diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestApiClient.cs
index ea2a69f5e..30fc39000 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestApiClient.cs
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ namespace Discord.API
 
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Unknown OAuth token type.</exception>
         public DiscordRestApiClient(RestClientProvider restClientProvider, string userAgent, RetryMode defaultRetryMode = RetryMode.AlwaysRetry,
-            JsonSerializer serializer = null, RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second, bool useSystemClock = false)
+            JsonSerializer serializer = null, RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second, bool useSystemClock = true)
         {
             _restClientProvider = restClientProvider;
             UserAgent = userAgent;
             DefaultRetryMode = defaultRetryMode;
             _serializer = serializer ?? new JsonSerializer { ContractResolver = new DiscordContractResolver() };
             RateLimitPrecision = rateLimitPrecision;
+			UseSystemClock = useSystemClock;
 
             RequestQueue = new RequestQueue();
             _stateLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
index 29bf89c50..4c29d1625 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         internal DiscordRestClient(DiscordRestConfig config, API.DiscordRestApiClient api) : base(config, api) { }
 
         private static API.DiscordRestApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordRestConfig config)
-            => new API.DiscordRestApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent);
+            => new API.DiscordRestApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, 
+				DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, 
+				rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision, 
+				useSystemClock: config.UseSystemClock);
+
         internal override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
index 5f7c48417..548bb75bf 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             : base(config, client) => BaseConfig = config;
         private static DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
             => new DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent,
-                rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision);
+                rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision,
+				useSystemClock: config.UseSystemClock);
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets a Discord application information for the logged-in user.
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index d0bc47686..88ef1134e 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ namespace Discord.API
 
         public DiscordSocketApiClient(RestClientProvider restClientProvider, WebSocketProvider webSocketProvider, string userAgent,
             string url = null, RetryMode defaultRetryMode = RetryMode.AlwaysRetry, JsonSerializer serializer = null,
-            RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second)
-            : base(restClientProvider, userAgent, defaultRetryMode, serializer, rateLimitPrecision)
+            RateLimitPrecision rateLimitPrecision = RateLimitPrecision.Second,
+			bool useSystemClock = true)
+            : base(restClientProvider, userAgent, defaultRetryMode, serializer, rateLimitPrecision, useSystemClock)
         {
             _gatewayUrl = url;
             if (url != null)