diff --git a/ssm b/ssm
index 9e99b80..b6c308e 100755
--- a/ssm
+++ b/ssm
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ is_function() {
 
 ## Simple timer
 timer() {
-	declare cnt timeout=$1
+	declare cnt=0 timeout=$1
 	shift
 
 	while ! "$@"; do