diff --git a/lib/post_creator.rb b/lib/post_creator.rb
index e55c1aaf4..69b9240c6 100644
--- a/lib/post_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/post_creator.rb
@@ -269,13 +269,21 @@ class PostCreator
   def track_topic
     return if @opts[:auto_track] == false
 
-    TopicUser.auto_track(@user.id, @topic.id, TopicUser.notification_reasons[:created_post])
-    # Update topic user data
     TopicUser.change(@post.user.id,
                      @post.topic.id,
                      posted: true,
                      last_read_post_number: @post.post_number,
                      seen_post_count: @post.post_number)
+
+
+    # assume it took us 5 seconds of reading time to make a post
+    PostTiming.record_timing(topic_id: @post.topic_id,
+                             user_id: @post.user_id,
+                             post_number: @post.post_number,
+                             msecs: 5000)
+
+
+    TopicUser.auto_track(@user.id, @topic.id, TopicUser.notification_reasons[:created_post])
   end
 
   def enqueue_jobs
diff --git a/spec/components/post_creator_spec.rb b/spec/components/post_creator_spec.rb
index 45a880c2b..b567dc5b7 100644
--- a/spec/components/post_creator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/post_creator_spec.rb
@@ -429,10 +429,22 @@ describe PostCreator do
                                 embed_url: embed_url,
                                 title: 'Reviews of Science Ovens',
                                 raw: 'Did you know that you can use microwaves to cook your dinner? Science!')
-      post = creator.create
+      creator.create
       TopicEmbed.where(embed_url: embed_url).exists?.should be_true
     end
   end
 
+  describe "read credit for creator" do
+    it "should give credit to creator" do
+      post = create_post
+      PostTiming.find_by(topic_id: post.topic_id,
+                         post_number: post.post_number,
+                         user_id: post.user_id).msecs.should be > 0
+
+      TopicUser.find_by(topic_id: post.topic_id,
+                        user_id: post.user_id).last_read_post_number.should == 1
+    end
+  end
+
 end