diff --git a/etc/monitors/test/test1.conf b/etc/monitors/test/test1.conf
index b3cff6c..0a558e5 100644
--- a/etc/monitors/test/test1.conf
+++ b/etc/monitors/test/test1.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ hosts = 192.168.10.10
 interval = 13
 ; the start is to schedule the execution of the monitor in at a date in the future. this is helpful to configure
 ; linspector before a host is up and running.
-start_date = 2022-01-01 00:00:00
+start_date = 1999-04-23 23:42:42