diff --git a/nlsr_km.c b/nlsr_km.c
index f745d91..2e90e79 100644
--- a/nlsr_km.c
+++ b/nlsr_km.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 										char *keystore_passphrase,
 										char *key_repo_name,
 										char *site_name,
-										char *router_name){
+										char *router_name,
+										long int freshness){
 	
 	if ( nlsr->debugging )
 		printf("sign_content_with_user_defined_keystore called\n");
@@ -116,11 +117,15 @@
   	ccn_charbuf_append(sp.template_ccnb, keyname->buf, keyname->length); 
 	ccn_charbuf_append_closer(sp.template_ccnb); // KeyName closer
   	ccn_charbuf_append_closer(sp.template_ccnb); // KeyLocator closer
+
+	ccnb_tagged_putf(sp.template_ccnb, CCN_DTAG_FreshnessSeconds, "%ld", freshness);
+    sp.sp_flags |= CCN_SP_TEMPL_FRESHNESS;
+
   	ccn_charbuf_append_closer(sp.template_ccnb); // SignedInfo closer
 	
 	sp.sp_flags |= CCN_SP_TEMPL_KEY_LOCATOR;
 	sp.sp_flags |= CCN_SP_FINAL_BLOCK;
-	sp.freshness = 60;
+	//sp.freshness = 60;
 
 
 	if (pubid_out->length != sizeof(sp.pubid)){
diff --git a/nlsr_km.h b/nlsr_km.h
index 65c2dca..cfaa0d5 100644
--- a/nlsr_km.h
+++ b/nlsr_km.h
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 										char *keystore_passphrase,
 										char *key_repo_name,
 										char *site_name,
-										char *router_name);
+										char *router_name,
+										long int freshness);
 
 int	contain_key_name(const unsigned char *ccnb, 
 					struct ccn_parsed_ContentObject *pco);
diff --git a/nlsr_ndn.c b/nlsr_ndn.c
index 2fdf091..1cdca25 100644
--- a/nlsr_ndn.c
+++ b/nlsr_ndn.c
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@
 											nlsr->keystore_passphrase,
 											nlsr->root_key_prefix,
 											nlsr->site_name,
-											nlsr->router_name);
+											nlsr->router_name,
+											10);
 
 
 		//res= ccn_sign_content(nlsr->ccn, data, name, &sp, "info",strlen("info")); 
diff --git a/nlsr_sync.c b/nlsr_sync.c
index b893022..c68e3bc 100644
--- a/nlsr_sync.c
+++ b/nlsr_sync.c
@@ -794,7 +794,8 @@
 										nlsr->keystore_passphrase,
 										nlsr->root_key_prefix,
 										nlsr->site_name,
-										nlsr->router_name);	
+										nlsr->router_name,
+										60);	
 
 
 	blockread=resultbuf->length;