diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
index ea30e5f6..2eacb717 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.cpp
@@ -6420,6 +6420,7 @@ namespace netgen
   void Mesh :: UpdateTopology (TaskManager tm,
                                Tracer tracer)
   {
+    static Timer t("Update Topology"); RegionTimer reg(t);
     topology.Update(tm, tracer);
     (*tracer)("call update clusters", false);
     clusters->Update(tm, tracer);
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
index 3fba9f87..9e07fd73 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ namespace netgen
 
   void ParallelMeshTopology :: UpdateCoarseGrid ()
   {
+    static Timer t("ParallelTopology::UpdateCoarseGrid"); RegionTimer r(t);
     // cout << "UpdateCoarseGrid" << endl;
     // if (is_updated) return;
 
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/refine.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/refine.cpp
index bc4a2e5b..6f9e4585 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/refine.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/refine.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ namespace netgen
   {
     if (mesh.GetCommunicator().Rank()==0)
       PrintMessage (3, "Refine mesh");
+    Timer t("Refine mesh"); RegionTimer reg(t);
 
+    
     mesh.SetNextMajorTimeStamp();
     
     if (ntasks > 1 && id == 0)