diff --git a/playbooks/agent.yaml b/playbooks/agent.yaml
index 9a319ed..1be6bdc 100644
--- a/playbooks/agent.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/agent.yaml
@@ -87,4 +87,3 @@
     api_scanagents: tools/scanagents
     nfc_c_path_cache: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../cache"
     nfc_c_cache_expire_time: 1800
-    nfc_c_epoch_time_offset: "{{ -((3600 * 9) + 1800 | int) | int }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/tasks/api_call.yaml b/playbooks/tasks/api_call.yaml
index aac94d6..9c9ef8b 100644
--- a/playbooks/tasks/api_call.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tasks/api_call.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     - name: Expire
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        expired: "{{ ((epoch | int + nfc_c_epoch_time_offset | int) >= ((cache_files.stat.mtime | int) + nfc_c_cache_expire_time | int) | int ) | bool }}"
+        expired: "{{ ((epoch | int + (nfc_c_epoch_time_offset | default(0)) | int) >= ((cache_files.stat.mtime | int) + nfc_c_cache_expire_time | int) | int ) | bool }}"
       when: cache_files.stat.exists
 
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           - "exists: {{ cache_files.stat.exists | default('') }}"
           - "mtime:  {{ cache_files.stat.mtime | default(0) | int }}"
           - "expire: {{ (cache_files.stat.mtime | int) + nfc_c_cache_expire_time | int }}" 
-          - "epoch:  {{ (epoch | int + nfc_c_epoch_time_offset | int) | int }} [{{ nfc_c_cache_expire_time }}]"
+          - "epoch:  {{ (epoch | int + (nfc_c_epoch_time_offset | default(0)) | int) | int }} [{{ nfc_c_cache_expire_time }}]"
           - "epoch: {{ epoch }}"
           - "expired: {{ expired }}"
       when: cache_files.stat.exists