diff --git a/Source/Plugins/BinaryWriter/BinaryRecording.cpp b/Source/Plugins/BinaryWriter/BinaryRecording.cpp
index 6b251c488b88d2086210beae4547bbdc33269884..d1dfe04adaec47c89ade4ea1357741177d72c80d 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/BinaryWriter/BinaryRecording.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/BinaryWriter/BinaryRecording.cpp
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ void BinaryRecording::openFiles(File rootFolder, int experimentNumber, int recor
 				String datPath = getProcessorString(channelInfo);
 				continuousFileNames.add(contPath + datPath + "continuous.dat");
 				
-				Array<NpyType> tstypes;
-				tstypes.add(NpyType("Timestamp", BaseType::INT64, 1));
-				
-				ScopedPointer<NpyFile> tFile = new NpyFile(contPath + datPath + "timestamps.npy", tstypes);
+				ScopedPointer<NpyFile> tFile = new NpyFile(contPath + datPath + "timestamps.npy", NpyType(BaseType::INT64,1));
 				m_dataTimestampFiles.add(tFile.release());
 
 				m_fileIndexes.set(recordedChan, nInfoArrays);