diff --git a/src/timeline/Timeline.js b/src/timeline/Timeline.js
index a54a8a76..a2c4ceb0 100644
--- a/src/timeline/Timeline.js
+++ b/src/timeline/Timeline.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function Timeline (container, items, options) {
   // time axis
   this.timeAxis = new TimeAxis(this, this.options);
   this.components.push(this.timeAxis);
+  this.options.snap = this.timeAxis.snap.bind(this.timeAxis); // TODO: not nice adding snap to options
 
   // current time bar
   this.currentTime = new CurrentTime(this, this.options);
diff --git a/src/timeline/component/ItemSet.js b/src/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
index 9ba812ee..fb1fce19 100644
--- a/src/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
+++ b/src/timeline/component/ItemSet.js
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ ItemSet.prototype._onAddItem = function (event) {
     // add item
     var xAbs = vis.util.getAbsoluteLeft(this.dom.frame);
     var x = event.gesture.center.pageX - xAbs;
-    var start = this._toTime(x);
+    var start = this.options.toTime(x);
     var newItem = {
       start: snap ? snap(start) : start,
       content: 'new item'
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ ItemSet.prototype._onAddItem = function (event) {
 
     // when default type is a range, add a default end date to the new item
     if (this.options.type === 'range' || this.options.type == 'rangeoverflow') {
-      var end = this._toTime(x + this.props.width / 5);
+      var end = this.options.toTime(x + this.props.width / 5);
       newItem.end = snap ? snap(end) : end;
     }