diff --git a/detector_control/SLSDetectorWrapper.cpp b/detector_control/SLSDetectorWrapper.cpp
index 88d123be..055d1661 100644
--- a/detector_control/SLSDetectorWrapper.cpp
+++ b/detector_control/SLSDetectorWrapper.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ void SLSDetectorWrapper::Start(const DiffractionExperiment& experiment) {
         auto energy_threshold_ev = experiment.GetEigerThreshold_keV() * 1000.0f;
         if (det.getThresholdEnergy().squash(0) != energy_threshold_ev)
             det.setThresholdEnergy(energy_threshold_ev);
+
+        // For EIGER exposure time needs to be updated for every measurements
         det.setPeriod(experiment.GetDetectorPeriod());
+        det.setExptime(std::chrono::microseconds(experiment.GetFrameCountTime()));
     }
 
     try {