diff --git a/src/session.cpp b/src/session.cpp
index d7d88c9c1..f4d6c5081 100644
--- a/src/session.cpp
+++ b/src/session.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 	std::string log_time()
 	{
-		static const ptime start = time_now();
+		static const ptime start = time_now_hires();
 		char ret[200];
 		std::sprintf(ret, "%d", total_milliseconds(time_now() - start));
 		return ret;