diff --git a/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc b/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
index 52efc21..56c4b2a 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
+++ b/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
           (Signal. 1 instant uid,
             location ns line column file,
             sample-rate, kind id level, ctx parent,
-            data msg_, error nil nil instant nil extra-kvs))]
+            data msg_, error nil nil nil nil extra-kvs))]
 
     (if extra-kvs
       (reduce-kv assoc signal extra-kvs)
diff --git a/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc b/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
index 7ca3845..a689921 100644
--- a/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
+++ b/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
 
        [(let [{start :instant, end :end-instant} sv1]
           [(is (enc/inst? start))
-           (is (enc/inst? end))
-           (is   (= start end))])
+           (is (nil?      end))])
 
         (let [{start :instant, end :end-instant} sv2]
           [(is (enc/inst?  start))