diff --git a/server/src/hooks.c b/server/src/hooks.c
index b656eef25..4e7d9075b 100644
--- a/server/src/hooks.c
+++ b/server/src/hooks.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int hook_skip_first(struct path *p, struct hook *h, int when)
 			break;
 
 		case HOOK_PATH_START:
-			clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &private->started);
+			private->started = time_now();
 			break;
 			 
 		case HOOK_POST: {
diff --git a/server/src/log.c b/server/src/log.c
index 984385cb5..f99a33e1e 100644
--- a/server/src/log.c
+++ b/server/src/log.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void log_setlevel(int lvl)
 
 void log_init()
 {
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &epoch);
+	epoch = time_now();
 	debug(10, "Debug clock resetted");
 }
 
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ void log_print(const char *lvl, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 void log_vprint(const char *lvl, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-	struct timespec ts;
+	struct timespec ts = time_now();
 	char *buf = alloc(512);
 	
 	/* Timestamp */
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
 	strcatf(&buf, "%10.3f ", time_delta(&epoch, &ts));
 
 	/* Severity */
diff --git a/server/src/path.c b/server/src/path.c
index 534d325c1..f68c5d9dc 100644
--- a/server/src/path.c
+++ b/server/src/path.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void path_write(struct path *p)
 		debug(15, "Sent %u  messages to node '%s'", sent, n->name);
 		p->sent += sent;
 
-		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &p->ts_sent);
+		p->ts_sent = time_now(); /** @todo use hardware timestamps for socket node type */
 	}
 }
 
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static void * path_run(void *arg)
 			continue;
 
 		/** @todo Replace this timestamp by hardware timestamping */
-		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &p->ts_recv);
-
+		p->ts_recv = time_now();
+			
 		debug(15, "Received %u messages from node '%s'", recv, p->in->name);
 
 		/* Run preprocessing hooks */
diff --git a/server/src/random.c b/server/src/random.c
index c253592bc..4e9da6238 100644
--- a/server/src/random.c
+++ b/server/src/random.c
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	while (limit-- > 0 || argc < 4) {
 		m.sequence += timerfd_wait(tfd);
 
-		struct timespec ts;
-		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+		struct timespec ts = time_now();
 
 		m.ts.sec    = ts.tv_sec;
 		m.ts.nsec   = ts.tv_nsec;
diff --git a/server/src/receive.c b/server/src/receive.c
index d11a9716b..7e99756c2 100644
--- a/server/src/receive.c
+++ b/server/src/receive.c
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf(stderr, "# %-20s\t\t%s\n", "sec.nsec+offset(seq)", "data[]");
 
 	for (;;) {
-		struct timespec ts;
-		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+		struct timespec ts = time_now();
 		
 		int recv = node_read(node, pool, node->combine, 0, node->combine);
 		for (int i = 0; i < recv; i++) {