diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index d83c0cb1..f1a5c029 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ function Peer(pool, options) {
   this.compactBlocks = {};
   this.sentAddr = false;
   this.bip151 = null;
+  this.lastSend = 0;
+  this.lastRecv = 0;
 
   if (this.pool.options.bip151)
     this.bip151 = new bcoin.bip151();
@@ -673,6 +675,8 @@ Peer.prototype.write = function write(chunk) {
   if (this.destroyed)
     return false;
 
+  this.lastSend = utils.ms();
+
   return this.socket.write(chunk);
 };
 
@@ -824,6 +828,8 @@ Peer.prototype._onPacket = function onPacket(packet) {
   if (this.lastBlock && cmd !== 'tx')
     this._flushMerkle();
 
+  this.lastRecv = utils.ms();
+
   switch (cmd) {
     case 'version':
       return this._handleVersion(payload);
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/utils.js b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
index 90f23938..5b7f82be 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/utils.js
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ utils.testTarget = function testTarget(hash, target) {
  */
 
 utils.now = function now() {
-  return Math.floor(+new Date() / 1000);
+  return Math.floor(utils.ms() / 1000);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1016,6 +1016,8 @@ utils.now = function now() {
  */
 
 utils.ms = function ms() {
+  if (Date.now)
+    return Date.now();
   return +new Date();
 };