diff --git a/performance_metrics/src/resource_usage_logger.cpp b/performance_metrics/src/resource_usage_logger.cpp
index 6076671..260dce8 100644
--- a/performance_metrics/src/resource_usage_logger.cpp
+++ b/performance_metrics/src/resource_usage_logger.cpp
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ void ResourceUsageLogger::start(std::chrono::milliseconds period)
   std::cout << "[ResourceUsageLogger]: Logging to " << m_filename << std::endl;
 
   m_t1_real_start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-  // Question: make this a flag? That is, calc RU since program start or over
-  // the last `period` ms.
   //m_t1_user = std::clock(); 
-  m_t1_real = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  //m_t1_real = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
   m_logger_thread_done = false;
 
   // create a detached thread that monitors resource usage periodically
@@ -60,10 +58,11 @@ void ResourceUsageLogger::start(std::chrono::milliseconds period)
     [ = ]() {
       int64_t i = 1;
       while (m_is_logging) {
-        // Updating m_t1_user here will have the effect of averaging resource
-        // utilization only over the last `period` milliseconds, *not* since
-        // program start.
+        // Updating m_t1_user and m_t1_real here will have the effect of calculating
+        // resource utilization only over the last `period` milliseconds, *not* 
+        // since program start.
         m_t1_user = std::clock();
+        m_t1_real = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         std::this_thread::sleep_until(m_t1_real_start + period * i);
         if (i == 1) {
           _print_header(m_file);