diff --git a/lib/buildFactory.js b/lib/buildFactory.js
index f22a6222..b0b0d040 100644
--- a/lib/buildFactory.js
+++ b/lib/buildFactory.js
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ class BuildFactory extends BaseFactory {
         const modelConfig = config;
 
         modelConfig.cause = `Started by user ${config.username}`;
-        modelConfig.createTime = (new Date(number)).toISOString();
         modelConfig.number = number;
         modelConfig.status = 'QUEUED';
 
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ class BuildFactory extends BaseFactory {
                         modelConfig.steps = setup.concat(modelConfig.steps, teardown);
                         // Launcher is hardcoded to do some business in sd-setup-launcher
                         modelConfig.steps.unshift({ name: 'sd-setup-launcher' });
+                        modelConfig.createTime = (new Date(number)).toISOString();
 
                         return super.create(modelConfig);
                     });