diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index fab783aba8..35a588339e 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ async fn generate_keypair(context: &Context) -> Result<KeyPair> {
             secret: SignedSecretKey::from_slice(&sec_bytes)?,
         }),
         Err(sql::Error::Sql(rusqlite::Error::QueryReturnedNoRows)) => {
-            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let start = std::time::SystemTime::now();
             let keytype = KeyGenType::from_i32(context.get_config_int(Config::KeyGenType).await)
                 .unwrap_or_default();
             info!(context, "Generating keypair with type {}", keytype);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ async fn generate_keypair(context: &Context) -> Result<KeyPair> {
             info!(
                 context,
                 "Keypair generated in {:.3}s.",
-                start.elapsed().as_secs()
+                start.elapsed().unwrap_or_default().as_secs()
             );
             Ok(keypair)
         }
diff --git a/src/smtp/mod.rs b/src/smtp/mod.rs
index 101a12bed2..1296c796c1 100644
--- a/src/smtp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/smtp/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pub mod send;
 
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 use async_smtp::smtp::client::net::*;
 use async_smtp::*;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Smtp {
     /// Timestamp of last successful send/receive network interaction
     /// (eg connect or send succeeded). On initialization and disconnect
     /// it is set to None.
-    last_success: Option<Instant>,
+    last_success: Option<SystemTime>,
 }
 
 impl Smtp {
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ impl Smtp {
     /// have been successfully used the last 60 seconds
     pub async fn has_maybe_stale_connection(&self) -> bool {
         if let Some(last_success) = self.last_success {
-            Instant::now().duration_since(last_success).as_secs() > 60
+            SystemTime::now()
+                .duration_since(last_success)
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+                .as_secs()
+                > 60
         } else {
             false
         }
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ impl Smtp {
         }
 
         self.transport = Some(trans);
-        self.last_success = Some(Instant::now());
+        self.last_success = Some(SystemTime::now());
 
         context.emit_event(Event::SmtpConnected(format!(
             "SMTP-LOGIN as {} ok",
diff --git a/src/smtp/send.rs b/src/smtp/send.rs
index 350d705e5b..1948ccf7e6 100644
--- a/src/smtp/send.rs
+++ b/src/smtp/send.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl Smtp {
                 "Message len={} was smtp-sent to {}",
                 message_len, recipients_display
             )));
-            self.last_success = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+            self.last_success = Some(std::time::SystemTime::now());
 
             Ok(())
         } else {