diff --git a/src/hash_map.cc b/src/hash_map.cc
index 5799f87b..95b75f18 100644
--- a/src/hash_map.cc
+++ b/src/hash_map.cc
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ void do_profile(size_t count, StringView type)
     }
     auto after_find = Clock::now();
 
-    write_to_debug_buffer(format("{} ({}) -- inserts: {}ms, reads: {}ms, remove: {}ms, find: {}ms ({})", type, count,
-                                 std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(after_insert - start).count(),
-                                 std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(after_read - after_insert).count(),
-                                 std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(after_remove - after_read).count(),
-                                 std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(after_find - after_remove).count(),
+    using namespace std::chrono;
+    write_to_debug_buffer(format("{} ({}) -- inserts: {}us, reads: {}us, remove: {}us, find: {}us ({})", type, count,
+                                 duration_cast<microseconds>(after_insert - start).count(),
+                                 duration_cast<microseconds>(after_read - after_insert).count(),
+                                 duration_cast<microseconds>(after_remove - after_read).count(),
+                                 duration_cast<microseconds>(after_find - after_remove).count(),
                                  c));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hook_manager.cc b/src/hook_manager.cc
index ef7139b3..fc274f8a 100644
--- a/src/hook_manager.cc
+++ b/src/hook_manager.cc
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ void HookManager::run_hook(StringView hook_name,
     if (profile)
     {
         auto end_time = Clock::now();
-        auto full = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end_time - start_time);
-        write_to_debug_buffer(format("hook '{}({})' took {} ms", hook_name, param, (size_t)full.count()));
+        auto full = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end_time - start_time);
+        write_to_debug_buffer(format("hook '{}({})' took {} us", hook_name, param, (size_t)full.count()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shell_manager.cc b/src/shell_manager.cc
index f34b611d..ba6939d0 100644
--- a/src/shell_manager.cc
+++ b/src/shell_manager.cc
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ std::pair<String, int> ShellManager::eval(
     if (profile)
     {
         auto end_time = Clock::now();
-        auto full = duration_cast<milliseconds>(end_time - start_time);
-        auto spawn = duration_cast<milliseconds>(wait_time - spawn_time);
-        auto wait = duration_cast<milliseconds>(end_time - wait_time);
-        write_to_debug_buffer(format("shell execution took {} ms (spawn: {}, wait: {})",
+        auto full = duration_cast<microseconds>(end_time - start_time);
+        auto spawn = duration_cast<microseconds>(wait_time - spawn_time);
+        auto wait = duration_cast<microseconds>(end_time - wait_time);
+        write_to_debug_buffer(format("shell execution took {} us (spawn: {}, wait: {})",
                                      (size_t)full.count(), (size_t)spawn.count(), (size_t)wait.count()));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/window.cc b/src/window.cc
index 262c6979..1dee2c2a 100644
--- a/src/window.cc
+++ b/src/window.cc
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ const DisplayBuffer& Window::update_display_buffer(const Context& context)
     if (profile and not (buffer().flags() & Buffer::Flags::Debug))
     {
         using namespace std::chrono;
-        auto duration = duration_cast<milliseconds>(Clock::now() - start_time);
-        write_to_debug_buffer(format("window display update for '{}' took {} ms",
+        auto duration = duration_cast<microseconds>(Clock::now() - start_time);
+        write_to_debug_buffer(format("window display update for '{}' took {} us",
                                      buffer().display_name(), (size_t)duration.count()));
     }