diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb72a1a..f060c4a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=111
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=0
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=1
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version
diff --git a/jackd/engine.c b/jackd/engine.c
index 13f6a4b..3229bc9 100644
--- a/jackd/engine.c
+++ b/jackd/engine.c
@@ -908,11 +908,14 @@ static void *
 jack_watchdog_thread (void *arg)
 {
 	jack_engine_t *engine = (jack_engine_t *) arg;
-
+    struct timespec timo;
+    
+    timo.tv_sec = JACKD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT / 1000;
+    timo.tv_nsec = (JACKD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT - (timo.tv_sec * 1000)) * 1000;
 	engine->watchdog_check = 0;
 
 	while (1) {
-		usleep (1000 * JACKD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT);
+        nanosleep (&timo, NULL);
 		if (!engine->freewheeling && engine->watchdog_check == 0) {
 
 			jack_error ("jackd watchdog: timeout - killing jackd");