diff --git a/agent/src/Application.hs b/agent/src/Application.hs
index 4b4e69382..520453d76 100644
--- a/agent/src/Application.hs
+++ b/agent/src/Application.hs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ makeFoundation appSettings = do
     appBackgroundJobs           <- newTVarIO (JobCache HM.empty)
     def                         <- getDefaultProcDevMetrics
     appProcDevMomentCache       <- newIORef (now, mempty, def)
+    appLastTorRestart           <- newIORef now
 
     -- We need a log function to create a connection pool. We need a connection
     -- pool to create our foundation. And we need our foundation to get a