diff --git a/src/env_default.h b/src/env_default.h
index 3b598dc5..4c903c42 100644
--- a/src/env_default.h
+++ b/src/env_default.h
@@ -59,12 +59,14 @@ const std::string scribeversion("2.2");
  */
 #define LOG_OPER(format_string,...)                                     \
   {                                                                     \
-    time_t now;                                                         \
+    struct timeval tv;                                                  \
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);                                            \
+    time_t now = tv.tv_sec;                                             \
     char dbgtime[26] ;                                                  \
-    time(&now);                                                         \
     ctime_r(&now, dbgtime);                                             \
     dbgtime[24] = '\0';                                                 \
-    fprintf(stderr,"[%s] " #format_string " \n", dbgtime,##__VA_ARGS__); \
+    long numMillis = (tv.tv_usec / 1000);                               \
+    fprintf(stderr,"[%s %ld] " #format_string " \n", dbgtime,numMillis,##__VA_ARGS__); \
   }