diff --git a/src/rpc/system.rs b/src/rpc/system.rs
index f8121193..9e0bfa11 100644
--- a/src/rpc/system.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/system.rs
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ impl System {
 				id: n.id.into(),
 				addr: n.addr,
 				is_up: n.is_up(),
-				last_seen_secs_ago: n.last_seen.map(|t| (Instant::now() - t).as_secs()),
+				last_seen_secs_ago: n
+					.last_seen
+					.map(|t| (Instant::now().saturating_duration_since(t)).as_secs()),
 				status: node_status
 					.get(&n.id.into())
 					.cloned()
diff --git a/src/table/sync.rs b/src/table/sync.rs
index e34aa8d7..9d79d856 100644
--- a/src/table/sync.rs
+++ b/src/table/sync.rs
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ impl<F: TableSchema + 'static, R: TableReplication + 'static> Worker for SyncWor
 					self.add_full_sync();
 				}
 			},
-			_ = tokio::time::sleep(self.next_full_sync - Instant::now()) => {
+			_ = tokio::time::sleep_until(self.next_full_sync.into()) => {
 				self.add_full_sync();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/util/metrics.rs b/src/util/metrics.rs
index 1b05eabe..b882a886 100644
--- a/src/util/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/util/metrics.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::time::SystemTime;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, Future, FutureExt};
 use rand::Rng;
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ where
 		attributes: &'a [KeyValue],
 	) -> BoxFuture<'a, Self::Output> {
 		async move {
-			let request_start = SystemTime::now();
+			let request_start = Instant::now();
 			let res = self.await;
 			r.record(
-				request_start.elapsed().map_or(0.0, |d| d.as_secs_f64()),
+				Instant::now()
+					.saturating_duration_since(request_start)
+					.as_secs_f64(),
 				attributes,
 			);
 			res
@@ -41,9 +43,13 @@ where
 
 	fn bound_record_duration(self, r: &'a BoundValueRecorder<f64>) -> BoxFuture<'a, Self::Output> {
 		async move {
-			let request_start = SystemTime::now();
+			let request_start = Instant::now();
 			let res = self.await;
-			r.record(request_start.elapsed().map_or(0.0, |d| d.as_secs_f64()));
+			r.record(
+				Instant::now()
+					.saturating_duration_since(request_start)
+					.as_secs_f64(),
+			);
 			res
 		}
 		.boxed()
diff --git a/src/util/tranquilizer.rs b/src/util/tranquilizer.rs
index fdb2918b..8a96cbb3 100644
--- a/src/util/tranquilizer.rs
+++ b/src/util/tranquilizer.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl Tranquilizer {
 	}
 
 	fn tranquilize_internal(&mut self, tranquility: u32) -> Option<Duration> {
-		let observation = Instant::now() - self.last_step_begin;
+		let observation = Instant::now().saturating_duration_since(self.last_step_begin);
 
 		self.observations.push_back(observation);
 		self.sum_observations += observation;