diff --git a/concore.hpp b/concore.hpp
index 65109afe..69f38b16 100644
--- a/concore.hpp
+++ b/concore.hpp
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ class Concore{
                     outfile<<val[i]<<',';
                 outfile<<val[val.size()-1]<<']';
                 outfile.close();
+                simtime += delta;
                 }
             else{
                 throw 505;
@@ -549,6 +550,7 @@ class Concore{
                 outfile<<val[val.size()-1]<<']';
                 std::string result = outfile.str();
                 std::strncpy(sharedData_create, result.c_str(), 256 - 1);
+                simtime += delta;
                 }
             else{
                 throw 505;
diff --git a/concore.v b/concore.v
index 1bf95257..1ca85090 100644
--- a/concore.v
+++ b/concore.v
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ module concore;
       end
      $fdisplay(fout,"]");
      $fclose(fout);
+     simtime = simtime + delta;
     end
   endtask