diff --git a/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp b/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
index 773e1207..5c52a378 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/paje_trace.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace ngcore
           // return time in milliseconds as double
         // return std::chrono::duration<double>(t-start_time).count()*1000.0;
         // return std::chrono::duration<double>(t-start_time).count() / 2.7e3;
-        return 1000.0*static_cast<double>(t-start_time) / ticks_per_second;
+        return 1000.0*static_cast<double>(t-start_time) * seconds_per_tick;
       }
 
       enum PType
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ namespace ngcore
 
       std::sort (events.begin(), events.end());
 
-      root.time = 1000.0*static_cast<double>(stop_time-start_time)/ticks_per_second;
+      root.time = 1000.0*static_cast<double>(stop_time-start_time) * seconds_per_tick;
 
       for(auto & event : events)
       {
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ namespace ngcore
                 std::cout << "node stack empty!" << std::endl;
                 break;
               }
-              double time = 1000.0*static_cast<double>(event.time-current->start_time)/ticks_per_second;
+              double time = 1000.0*static_cast<double>(event.time-current->start_time) * seconds_per_tick;
               current->time += time;
               current = node_stack.back();
               current->time -= time;
diff --git a/libsrc/core/profiler.hpp b/libsrc/core/profiler.hpp
index 4e4b565c..36c10d55 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/profiler.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/profiler.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace ngcore
         TimerVal() = default;
 
         double tottime = 0.0;
-        double starttime = 0.0;
+        TTimePoint starttime=0;
         double flops = 0.0;
         double loads = 0.0;
         double stores = 0.0;
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ namespace ngcore
     /// start timer of index nr
     static void StartTimer (int nr)
     {
-      timers[nr].starttime = WallTime(); timers[nr].count++;
+      timers[nr].starttime = GetTimeCounter(); timers[nr].count++;
     }
 
     /// stop timer of index nr
     static void StopTimer (int nr)
     {
-      timers[nr].tottime += WallTime()-timers[nr].starttime;
+      timers[nr].tottime += (GetTimeCounter()-timers[nr].starttime)*seconds_per_tick;
     }
 
     static void StartThreadTimer (size_t nr, size_t tid)
diff --git a/libsrc/core/utils.cpp b/libsrc/core/utils.cpp
index 5f5376bd..4033a6eb 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/utils.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/utils.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace ngcore
                                                                                       &status); }
 #endif
 
-  double ticks_per_second = [] () noexcept
+  double seconds_per_tick = [] () noexcept
   {
       auto tick_start = GetTimeCounter();
       double tstart = WallTime();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngcore
       auto tick_end = GetTimeCounter();
       tend = WallTime();
 
-      return static_cast<double>(tick_end-tick_start)/(tend-tstart);
+      return (tend-tstart)/static_cast<double>(tick_end-tick_start);
   }();
 
   const std::chrono::time_point<TClock> wall_time_start = TClock::now();
diff --git a/libsrc/core/utils.hpp b/libsrc/core/utils.hpp
index c0d92054..65db4fff 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/utils.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/utils.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace ngcore
 
   // High precision clock counter register
   using TTimePoint = size_t;
-  extern NGCORE_API double ticks_per_second;
+  extern NGCORE_API double seconds_per_tick;
 
   inline TTimePoint GetTimeCounter() noexcept
   {