diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 6ad1607d..d9741da4 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = $(global_CFLAGS)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES=libmist-1.0.la
 libmist_1_0_la_SOURCES=amf.h amf.cpp auth.h auth.cpp base64.h base64.cpp config.h config.cpp crypto.h crypto.cpp dtsc.h dtsc.cpp flv_tag.h flv_tag.cpp http_parser.h http_parser.cpp json.h json.cpp procs.h procs.cpp rtmpchunks.h rtmpchunks.cpp socket.h socket.cpp mp4.h mp4.cpp ftp.h ftp.cpp filesystem.h filesystem.cpp stream.h stream.cpp timing.h timing.cpp
-libmist_1_0_la_LIBADD=-lssl -lcrypto
+libmist_1_0_la_LIBADD=-lssl -lcrypto -lrt
 libmist_1_0_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:0
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
diff --git a/lib/mist-1.0.pc.in b/lib/mist-1.0.pc.in
index 79bca3fb..e7036838 100644
--- a/lib/mist-1.0.pc.in
+++ b/lib/mist-1.0.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: Mist
 Description: Mist Streaming Media Library
 Requires: openssl
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lmist-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lmist-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto -lrt
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/mist-1.0 -I${libdir}/mist-1.0/include
diff --git a/lib/timing.cpp b/lib/timing.cpp
index dd26db1b..cc03d0ff 100644
--- a/lib/timing.cpp
+++ b/lib/timing.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 /// Sleeps for the indicated amount of milliseconds or longer.
 void Util::sleep(int ms){
+  if (ms < 0){return;}
+  if (ms > 10000){return;}
   struct timespec T;
   T.tv_sec = ms/1000;
   T.tv_nsec = 1000*(ms%1000);
@@ -16,9 +18,9 @@ void Util::sleep(int ms){
 /// Gets the current time in milliseconds.
 long long int Util::getMS(){
   /// \todo Possibly change to use clock_gettime - needs -lrt though...
-  timeval t;
-  gettimeofday(&t, 0);
-  return t.tv_sec * 1000 + t.tv_usec/1000;
+  struct timespec t;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &t);
+  return ((long long int)t.tv_sec) * 1000 + t.tv_nsec/1000;
 }
 
 /// Gets the amount of seconds since 01/01/1970.