diff --git a/InputEvent.hpp b/InputEvent.hpp
index 04ead03..16647b2 100644
--- a/InputEvent.hpp
+++ b/InputEvent.hpp
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
 
 #include "CommonIncludes.hpp"
 
+#ifndef input_event_sec
+#define input_event_sec time.tv_sec
+#define input_event_usec time.tv_usec
+#endif
+
 namespace evdevPlus {
 	class InputEvent {
 	public:
 		input_event event{};
 
-		timeval &Time = event.time;
 		uint16_t &Type = event.type;
 		uint16_t &Code = event.code;
 		int32_t &Value = event.value;
@@ -36,8 +40,10 @@ namespace evdevPlus {
 			Code = code;
 			Value = value;
 
-			if (time)
-				memcpy(&event.time, time, sizeof(timeval));
+			if (time) {
+				event.input_event_sec = time->tv_sec;
+				event.input_event_usec = time->tv_usec;
+			}
 		}
 
 		friend void swap(InputEvent &first, InputEvent &second) {