diff --git a/game.py b/game.py
index b3834e6..d7e037c 100644
--- a/game.py
+++ b/game.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class Game(gameUtils.Game):
         self.timerStart = 0
         # Holds how much time the user has in total (not updated)
         self.timerLength = 0
+        # The font used for the timer
+        self.timerFont = pygame.font.SysFont('', 100)
         # Used for animating the red flash on the current character if the users enters it wrong.
         self.lastWrong = 0
 
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ class Game(gameUtils.Game):
             w = normalisedTimeLeft * self.size[0]
             c = np.round((255, 255*normalisedTimeLeft, 255*normalisedTimeLeft))
             pygame.draw.rect(self.surf, c, (x, 0, w, 10))
+            self.surf.blit(self.timerFont.render(str(round(timeLeft, 1)), True, c), (0, 10))
 
     def close(self):
         """