diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index e7d7968cd..3ac308fb0 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int Context::run ()
       << " gc:"     << time_gc_us - tdb2.load_time_us
       << " filter:" << time_filter_us
       << " commit:" << time_commit_us
-      << " sort:"   << static_cast <long> (timer_sort.total_us ())
+      << " sort:"   << time_sort_us
       << " render:" << static_cast <long> (timer_render.total_us ())
       << " hooks:"  << static_cast <long> (timer_hooks.total_us ())
       << " other:"  << static_cast <long> (timer_total.total_us ()  -
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ int Context::run ()
                                            tdb2.load_time_us        -
                                            time_filter_us           -
                                            time_commit_us           -
-                                           timer_sort.total_us ()   -
+                                           time_sort_us             -
                                            timer_render.total_us () -
                                            timer_hooks.total_us ())
       << " total:"  << static_cast <long> (timer_total.total_us ())
diff --git a/src/Context.h b/src/Context.h
index fd636fb46..c3947900f 100644
--- a/src/Context.h
+++ b/src/Context.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
   long                                time_gc_us          {0};
   long                                time_filter_us      {0};
   long                                time_commit_us      {0};
-  Timer                               timer_sort;
+  long                                time_sort_us        {0};
   Timer                               timer_render;
   Timer                               timer_hooks;
 };
diff --git a/src/sort.cpp b/src/sort.cpp
index 86c3dbb5d..58c3e5cc9 100644
--- a/src/sort.cpp
+++ b/src/sort.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void sort_tasks (
   std::vector <int>& order,
   const std::string& keys)
 {
-  context.timer_sort.start ();
+  Timer timer;
 
   global_data = &data;
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void sort_tasks (
   if (order.size ())
     std::stable_sort (order.begin (), order.end (), sort_compare);
 
-  context.timer_sort.stop ();
+  context.time_sort_us += timer.total_us ();
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////