diff --git a/lib/decoder.f90 b/lib/decoder.f90
index a5f542e1e..6252583d2 100644
--- a/lib/decoder.f90
+++ b/lib/decoder.f90
@@ -120,11 +120,16 @@ subroutine multimode_decoder(ss,id2,params,nfsample)
 
      call timer('decft8  ',0)
      newdat=params%newdat
+     if(params%emedelay.ne.0.0) then
+        id2(1:156000)=id2(24001:180000)  ! Drop the first 2 seconds of data
+        id2(156001:180000)=0
+     endif
      call my_ft8%decode(ft8_decoded,id2,params%nQSOProgress,params%nfqso,    &
           params%nftx,newdat,params%nutc,params%nfa,params%nfb,              &
-          params%nzhsym,params%ndepth,ncontest,logical(params%nagain),       &
-          logical(params%lft8apon),logical(params%lapcqonly),                &
-          params%napwid,mycall,hiscall,params%ndiskdat)
+          params%nzhsym,params%ndepth,params%emedelay,ncontest,              &
+          logical(params%nagain),logical(params%lft8apon),                   &
+          logical(params%lapcqonly),params%napwid,mycall,hiscall,            &
+          params%ndiskdat)
      call timer('decft8  ',1)
      if(nfox.gt.0) then
         n30min=minval(n30fox(1:nfox))
diff --git a/lib/ft8_decode.f90 b/lib/ft8_decode.f90
index 07320ca24..34bce1bf3 100644
--- a/lib/ft8_decode.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8_decode.f90
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ module ft8_decode
 contains
 
   subroutine decode(this,callback,iwave,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,newdat,  &
-       nutc,nfa,nfb,nzhsym,ndepth,ncontest,nagain,lft8apon,lapcqonly,    &
-       napwid,mycall12,hiscall12,ldiskdat)
+       nutc,nfa,nfb,nzhsym,ndepth,emedelay,ncontest,nagain,lft8apon,     &
+       lapcqonly,napwid,mycall12,hiscall12,ldiskdat)
     use iso_c_binding, only: c_bool, c_int
     use timer_module, only: timer
     use shmem, only: shmem_lock, shmem_unlock
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ contains
            endif
            if(.not.ldupe .and. associated(this%callback)) then
               qual=1.0-(nharderrors+dmin)/60.0 ! scale qual to [0.0,1.0]
+              if(emedelay.ne.0) xdt=xdt+2.0
               call this%callback(sync,nsnr,xdt,f1,msg37,iaptype,qual)
            endif
         endif