diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 13c6caca6..c75bfebdd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   before_action :set_current_user
   after_action :reset_current_user
   before_action :normalize_search
-  before_action :set_started_at_session
   before_action :api_check
   before_action :set_variant
   before_action :track_only_param
@@ -171,12 +170,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     CurrentUser.root_url = root_url.chomp("/")
   end
 
-  def set_started_at_session
-    if session[:started_at].blank?
-      session[:started_at] = Time.now
-    end
-  end
-
   def set_variant
     request.variant = params[:variant].try(:to_sym)
   end
diff --git a/app/logical/session_loader.rb b/app/logical/session_loader.rb
index 3b724d4f0..d3867d88f 100644
--- a/app/logical/session_loader.rb
+++ b/app/logical/session_loader.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class SessionLoader
     update_last_ip_addr
     set_time_zone
     set_safe_mode
+    set_started_at_session
     CurrentUser.user.unban! if CurrentUser.user.ban_expired?
     DanbooruLogger.initialize(request, session, CurrentUser.user)
   end
@@ -110,4 +111,10 @@ private
     safe_mode = request.host.match?(/safebooru/i) || params[:safe_mode].to_s.truthy? || CurrentUser.user.enable_safe_mode?
     CurrentUser.safe_mode = safe_mode
   end
+
+  def set_started_at_session
+    if session[:started_at].blank?
+      session[:started_at] = Time.now
+    end
+  end
 end