diff --git a/lib/statsd.rb b/lib/statsd.rb
index dfddf1d..e3bfff5 100644
--- a/lib/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/statsd.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def timing(stat, ms, sample_rate=1); send stat, ms, 'ms', sample_rate end
   def time(stat, sample_rate=1)
     start = Time.now
     result = yield
-    timing(stat, ((Time.now - start) * 1000).round, sample_rate)
+    timing(stat, ((Time.now - start) * 1000).round(5), sample_rate)
     result
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/statsd_spec.rb b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
index 6c6523c..ab6c582 100644
--- a/spec/statsd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ def socket; @socket ||= FakeUDPSocket.new end
   describe "#time" do
     it "should format the message according to the statsd spec" do
       @statsd.time('foobar') { sleep(0.001); 'test' }
-      @statsd.socket.recv.must_equal ['foobar:1|ms']
+      data = @statsd.socket.recv
+      key, value, unit = data.first.split(/[:|]/)
+      key.must_equal "foobar"
+      value.must_match /^\d\.\d{3}$/
+      unit.must_equal "ms"
     end
 
     it "should return the result of the block" do
@@ -84,7 +88,12 @@ def socket; @socket ||= FakeUDPSocket.new end
 
       it "should format the message according to the statsd spec" do
         result = @statsd.time('foobar', 0.5) { sleep(0.001); 'test' }
-        @statsd.socket.recv.must_equal ['foobar:1|ms|@0.5']
+        data = @statsd.socket.recv
+        key, value, unit, frequency = data.first.split(/[:|]/)
+        key.must_equal "foobar"
+        value.must_match /^\d\.\d{3}$/
+        unit.must_equal "ms"
+        frequency.must_equal "@0.5"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/statsd-ruby.gemspec b/statsd-ruby.gemspec
index 8853f5f..120261b 100644
--- a/statsd-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/statsd-ruby.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{statsd-ruby}
-  s.version = "0.3.0.github.2"
+  s.version = "0.3.0.github.3"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Rein Henrichs"]