diff --git a/wordclock.lua b/wordclock.lua
index c537ad1..f95b4c0 100755
--- a/wordclock.lua
+++ b/wordclock.lua
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function display_timestat(hours, minutes, longmode)
  end
  
  if (hours == 1) then
-  if (ret.it == 1) then
+  if ((ret.it == 1) and (ret.half == 0) ) then
     ret.one=1
   else
     ret.oneLong=1