diff --git a/src/tracker_manager.cpp b/src/tracker_manager.cpp
index 69c614ba8..a240c57d6 100644
--- a/src/tracker_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/tracker_manager.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ namespace
 namespace libtorrent
 {
 	timeout_handler::timeout_handler(io_service& ios)
-		: m_start_time(time_now())
-		, m_read_time(time_now())
+		: m_start_time(time_now_hires())
+		, m_read_time(m_start_time)
 		, m_timeout(ios)
 		, m_completion_timeout(0)
 		, m_read_timeout(0)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	{
 		m_completion_timeout = completion_timeout;
 		m_read_timeout = read_timeout;
-		m_start_time = m_read_time = time_now();
+		m_start_time = m_read_time = time_now_hires();
 
 		if (m_abort) return;
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 	void timeout_handler::restart_read_timeout()
 	{
-		m_read_time = time_now();
+		m_read_time = time_now_hires();
 	}
 
 	void timeout_handler::cancel()
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		if (error) return;
 		if (m_completion_timeout == 0) return;
 		
-		ptime now(time_now());
+		ptime now = time_now_hires();
 		time_duration receive_timeout = now - m_read_time;
 		time_duration completion_timeout = now - m_start_time;