diff --git a/include/villas/task.h b/include/villas/task.h
index beeb98637..9a089cc6d 100644
--- a/include/villas/task.h
+++ b/include/villas/task.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <time.h>
+#include <villas/tsc.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #if defined(__MACH__)
   #define PERIODIC_TASK_IMPL NANOSLEEP
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-  #define PERIODIC_TASK_IMPL TIMERFD
+  #define PERIODIC_TASK_IMPL RDTSC
 #else
   #error "Platform not supported"
 #endif
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ struct task {
 #if PERIODIC_TASK_IMPL == TIMERFD
 	int fd;				/**< The timerfd_create(2) file descriptior. */
 #elif PERIODIC_TASK_IMPL == RDTSC
-	struct rdtsc tsc;		/**< Initialized by tsc_init(). */
+	struct tsc tsc;		/**< Initialized by tsc_init(). */
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/include/villas/tsc.h b/include/villas/tsc.h
index 1d532802b..6b689da5d 100644
--- a/include/villas/tsc.h
+++ b/include/villas/tsc.h
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ static inline uint64_t rdtsc()
 
 int tsc_init(struct tsc *t);
 
-uint64_t tsc_rate_to_cyles(struct tsc *t, double rate);
+uint64_t tsc_rate_to_cycles(struct tsc *t, double rate);
 
 uint64_t tsc_now(struct tsc *t);
diff --git a/lib/tsc.c b/lib/tsc.c
index cc423fddc..fa40f468a 100644
--- a/lib/tsc.c
+++ b/lib/tsc.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int tsc_init(struct tsc *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-uint64_t tsc_rate_to_cyles(struct tsc *t, double rate)
+uint64_t tsc_rate_to_cycles(struct tsc *t, double rate)
 {
 	return t->frequency / rate;
 }