diff --git a/game.py b/game.py
index c4df27a..0f2209f 100644
--- a/game.py
+++ b/game.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import math as maths
+import numpy as np
 import logging
 import pygame
 import gameUtils
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ class Game(gameUtils.Game):
         for char, font in zip(captcha.chars, captcha.fonts):
             print(f'{char}: {font.path}')
 
+        # Start the timer
+        self.timerStart = time.perf_counter()
+        self.timerLength = random.randint(5, 10)
+
     def onEvent(self, event):
         """
         Ran when an event is fired.
@@ -193,6 +198,14 @@ class Game(gameUtils.Game):
         self.surf.blit(gameUtils.centre(self.currentCaptchaImg, self.size))  #draws the text to center of the screen
                                                                         #TODO: actually scale the text, however, more work needs to be done on the actual function of the game first
 
+        if self.timerLength != 0:
+            timeLeft = self.timerLength - (time.perf_counter() - self.timerStart)
+            normalisedTimeLeft = max(timeLeft / self.timerLength, 0)
+            x = round((1-normalisedTimeLeft) * (self.size[0] // 2))
+            w = normalisedTimeLeft * self.size[0]
+            c = np.round((255, 255*normalisedTimeLeft, 255*normalisedTimeLeft))
+            pygame.draw.rect(self.surf, c, (x, 0, w, 10))
+
     def close(self):
         """
         Ran when the game closes.