diff --git a/rsblocks.yml b/rsblocks.yml
index 32902be..f730df6 100644
--- a/rsblocks.yml
+++ b/rsblocks.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ time:
   icon: ''
 
 
+# Time of the system has been running
+uptime:
+  delay: 15.0
+  enabled: false
+  icon: ''
+
+
 # public ip address  
 pub_ip:
   delay: 120.0
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ pub_ip:
   icon: ''
   
 
-# ethernet/wifi bandwith  
+# ethernet/wifi bandwith (no delay for this since it will calculate the bandwith every second)
 netspeed:
   enabled: false
   interface: 'wlan0'
@@ -50,9 +57,9 @@ cpu_temperature:
   icon: ''
 
 
-# cpu load average  
+# cpu load average from the last minute
 loadavg:
-  delay: 2.0
+  delay: 15.0
   enabled: false
   icon: ''
 
diff --git a/src/utils/load_average.rs b/src/utils/load_average.rs
index 414ab6f..43dc88b 100644
--- a/src/utils/load_average.rs
+++ b/src/utils/load_average.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 use crate::config::CONFIG;
 use crate::types::ThreadsData;
-use nix::sys::sysinfo;
+
+use nix::libc::{c_double, c_int, getloadavg};
 
 pub fn get_load_avg() -> ThreadsData {
-    let load = sysinfo::sysinfo().unwrap().load_average().0;
+    let mut data: [c_double; 3] = [0f64; 3];
+    unsafe { getloadavg(data.as_mut_ptr(), data.len() as c_int) };
+    let [load, _, _] = data;
     let data = format!(
         "  {}  {:.2}  {}",
         CONFIG.loadavg.icon, load, CONFIG.seperator
     );
+
     ThreadsData::LoadAvg(data)
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/uptime.rs b/src/utils/uptime.rs
index 4bb06cc..f635b6b 100644
--- a/src/utils/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/utils/uptime.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 use crate::config::CONFIG;
 use crate::types::ThreadsData;
-use chrono::Duration;
-use nix::sys::sysinfo;
+use nix::time::clock_gettime;
 
 pub fn get_uptime() -> ThreadsData {
-    let duration = sysinfo::sysinfo().unwrap().uptime();
-    let uptime_sec = Duration::from_std(duration).unwrap().num_seconds();
-
-    let hour = uptime_sec / 3600;
-    let rem = uptime_sec - hour * 3600;
-    let minutes = rem / 60;
-
+    let (_, hour, minutes, seconds) = get_uptime_data();
     let uptime = if hour > 0 {
-        format!("{}:{}", hour, minutes)
+        format!("{}:{}:{}", hour, minutes, seconds)
     } else {
-        format!("{} min", minutes)
+        format!("{} min, {} sec", minutes, seconds)
     };
     let result = format!("  {}  {}  {}", CONFIG.uptime.icon, uptime, CONFIG.seperator);
     ThreadsData::Uptime(result)
 }
+
+// This helper function will use the system call clock_gettime
+// it will return a tuple of (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
+fn get_uptime_data() -> (i64, i64, i64, i64) {
+    let mut uptime = clock_gettime(nix::time::ClockId::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+        .unwrap()
+        .tv_sec();
+
+    if uptime > 60 {
+        uptime += 30;
+    }
+    let days = uptime / 86400;
+    uptime %= 86400;
+    let hours = uptime / 3600;
+    uptime %= 3600;
+    let minutes = uptime / 60;
+    let seconds = uptime % 60;
+    (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
+}