diff --git a/dll/playtime.cpp b/dll/playtime.cpp
index fb5b105dc..679a33dbf 100644
--- a/dll/playtime.cpp
+++ b/dll/playtime.cpp
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ void PlaytimeCounter::load()
     playtime_seconds = 0;
 
     std::string data(32, '\0');
-    if (local_storage->get_data("", playtime_filename, data.data(), static_cast<unsigned int>(data.size()), 0) > 0 &&
-        std::all_of(data.begin(), data.end(), ::isdigit)) {
+    if (local_storage->get_data("", playtime_filename, data.data(), static_cast<unsigned int>(data.size()), 0) > 0) {
         try {
             playtime_seconds = std::stoull(data);
         } catch (...) {}
diff --git a/dll/steam_client.cpp b/dll/steam_client.cpp
index 6b28fa4a4..22c135f3b 100644
--- a/dll/steam_client.cpp
+++ b/dll/steam_client.cpp
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ void Steam_Client::background_thread_proc()
         network->Run(); // networking must run first since it receives messages used by each run_callback()
         run_every_runcb->run(); // call each run_callback()
 
-        if (settings_client->record_playtime) {
-            playtime_counter->tick(); // update playtime counter
-        }
-
         // update the time counter to avoid overlap
         last_cb_run = (unsigned long long)std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
     }
+
+    if (settings_client->record_playtime) {
+        playtime_counter->tick(); // update playtime counter
+    }
 }
 
 Steam_Client::Steam_Client()