diff --git a/core/io/clock.rs b/core/io/clock.rs
index 3a38ad955..8c12aa4e5 100644
--- a/core/io/clock.rs
+++ b/core/io/clock.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ pub struct Instant {
     pub micros: u32,
 }
 
+impl<T: chrono::TimeZone> From<chrono::DateTime<T>> for Instant {
+    fn from(value: chrono::DateTime<T>) -> Self {
+        Instant {
+            secs: value.timestamp(),
+            micros: value.timestamp_subsec_micros(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 pub trait Clock {
     fn now(&self) -> Instant;
 }
diff --git a/simulator/runner/clock.rs b/simulator/runner/clock.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56ef72f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simulator/runner/clock.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use rand::Rng;
+use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SimulatorClock {
+    curr_time: RefCell<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    rng: RefCell<ChaCha8Rng>,
+}
+
+impl SimulatorClock {
+    const MIN_TICK: u64 = 1;
+    const MAX_TICK: u64 = 50;
+
+    pub fn new(rng: ChaCha8Rng) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            curr_time: RefCell::new(Utc::now()),
+            rng: RefCell::new(rng),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn now(&self) -> DateTime<Utc> {
+        let mut time = self.curr_time.borrow_mut();
+        let nanos = self
+            .rng
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .gen_range(Self::MIN_TICK..Self::MAX_TICK);
+        let nanos = std::time::Duration::from_micros(nanos);
+        *time = *time + nanos;
+        *time
+    }
+}
diff --git a/simulator/runner/file.rs b/simulator/runner/file.rs
index c7d615c0c..6bebbc5e1 100644
--- a/simulator/runner/file.rs
+++ b/simulator/runner/file.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use rand::Rng as _;
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
 use tracing::{instrument, Level};
 use turso_core::{File, Result};
 
-use crate::model::FAULT_ERROR_MSG;
+use crate::{model::FAULT_ERROR_MSG, runner::clock::SimulatorClock};
 pub(crate) struct SimulatorFile {
     pub(crate) inner: Arc<dyn File>,
     pub(crate) fault: Cell<bool>,
@@ -40,12 +41,13 @@ pub(crate) struct SimulatorFile {
 
     pub sync_completion: RefCell<Option<Arc<turso_core::Completion>>>,
     pub queued_io: RefCell<Vec<DelayedIo>>,
+    pub clock: Arc<SimulatorClock>,
 }
 
 type IoOperation = Box<dyn FnOnce(&SimulatorFile) -> Result<Arc<turso_core::Completion>>>;
 
 pub struct DelayedIo {
-    pub time: std::time::Instant,
+    pub time: turso_core::Instant,
     pub op: IoOperation,
 }
 
@@ -95,17 +97,19 @@ impl SimulatorFile {
     }
 
     #[instrument(skip_all, level = Level::TRACE)]
-    fn generate_latency_duration(&self) -> Option<std::time::Instant> {
+    fn generate_latency_duration(&self) -> Option<turso_core::Instant> {
         let mut rng = self.rng.borrow_mut();
         // Chance to introduce some latency
         rng.gen_bool(self.latency_probability as f64 / 100.0)
             .then(|| {
-                std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_millis(rng.gen_range(5..15))
+                let now: DateTime<Utc> = self.clock.now().into();
+                let sum = now + std::time::Duration::from_millis(rng.gen_range(5..20));
+                sum.into()
             })
     }
 
     #[instrument(skip_all, level = Level::DEBUG)]
-    pub fn run_queued_io(&self, now: std::time::Instant) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn run_queued_io(&self, now: turso_core::Instant) -> Result<()> {
         let mut queued_io = self.queued_io.borrow_mut();
         // TODO: as we are not in version 1.87 we cannot use `extract_if`
         // so we have to do something different to achieve the same thing
diff --git a/simulator/runner/io.rs b/simulator/runner/io.rs
index cc4b04f4e..b56000965 100644
--- a/simulator/runner/io.rs
+++ b/simulator/runner/io.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use rand::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
 use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
 use turso_core::{Clock, Instant, MemoryIO, OpenFlags, PlatformIO, Result, IO};
 
-use crate::{model::FAULT_ERROR_MSG, runner::file::SimulatorFile};
+use crate::{
+    model::FAULT_ERROR_MSG,
+    runner::{clock::SimulatorClock, file::SimulatorFile},
+};
 
 pub(crate) struct SimulatorIO {
     pub(crate) inner: Box<dyn IO>,
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SimulatorIO {
     pub(crate) page_size: usize,
     seed: u64,
     latency_probability: usize,
+    clock: Arc<SimulatorClock>,
 }
 
 unsafe impl Send for SimulatorIO {}
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@ impl SimulatorIO {
         let files = RefCell::new(Vec::new());
         let rng = RefCell::new(ChaCha8Rng::seed_from_u64(seed));
         let nr_run_once_faults = Cell::new(0);
+        let clock = SimulatorClock::new(ChaCha8Rng::seed_from_u64(seed));
+
         Ok(Self {
             inner,
             fault,
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ impl SimulatorIO {
             page_size,
             seed,
             latency_probability,
+            clock: Arc::new(clock),
         })
     }
 
@@ -59,11 +66,7 @@ impl SimulatorIO {
 
 impl Clock for SimulatorIO {
     fn now(&self) -> Instant {
-        let now = chrono::Local::now();
-        Instant {
-            secs: now.timestamp(),
-            micros: now.timestamp_subsec_micros(),
-        }
+        self.clock.now().into()
     }
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ impl IO for SimulatorIO {
             latency_probability: self.latency_probability,
             sync_completion: RefCell::new(None),
             queued_io: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
+            clock: self.clock.clone(),
         });
         self.files.borrow_mut().push(file.clone());
         Ok(file)
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ impl IO for SimulatorIO {
                 FAULT_ERROR_MSG.into(),
             ));
         }
-        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let now = self.now();
         for file in self.files.borrow().iter() {
             file.run_queued_io(now)?;
         }
diff --git a/simulator/runner/mod.rs b/simulator/runner/mod.rs
index ccb0563ab..b56335da5 100644
--- a/simulator/runner/mod.rs
+++ b/simulator/runner/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod bugbase;
 pub mod cli;
+pub mod clock;
 pub mod differential;
 pub mod doublecheck;
 pub mod env;