diff --git a/src/sim65/peripherals.c b/src/sim65/peripherals.c
index c5c42b87e..1c62b2bfb 100644
--- a/src/sim65/peripherals.c
+++ b/src/sim65/peripherals.c
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ void PeripheralsWriteByte (uint8_t Addr, uint8_t Val)
             /* Using timespec_get() in the MinGW64 compiler makes the Linux workflow build fail. */
             //bool time_valid = timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC) == TIME_UTC;
             /* does clock_gettime work? */
-            bool time_valid = false;
-#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
-            /* does timespec_get work? */
-            /* does clock_gettime work? */
+            bool time_valid = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == 0;
             //bool time_valid = false;
-            bool time_valid = timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC) == TIME_UTC;
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+            /* does timespec_get work? -- yes! */
+            /* does clock_gettime work? */
+            bool time_valid = false;
+            //bool time_valid = timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC) == TIME_UTC;
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
             /* clock_gettime() is not available when using the Microsoft compiler. Use timespec_get() instead. */
             bool time_valid = timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC) == TIME_UTC;