diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index fcb41d5..3a72df1 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -249,13 +249,11 @@ void interactive(chaiscript::ChaiScript& chai)
   }
 }
 
-double getTimeInSeconds()
+double now()
 {
   using namespace std::chrono;
-  static time_point<high_resolution_clock> start = high_resolution_clock::now();
-
-  duration<double> elapsed_seconds = high_resolution_clock::now() - start;
-  return elapsed_seconds.count();
+  auto now = high_resolution_clock::now();
+  return duration_cast<duration<double>>(now.time_since_epoch()).count();
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&help), "help");
   chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&throws_exception), "throws_exception");
   chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&get_eval_error), "get_eval_error");
-  chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&getTimeInSeconds), "getTimeInSeconds");
+  chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&now), "now");
 
 
   for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
diff --git a/unittests/performance.chai b/unittests/performance.chai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1345c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/performance.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var sum = 0.0
+var start = now()
+for (var i = 1; i <= 100000; ++i) {
+  if (i % 2 == 0) {
+    sum += 1.0 / i;
+  }
+  else {
+    sum += 1.0 / (double(i) * i);
+  }
+}
+var end = now()
+print("Elapsed time: " + to_string(end - start) + " sum: " + to_string(sum))
+assert_equal(to_string(sum), "6.9322")