-export abstract class PhantomData<P> { private __PHANTOM__: P }
+export abstract class PhantomData<P> { public __PHANTOM__: P }
 
 /**
  * Opaque type, similar to `opaque type` in Flow, or new types in Rust/C.
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ export function sleep(time: Milliseconds): Promise<void> {
         setTimeout(() => resolve(), time);
     });
 }
+
+export const timestamp = Date.now as () => Timestamp;
diff --git a/packages/common/src/types.ts b/packages/common/src/types.ts
index d5e49c6..855b25a 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/types.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ export type NodeVersion = Opaque<string, 'NodeVersion'>;
 export type BlockNumber = Opaque<number, 'BlockNumber'>;
 export type BlockHash = Opaque<string, 'BlockHash'>;
 export type Milliseconds = Opaque<number, 'Milliseconds'>;
+export type Timestamp = Opaque<Milliseconds, 'Timestamp'>;
 export type PeerCount = Opaque<number, 'PeerCount'>;
 export type TransactionCount = Opaque<number, 'TransactionCount'>;
 
-export type BlockDetails = [BlockNumber, BlockHash, Milliseconds];
+export type BlockDetails = [BlockNumber, BlockHash, Milliseconds, Timestamp];
 export type NodeDetails = [NodeName, NodeImplementation, NodeVersion];
 export type NodeStats = [PeerCount, TransactionCount];
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/App.css b/packages/frontend/src/App.css
index 6420e78..9b6fbc0 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/App.css
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/App.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .App {
-  text-align: center;
+  text-align: left;
   font-family: monospace, sans-serif;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/App.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 3c70d04..8f7704b 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Types } from '@dotstats/common';
-import { Node } from './Node';
-import { Icon } from './Icon';
+import { Node, Icon, Tile, Ago } from './components';
 import { Connection } from './message';
 import { State } from './state';
 import { formatNumber } from './utils';
@@ -14,10 +13,13 @@ import transactionsIcon from './icons/inbox.svg';
 import blockIcon from './icons/package.svg';
 import blockHashIcon from './icons/file-binary.svg';
 import blockTimeIcon from './icons/history.svg';
+import lastTimeIcon from './icons/dashboard.svg';
 
 export default class App extends React.Component<{}, State> {
     public state: State = {
         best: 0 as Types.BlockNumber,
+        blockTimestamp: 0 as Types.Timestamp,
+        timeDiff: 0 as Types.Milliseconds,
         nodes: new Map()
     };
 
@@ -28,11 +30,14 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<{}, State> {
     }
 
     public render() {
+        const { best, blockTimestamp, timeDiff } = this.state;
+
+        Ago.timeDiff = timeDiff;
+
         return (
             <div className="App">
-                <div className="App-header">
-                    <Icon src={blockIcon} alt="Best Block" /> #{formatNumber(this.state.best)}
-                </div>
+                <Tile icon={blockIcon} title="Best Block">#{formatNumber(best)}</Tile>
+                <Tile icon={lastTimeIcon} title="Last Block"><Ago when={blockTimestamp} /></Tile>
                 <table className="App-list">
                     <thead>
                         <tr>
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<{}, State> {
                             <th><Icon src={blockIcon} alt="Block" /></th>
                             <th><Icon src={blockHashIcon} alt="Block Hash" /></th>
                             <th><Icon src={blockTimeIcon} alt="Block Time" /></th>
+                            <th><Icon src={lastTimeIcon} alt="Last Block Time" /></th>
                         </tr>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/Ago.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/Ago.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10b55a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/Ago.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import './Tile.css';
+import { timestamp, Types } from '@dotstats/common';
+
+export namespace Ago {
+    export interface Props {
+        when: Types.Timestamp,
+    }
+
+    export interface State {
+        now: Types.Timestamp,
+    }
+}
+
+const tickers = new Map<Ago, (ts: Types.Timestamp) => void>();
+
+function tick() {
+    const now = timestamp();
+
+    for (const ticker of tickers.values()) {
+        ticker(now);
+    }
+
+    setTimeout(tick, 100);
+}
+
+tick();
+
+export namespace Ago {
+    export interface State {
+        now: Types.Timestamp
+    }
+}
+
+export class Ago extends React.Component<Ago.Props, Ago.State> {
+    public static timeDiff = 0 as Types.Milliseconds;
+
+    public state: Ago.State;
+
+    constructor(props: Ago.Props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = {
+            now: (timestamp() + Ago.timeDiff) as Types.Timestamp
+        };
+    }
+
+    public componentWillMount() {
+        tickers.set(this, (now) => {
+            this.setState({
+                now: (now + Ago.timeDiff) as Types.Timestamp
+            });
+        })
+    }
+
+    public componentWillUnmount() {
+        tickers.delete(this);
+    }
+
+    public render() {
+        const ago = Math.max(this.state.now - this.props.when, 0) / 1000;
+
+        let agoStr: string;
+
+        if (ago < 10) {
+            agoStr = `${ago.toFixed(1)}s`;
+        } else if (ago < 60) {
+            agoStr = `${ago | 0}s`;
+        } else {
+            agoStr = `${ ago / 60 | 0}m`;
+        }
+
+        return <span title={new Date(this.props.when).toUTCString()}>{agoStr} ago</span>
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/Icon.css b/packages/frontend/src/components/Icon.css
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/frontend/src/Icon.css
rename to packages/frontend/src/components/Icon.css
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/Icon.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/Icon.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/frontend/src/Icon.tsx
rename to packages/frontend/src/components/Icon.tsx
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/Node.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/Node.tsx
similarity index 73%
rename from packages/frontend/src/Node.tsx
rename to packages/frontend/src/components/Node.tsx
index 99f510d..36388d7 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/Node.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/Node.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { formatNumber, trimHash } from './utils';
+import { formatNumber, trimHash } from '../utils';
+import { Ago } from './Ago';
 import { Types } from '@dotstats/common';
 
