diff --git a/include/system.hpp b/include/system.hpp
index 3889ff5f..3128be43 100644
--- a/include/system.hpp
+++ b/include/system.hpp
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ void setThreadName(const std::string& name);
 /** Returns the caller's human-readable stack trace with "\n"-separated lines. */
 std::string getStackTrace();
 /** Returns the number of seconds since application launch.
-The goal of this function is to give the most precise (fine-grained) time differences available on the OS for benchmarking purposes, while being fast to compute.
+Gives the most precise (fine-grained) time differences available on the OS for benchmarking purposes, while being fast to compute.
 */
-double getRuntime();
+double getTime();
 /** Returns time since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC in seconds.
 */
 double getUnixTime();
diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.cpp b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
index 2427b957..22cf3023 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void Engine::step(int frames) {
 	random::init();
 
 	internal->stepFrame = internal->frame;
-	internal->stepTime = system::getRuntime();
+	internal->stepTime = system::getTime();
 	internal->stepFrames = frames;
 
 	// Set sample rate
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void Engine::step(int frames) {
 
 	yieldWorkers();
 
-	double endTime = system::getRuntime();
+	double endTime = system::getTime();
 	float duration = endTime - internal->stepTime;
 	float stepDuration = internal->stepFrames * internal->sampleTime;
 	// DEBUG("%d %f / %f = %f%%", internal->stepFrames, duration, stepDuration, duration / stepDuration * 100.f);
diff --git a/src/logger.cpp b/src/logger.cpp
index 02b684d8..617ac5b3 100644
--- a/src/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/logger.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static std::mutex logMutex;
 
 
 void init() {
-	startTime = system::getRuntime();
+	startTime = system::getTime();
 	// Don't open a file in development mode.
 	if (settings::devMode) {
 		outputFile = stderr;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void logVa(Level level, const char* filename, int line, const char* func,
 	if (!outputFile)
 		return;
 
-	double nowTime = system::getRuntime();
+	double nowTime = system::getTime();
 	double duration = nowTime - startTime;
 	if (outputFile == stderr)
 		std::fprintf(outputFile, "\x1B[%dm", levelColors[level]);
diff --git a/src/midi.cpp b/src/midi.cpp
index 5068498b..f8e41df1 100644
--- a/src/midi.cpp
+++ b/src/midi.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void InputDevice::onMessage(const Message &message) {
 	// Set timestamp to now if unset
 	Message msg = message;
 	if (msg.timestamp == 0.0)
-		msg.timestamp = system::getRuntime();
+		msg.timestamp = system::getTime();
 
 	for (Input* input : subscribed) {
 		// We're probably in the MIDI driver's thread, so set the Rack context.
diff --git a/src/patch.cpp b/src/patch.cpp
index 78748965..41561eca 100644
--- a/src/patch.cpp
+++ b/src/patch.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ void PatchManager::save(std::string path) {
 	// Take screenshot (disabled because there is currently no way to quickly view them on any OS or website.)
 	// APP->window->screenshot(system::join(asset::autosavePath, "screenshot.png"));
 
-	double startTime = system::getRuntime();
+	double startTime = system::getTime();
 	// Set compression level to 1 so that a 500MB/s SSD is almost bottlenecked
 	system::archiveFolder(path, asset::autosavePath, 1);
-	double endTime = system::getRuntime();
+	double endTime = system::getTime();
 	INFO("Archived patch in %lf seconds", (endTime - startTime));
 }
 
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ void PatchManager::load(std::string path) {
 	}
 	else {
 		// Extract the .vcv file as a .tar.zst archive.
-		double startTime = system::getRuntime();
+		double startTime = system::getTime();
 		system::unarchiveToFolder(path, asset::autosavePath);
-		double endTime = system::getRuntime();
+		double endTime = system::getTime();
 		INFO("Unarchived patch in %lf seconds", (endTime - startTime));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/rtmidi.cpp b/src/rtmidi.cpp
index c7382178..bbcf6ae2 100644
--- a/src/rtmidi.cpp
+++ b/src/rtmidi.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ struct RtMidiOutputDevice : midi::OutputDevice {
 			else {
 				// Get earliest message
 				const midi::Message& message = messageQueue.top();
-				double duration = message.timestamp - system::getRuntime();
+				double duration = message.timestamp - system::getTime();
 
 				// If we need to wait, release the lock and wait for the timeout, or if the CV is notified.
 				// This correctly handles MIDI messages with no timestamp, because duration will be NAN.
diff --git a/src/system.cpp b/src/system.cpp
index bb390bc4..08ca5003 100644
--- a/src/system.cpp
+++ b/src/system.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void initRuntime() {
 #endif
 }
 
-double getRuntime() {
+double getTime() {
 #if defined ARCH_WIN
 	LARGE_INTEGER counter;
 	QueryPerformanceCounter(&counter);
diff --git a/standalone/main.cpp b/standalone/main.cpp
index 2435d659..f2e45ae3 100644
--- a/standalone/main.cpp
+++ b/standalone/main.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	asset::init();
 	bool loggerWasTruncated = logger::isTruncated();
 	logger::init();
+	random::init();
 
 	// We can now install a signal handler and log the output
 	if (!settings::devMode) {
@@ -160,7 +161,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	}
 
 	INFO("Initializing environment");
-	random::init();
 	network::init();
 	audio::init();
 	rtaudioInit();