diff --git a/repl/lib_timer.c b/repl/lib_timer.c
index 240e4cc..9604963 100644
--- a/repl/lib_timer.c
+++ b/repl/lib_timer.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include "lib_timer.h"
 
+#include "toy_common.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "toy_common.h"
 
 //god damn it
 static struct timeval* diff(struct timeval* lhs, struct timeval* rhs) {
diff --git a/source/toy_common.h b/source/toy_common.h
index 30eea44..f02887f 100644
--- a/source/toy_common.h
+++ b/source/toy_common.h
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #define TOY_API extern
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
 #define TOY_API
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #else
 #define TOY_API
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/lib/timer.toy b/test/scripts/lib/timer.toy
index c54d80e..928844f 100644
--- a/test/scripts/lib/timer.toy
+++ b/test/scripts/lib/timer.toy
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 	import timer;
 
 	var timerA: opaque = startTimer();
-	for (var i: int = 0; i < 1000 * 1000; i++);
+	for (var i: int = 0; i < 1000 * 1; i++);
 	var diffA: opaque = timerA.stopTimer();
 
 	//create another timer, run it for a longer period
 	var timerB: opaque = startTimer();
-	for (var i: int = 0; i < 1000 * 1000 * 10; i++);
+	for (var i: int = 0; i < 1000 * 10; i++);
 	var diffB: opaque = timerB.stopTimer();
 
 	//check to ensure that the second timer took longer than the first