diff --git a/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/reporteventreceiver.go b/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/reporteventreceiver.go
index 0812c857..427cac89 100644
--- a/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/reporteventreceiver.go
+++ b/core/pkg/resultshandling/reporter/v2/reporteventreceiver.go
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ func NewReportEventReceiver(tenantConfig *cautils.ConfigObj, reportID string, su
 		customerAdminEMail: tenantConfig.CustomerAdminEMail,
 		reportID:           reportID,
 		submitContext:      submitContext,
-		reportTime:         time.Now().UTC(),
 	}
 }
 
 func (report *ReportEventReceiver) Submit(ctx context.Context, opaSessionObj *cautils.OPASessionObj) error {
 	ctx, span := otel.Tracer("").Start(ctx, "reportEventReceiver.Submit")
 	defer span.End()
+	report.reportTime = time.Now().UTC()
 	if report.customerGUID == "" {
 		logger.L().Ctx(ctx).Error("failed to publish results. Reason: Unknown account ID. Run kubescape with the '--account <account ID>' flag. Contact ARMO team for more details")
 		return nil