diff --git a/src/rtc.c b/src/rtc.c
--- a/src/rtc.c
+++ b/src/rtc.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "stm32f0xx_hal.h"
 #include "rtc.h"
+#include "gpio.h"
 
 
 RTC_HandleTypeDef hrtc;
@@ -11,6 +12,12 @@ RTC_HandleTypeDef hrtc;
 static void Error_Handler(void)
 {
 	volatile uint8_t crap = 1;
+
+	for(uint16_t i=0; i<300; i++)
+	{
+		HAL_GPIO_TogglePin(LED_BLUE);
+		HAL_Delay(100);
+	}
 }
 
 // Initialize RTC
@@ -23,12 +30,14 @@ void rtc_init(void)
 	RTC_DateTypeDef sDate;
 	RTC_AlarmTypeDef sAlarm;
 
+	HAL_PWR_EnableBkUpAccess();
+
 	hrtc.Instance = RTC;
 	hrtc.Init.HourFormat = RTC_HOURFORMAT_24;
 	hrtc.Init.AsynchPrediv = 124;
 	hrtc.Init.SynchPrediv = 322; // if this has enough bits should be 1.0018Hz based on 40kHz LSI
 	hrtc.Init.OutPut = RTC_OUTPUT_DISABLE;
-	hrtc.Init.OutPutPolarity = RTC_OUTPUT_POLARITY_HIGH;
+ 	hrtc.Init.OutPutPolarity = RTC_OUTPUT_POLARITY_HIGH;
 	hrtc.Init.OutPutType = RTC_OUTPUT_TYPE_OPENDRAIN;
 
 	if (HAL_RTC_Init(&hrtc) != HAL_OK)
@@ -48,8 +57,8 @@ void rtc_init(void)
 
 	sDate.WeekDay = RTC_WEEKDAY_MONDAY;
 	sDate.Month = RTC_MONTH_JANUARY;
-	sDate.Date = 0x1;
-	sDate.Year = 0x0;
+	sDate.Date = 0x01;
+	sDate.Year = 0x19;
 
 	if (HAL_RTC_SetDate(&hrtc, &sDate, RTC_FORMAT_BCD) != HAL_OK)
 	{
@@ -67,18 +76,22 @@ void rtc_init(void)
 	sAlarm.AlarmTime.StoreOperation = RTC_STOREOPERATION_RESET;
 
 	// Alarm will trigger on the Xth second of every minute
-	sAlarm.AlarmMask = RTC_ALARMMASK_DATEWEEKDAY | RTC_ALARMMASK_HOURS | RTC_ALARMMASK_MINUTES;
+	sAlarm.AlarmMask = RTC_ALARMMASK_ALL; // Trigger every second for now
 	sAlarm.AlarmSubSecondMask = RTC_ALARMSUBSECONDMASK_ALL;
 	sAlarm.AlarmDateWeekDaySel = RTC_ALARMDATEWEEKDAYSEL_DATE;
-	sAlarm.AlarmDateWeekDay = 0x1;
+	sAlarm.AlarmDateWeekDay = RTC_WEEKDAY_MONDAY;
 	sAlarm.Alarm = RTC_ALARM_A;
-	if (HAL_RTC_SetAlarm(&hrtc, &sAlarm, RTC_FORMAT_BCD) != HAL_OK)
+	if (HAL_RTC_SetAlarm_IT(&hrtc, &sAlarm, RTC_FORMAT_BCD) != HAL_OK)
 	{
 		Error_Handler();
 	}
 
 	HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(RTC_IRQn, 0, 0);
 	HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(RTC_IRQn);
+
+	HAL_RTC_WaitForSynchro(&hrtc);
+
+
 }
 
 void rtc_cal(void)