 export namespace Node {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export namespace Node {
 
 export function Node(props: Node.Props) {
     const [name, implementation, version] = props.nodeDetails;
-    const [height, hash, blockTime] = props.blockDetails;
+    const [height, hash, blockTime, blockTimestamp] = props.blockDetails;
     const [peers, txcount] = props.nodeStats;
 
     return (
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ export function Node(props: Node.Props) {
             <td>{txcount}</td>
             <td>#{formatNumber(height)}</td>
             <td><span title={hash}>{trimHash(hash, 16)}</span></td>
-            <td>{blockTime / 1000}s</td>
+            <td>{(blockTime / 1000).toFixed(3)}s</td>
+            <td><Ago when={blockTimestamp} /></td>
         </tr>
     );
 }
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.css b/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa0d66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.Tile {
+  font-size: 2.5em;
+  padding: 20px;
+  text-align: left;
+  width: 7em;
+  display: inline-block;
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa05e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/Tile.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import './Tile.css';
+import { Icon } from './Icon';
+
+export namespace Tile {
+    export interface Props {
+        title: string,
+        icon: string,
+        children?: React.ReactNode,
+    }
+}
+
+export function Tile(props: Tile.Props) {
+    return (
+        <div className="Tile">
+            <Icon src={props.icon} alt={props.title} /> {props.children}
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/index.ts b/packages/frontend/src/components/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03bf546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export * from './Icon';
+export * from './Node';
+export * from './Tile';
+export * from './Ago';
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/message.ts b/packages/frontend/src/message.ts
index f05a563..27192ab 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/message.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/message.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FeedMessage, Types, Maybe, sleep } from '@dotstats/common';
+import { timestamp, FeedMessage, Types, Maybe, sleep } from '@dotstats/common';
 import { State, Update } from './state';
 
 const { Actions } = FeedMessage;
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export class Connection {
 
     private static readonly address = `ws://${window.location.hostname}:8080`;
 
-
     private static async socket(): Promise<WebSocket> {
         let socket = await Connection.trySocket();
         let timeout = TIMEOUT_BASE;
@@ -61,11 +60,11 @@ export class Connection {
     constructor(socket: WebSocket, update: Update) {
         this.socket = socket;
         this.update = update;
-        this.state = update(null);
         this.bindSocket();
     }
 
     private bindSocket() {
+        this.state = this.update({ nodes: new Map() });
         this.socket.addEventListener('message', this.handleMessages);
         this.socket.addEventListener('close', this.handleDisconnect);
         this.socket.addEventListener('error', this.handleDisconnect);
@@ -85,10 +84,13 @@ export class Connection {
         messages: for (const message of FeedMessage.deserialize(data)) {
             switch (message.action) {
                 case Actions.BestBlock: {
-                    this.state = this.update({ best: message.payload });
+                    const [best, blockTimestamp] = message.payload;
+
+                    this.state = this.update({ best, blockTimestamp });
 
                     continue messages;
                 }
+
                 case Actions.AddedNode: {
                     const [id, nodeDetails, nodeStats, blockDetails] = message.payload;
                     const node = { id, nodeDetails, nodeStats, blockDetails };
@@ -97,14 +99,15 @@ export class Connection {
 
                     break;
                 }
+
                 case Actions.RemovedNode: {
                     nodes.delete(message.payload);
 
                     break;
                 }
+
                 case Actions.ImportedBlock: {
                     const [id, blockDetails] = message.payload;
-
                     const node = nodes.get(id);
 
                     if (!node) {
@@ -115,9 +118,9 @@ export class Connection {
 
                     break;
                 }
+
                 case Actions.NodeStats: {
                     const [id, nodeStats] = message.payload;
-
                     const node = nodes.get(id);
 
                     if (!node) {
@@ -128,8 +131,17 @@ export class Connection {
 
                     break;
                 }
+
+                case Actions.TimeSync: {
+                    this.state = this.update({
+                        timeDiff: (timestamp() - message.payload) as Types.Milliseconds
+                    });
+
+                    continue messages;
+                }
+
                 default: {
-                    return;
+                    continue messages;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/state.ts b/packages/frontend/src/state.ts
index b6cb86f..cb2545f 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/state.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/state.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { Types } from '@dotstats/common';
-import { Node } from './Node';
+import { Node } from './components/Node';
 
 export interface State {
     best: Types.BlockNumber,
+    blockTimestamp: Types.Timestamp,
+    timeDiff: Types.Milliseconds,
     nodes: Map<Types.NodeId, Node.Props>
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend/tslint.json b/packages/frontend/tslint.json
index 02fdaa5..e73d4bb 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/tslint.json
+++ b/packages/frontend/tslint.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   },
   "rules": {
     "ordered-imports": false,
+    "object-literal-sort-keys": false,
     "no-console": false,
     "no-unused-variable": [true, {"ignore-pattern": "^_"}],
     "no-empty": false,