diff --git a/src/ipc/connection.cr b/src/ipc/connection.cr
index fea663f..87e1ffb 100644
--- a/src/ipc/connection.cr
+++ b/src/ipc/connection.cr
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class IPC::StandAloneConnection
 end
 
 class IPC::Connections
-	property base_timer : Int64 = 0
-	property timer : Int64 = 0
+	property base_timer : Float64 = 0.0
+	property timer : Float64 = 0.0
 	getter connections : LibIPC::Connections
 
 	def initialize
diff --git a/src/ipc/lowlevel.cr b/src/ipc/lowlevel.cr
index ecd75fc..6a6b0a7 100644
--- a/src/ipc/lowlevel.cr
+++ b/src/ipc/lowlevel.cr
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ lib LibIPC
 	fun ipc_read(Connection*, Message*) : IPCError
 	fun ipc_write(Connection*, Message*) : IPCError
 
-	fun ipc_wait_event(Connections*, Connection*, Event*, LibC::Long*) : IPCError
+	fun ipc_wait_event(Connections*, Connection*, Event*, LibC::Double*) : IPCError
 
 	fun ipc_add(Connections*, Connection*) : IPCError
 	fun ipc_del(Connections*, Connection*) : IPCError
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ lib LibIPC
 
 
 	# networkd-related functions
-	fun ipc_wait_event_networkd(Connections*, Connection*, Event*, Switchings*, LibC::Long*) : IPCError
+	fun ipc_wait_event_networkd(Connections*, Connection*, Event*, Switchings*, LibC::Double*) : IPCError
 
 	fun ipc_receive_fd (sock : LibC::Int, fd : LibC::Int*) : IPCError
 	fun ipc_provide_fd (sock : LibC::Int, fd : LibC::Int ) : IPCError