diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 73cd6dee..1b8221d3 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ void usage() {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    time_t start;
+    long long start;
 
     initServerConfig();
     if (argc == 2) {
@@ -1685,15 +1685,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #ifdef __linux__
     linuxOvercommitMemoryWarning();
 #endif
-    start = time(NULL);
+    start = ustime();
     if (server.ds_enabled) {
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"DB not loaded (running with disk back end)");
     } else if (server.appendonly) {
         if (loadAppendOnlyFile(server.appendfilename) == REDIS_OK)
-            redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"DB loaded from append only file: %ld seconds",time(NULL)-start);
+            redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"DB loaded from append only file: %.3f seconds",(float)(ustime()-start)/1000000);
     } else {
         if (rdbLoad(server.dbfilename) == REDIS_OK)
-            redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"DB loaded from disk: %ld seconds",time(NULL)-start);
+            redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"DB loaded from disk: %.3f seconds",(float)(ustime()-start)/1000000);
     }
     if (server.ipfd > 0)
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"The server is now ready to accept connections on port %d", server.port);