diff --git a/ccminer.cpp b/ccminer.cpp
index 20548c6..4da4b04 100644
--- a/ccminer.cpp
+++ b/ccminer.cpp
@@ -4034,6 +4034,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	// Prevent windows to sleep while mining
 	SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED);
+	// Enable windows high precision timer
+	timeBeginPeriod(1);
 #endif
 	if (opt_affinity != -1) {
 		if (!opt_quiet)
@@ -4227,10 +4229,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		opt_n_threads, opt_n_threads > 1 ? "s":"",
 		algo_names[opt_algo]);
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-	timeBeginPeriod(1); // enable high timer precision (similar to Google Chrome Trick)
-#endif
-
 	/* main loop - simply wait for workio thread to exit */
 	pthread_join(thr_info[work_thr_id].pth, NULL);