diff --git a/cmd/server/store.go b/cmd/server/store.go
index c4a054d..51da03e 100644
--- a/cmd/server/store.go
+++ b/cmd/server/store.go
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ func (s *PacketStore) IngestNewFromDB(sinceID, limit int) ([]map[string]interfac
 			"raw_hex":           strOrNil(tx.RawHex),
 			"hash":              strOrNil(tx.Hash),
 			"first_seen":        strOrNil(tx.FirstSeen),
+			"timestamp":         strOrNil(tx.FirstSeen),
 			"route_type":        intPtrOrNil(tx.RouteType),
 			"payload_type":      intPtrOrNil(tx.PayloadType),
 			"decoded_json":      strOrNil(tx.DecodedJSON),
diff --git a/cmd/server/websocket_test.go b/cmd/server/websocket_test.go
index 2cca2de..5e63beb 100644
--- a/cmd/server/websocket_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server/websocket_test.go
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ func TestPollerBroadcastsNewData(t *testing.T) {
 		if !ok {
 			t.Fatal("expected data.packet to be an object")
 		}
-		// Verify key fields exist in nested packet
-		for _, field := range []string{"id", "hash", "payload_type"} {
+		// Verify key fields exist in nested packet (timestamp required by packets.js)
+		for _, field := range []string{"id", "hash", "payload_type", "timestamp"} {
 			if _, exists := pktMap[field]; !exists {
 				t.Errorf("expected data.packet.%s to exist", field)
 			}