diff --git a/templates/lecture.html b/templates/lecture.html
index 9a2cf3e497b1ce98db3db62f223c3ec9992f7333..ab0fc0df65140229855ba4ac917fad39f8743598 100644
--- a/templates/lecture.html
+++ b/templates/lecture.html
@@ -37,8 +37,19 @@ $(function() {
 			{
 				html:true,
 				title:'Kapitelmarkierung vorschlagen',
-				content:'<form method="post" action="{{url_for('suggest_chapter', ref=request.url, lectureid=lecture.id)}}"><input placeholder="00:00.000" name="time" type="text"><br><input placeholder="Kapitel" name="text" type="texz"><br><input type="submit" value="Vorschlagen"></form>'
+				content: function() {
+					var zeropad = function (num, places) {
+						  var zero = places - num.toString().length + 1;
+						    return Array(+(zero > 0 && zero)).join("0") + num;
+					};
+					var timestamp = $('.player video')[0].currentTime
+					var h = zeropad( Math.trunc(timestamp/3600),2);
+					var m = zeropad( Math.trunc((timestamp%3600)/60),2);
+					var s = zeropad( Math.trunc(timestamp%60),2);
+					var timeasstring = h+':'+m+':'+s
+		return '<form method="post" action="{{url_for('suggest_chapter', ref=request.url, lectureid=lecture.id)}}"><input placeholder="00:00.000" name="time" type="text" value="'+timeasstring+'"><br><input placeholder="Kapitel" name="text" type="texz"><br><input type="submit" value="Vorschlagen"></form>'
 
+					}
 			})
 
 });