diff --git a/src/pc/utils/misc.c b/src/pc/utils/misc.c
index fdfab5c78..3b2a0db12 100644
--- a/src/pc/utils/misc.c
+++ b/src/pc/utils/misc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <PR/ultratypes.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -23,18 +25,43 @@ void update_all_mario_stars(void) {
     }
 }
 
+static void _clock_gettime(struct timespec* clock_time) {
+#if !defined _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK || _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK < 0
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, clock_time);
+#elif _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK > 0
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, clock_time);
+#else
+    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, clock_time))
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, clock_time));
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DEVELOPMENT
+    // give each instance a random offset for testing purposed
+    static int randomOffset1 = 0;
+    static int randomOffset2 = 0;
+    if (randomOffset1 == 0) {
+        time_t t;
+        srand((unsigned)time(&t));
+        randomOffset1 = rand();
+        randomOffset2 = rand();
+    }
+    clock_time->tv_sec += randomOffset1;
+    clock_time->tv_nsec += randomOffset2;
+#endif
+}
+
 static u64 clock_elapsed_ns(void) {
     static bool sClockInitialized = false;
     static u64 clock_start_ns;
     if (!sClockInitialized) {
         struct timespec clock_start;
-        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &clock_start);
+        _clock_gettime(&clock_start);
         clock_start_ns = ((u64)clock_start.tv_sec) * 1000000000 + clock_start.tv_nsec;
         sClockInitialized = true;
     }
 
     struct timespec clock_current;
-    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &clock_current);
+    _clock_gettime(&clock_current);
 
     u64 clock_current_ns = ((u64)clock_current.tv_sec) * 1000000000 + clock_current.tv_nsec;
     return (clock_current_ns - clock_start_ns);