diff --git a/client/src/modules/GameTimerManager.js b/client/src/modules/GameTimerManager.js
index 2e977a6..6313512 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/GameTimerManager.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/GameTimerManager.js
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ export class GameTimerManager {
         pauseBtn.addEventListener('click', this.pauseListener);
         document.getElementById('play-pause').appendChild(pauseBtn);
     }
-
-    processTimeRemaining (timeRemaining, paused, timerWorker) {
-        if (paused) {
-            this.displayPausedTime(timeRemaining);
-        } else if (timeRemaining === 0) {
-            this.displayExpiredTime();
-        } else {
-            this.resumeGameTimer(timeRemaining, globals.CLOCK_TICK_INTERVAL_MILLIS, null, timerWorker);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 function returnHumanReadableTime (milliseconds, tenthsOfSeconds = false) {
diff --git a/client/src/scripts/game.js b/client/src/scripts/game.js
index 7bb4a74..f6778d7 100644
--- a/client/src/scripts/game.js
+++ b/client/src/scripts/game.js
@@ -11,19 +11,14 @@ import { injectNavbar } from '../modules/Navbar.js';
 
 const game = () => {
     injectNavbar();
-    let timerWorker;
+    const timerWorker = new Worker(new URL('../modules/Timer.js', import.meta.url));
     const socket = io('/in-game');
     socket.on('disconnect', () => {
-        if (timerWorker) {
-            timerWorker.terminate();
-        }
-        timerWorker = null;
         toast('Disconnected. Attempting reconnect...', 'error', true, false);
     });
     socket.on('connect', () => {
         console.log("connect event fired");
         socket.emit(globals.COMMANDS.GET_ENVIRONMENT, function (returnedEnvironment) {
-            timerWorker = new Worker(new URL('../modules/Timer.js', import.meta.url));
             prepareGamePage(returnedEnvironment, socket, timerWorker);
         });
     });
@@ -141,9 +136,7 @@ function processGameState (currentGameState, userId, socket, gameStateRenderer,
                     break;
             }
             if (currentGameState.timerParams) {
-                socket.emit(globals.COMMANDS.GET_TIME_REMAINING, currentGameState.accessCode, (timeRemaining, paused) => {
-                    gameTimerManager.processTimeRemaining(timeRemaining, paused, timerWorker);
-                });
+                socket.emit(globals.COMMANDS.GET_TIME_REMAINING, currentGameState.accessCode);
             } else {
                 document.querySelector('#game-timer')?.remove();
                 document.querySelector('label[for="game-timer"]')?.remove();