diff --git a/Kernel/Makefile b/Kernel/Makefile
index 83c12407b48f4fa20df78199db11eb1eb17527af..cf4b077189039788b7771d4d951d7763111e0d2f 100644
--- a/Kernel/Makefile
+++ b/Kernel/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MAKEDEP		= $(CC) -M
 
 CPPFLAGS	+= -I./include -I./arch/$(ARCHDIR)/include -D_MODULE_NAME_=\"Kernel\"
 CPPFLAGS	+= -DARCH=$(ARCH) -DARCHDIR=$(ARCHDIR) -DKERNEL_VERSION=$(KERNEL_VERSION) -DBUILD_NUM=$(BUILD_NUM)
-CFLAGS		+= -Wall -Werror -O3 -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin -Wstrict-prototypes -g
+CFLAGS		+= -Wall -Werror -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin -Wstrict-prototypes -g
 ASFLAGS		+= -D ARCH=\"$(ARCH)\" -D ARCHDIR=\"$(ARCHDIR)\"
 LDFLAGS		+= -T arch/$(ARCHDIR)/link.ld -g
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Makefile.BuildNum.x86_64 b/Kernel/Makefile.BuildNum.x86_64
index 205d26c194cf17fa725adc9d7b8d30101c372a73..379412ae18b961b0b50255dee9f04b0d94b5193a 100644
--- a/Kernel/Makefile.BuildNum.x86_64
+++ b/Kernel/Makefile.BuildNum.x86_64
@@ -1 +1 @@
-BUILD_NUM = 225
+BUILD_NUM = 233
diff --git a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/Makefile
index d0d4f84861e3a8a4a134564b60c74b0d0d1616b4..906b726f6e0f23ba8500714a6ab600af260deb84 100644
--- a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/Makefile
+++ b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ endif
 
 A_OBJ := start32.ao start64.ao desctab.ao
 A_OBJ += main.o lib.o proc.o mm_virt.o mm_phys.o
-A_OBJ += kernelpanic.o errors.o
+A_OBJ += kernelpanic.o errors.o time.o
 A_OBJ += vm8086.o
 # rme.o
 
diff --git a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/include/arch.h b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/include/arch.h
index 038b63848ae4ecce1f182b928f5626b46fda7af5..e43bd97c427f791c6c5b79b34134938760b4cb32 100644
--- a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/include/arch.h
+++ b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/include/arch.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #define KERNEL_BASE	0xFFFFFFFF##80000000
 #define BITS	64
 
-#define STACKED_LOCKS	0
-#define LOCK_DISABLE_INTS	1
+#define STACKED_LOCKS	2	// 0: No, 1: Per-CPU, 2: Per-Thread
+#define LOCK_DISABLE_INTS	0
 
 #define INVLPTR	((void*)0x0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL)
 
diff --git a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/lib.c b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/lib.c
index f20753bcd62778b8fe01b39b59d47218a849444f..da9955c9d4dc02530402b157799293390456cd9d 100644
--- a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/lib.c
+++ b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/lib.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 // === IMPORTS ===
 extern int	GetCPUNum(void);
+extern void	*Proc_GetCurThread(void);
 
 // === CODE ===
 /**
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ void SHORTLOCK(struct sShortSpinlock *Lock)
 	
 	#if LOCK_DISABLE_INTS
 	// Save interrupt state and clear interrupts
-	__ASM__ ("pushf;\n\tpop %%rax\n\tcli" : "=a"(IF));
+	__ASM__ ("pushf;\n\tpop %0" : "=r"(IF));
 	IF &= 0x200;	// AND out all but the interrupt flag
 	#endif
 	
@@ -85,16 +86,21 @@ void SHORTLOCK(struct sShortSpinlock *Lock)
 			: "a"(0), "r"(cpu), "r"(&Lock->Lock)
 			);
 		#elif STACKED_LOCKS == 2
-		__ASM__("lock cmpxchgl %2, (%3)"
+		__ASM__("lock cmpxchgq %2, (%3)"
 			: "=a"(v)
 			: "a"(0), "r"(thread), "r"(&Lock->Lock)
 			);
 		#else
 		__ASM__("xchgl %0, (%2)":"=a"(v):"a"(1),"D"(&Lock->Lock));
 		#endif
+		
+		#if LOCK_DISABLE_INTS
+		if( v )	__ASM__("sti");	// Re-enable interrupts
+		#endif
 	}
 	
 	#if LOCK_DISABLE_INTS
+	__ASM__("cli");
 	Lock->IF = IF;
 	#endif
 }
diff --git a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/main.c b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/main.c
index 7d69368095a210e9dbdd07df657c17a5260942ac..4e6001d6ea15e5d3a3092704859830e5c1f9ad11 100644
--- a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/main.c
+++ b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/main.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern void	Desctab_Init(void);
 extern void	MM_InitVirt(void);
 extern void	Heap_Install(void);
 extern void	Threads_Init(void);
-//extern void	Time_Setup(void);
+extern int	Time_Setup(void);
 extern void	System_Init(char *Commandline);
 
 extern void	MM_InitPhys_Multiboot(tMBoot_Info *MBoot);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void kmain(Uint MbMagic, void *MbInfoPtr)
 	Log_Log("Arch", "Starting threading...");
 	Threads_Init();
 	
-	//Time_Setup();
+	Time_Setup();
 	*(Uint16*)(0xB8000) = 0x1F00|'F';
 	
 	Log_Log("Arch", "Starting VFS...");
diff --git a/Kernel/arch/x86_64/time.c b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec1e19dbeab1a09af1a92d6d245a4b8dd4607361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kernel/arch/x86_64/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * Acess2 Kernel
+ * Timekeeping
+ * arch/x86_64/time.c
+ */
+#include <acess.h>
+
+// === MACROS ===
+#define	TIMER_QUANTUM	100
+// 2^(15-rate), 15: 1HZ, 5: 1024Hz, 2: 8192Hz
+// (Max: 15, Min: 2) - 15 = 1Hz, 13 = 4Hz, 12 = 8Hz, 11 = 16Hz 10 = 32Hz, 2 = 8192Hz
+//#define TIMER_RATE	10	// 32 Hz
+//#define TIMER_RATE	12	// 8 Hz
+#define TIMER_RATE	14	// 2Hz
+//#define TIMER_RATE	15	// 1HZ
+#define TIMER_FREQ	(0x8000>>TIMER_RATE)	//Hz
+#define MS_PER_TICK_WHOLE	(1000/(TIMER_FREQ))
+#define MS_PER_TICK_FRACT	((0x80000000*(1000%TIMER_FREQ))/TIMER_FREQ)
+
+// === IMPORTS ===
+extern volatile Sint64	giTimestamp;
+extern volatile Uint64	giTicks;
+extern volatile Uint64	giPartMiliseconds;
+extern void	Timer_CallTimers(void);
+
+// === GLOBALS ===
+volatile Uint64	giTime_TSCAtLastTick = 0;
+volatile Uint64	giTime_TSCPerTick = 0;
+
+// === PROTOTYPES ===
+Sint64	now(void);
+ int	Time_Setup(void);
+void	Time_Interrupt(int);
+Uint64	Time_ReadTSC(void);
+
+// === CODE ===
+/**
+ * \fn Sint64 now()
+ * \brief Return the current timestamp
+ */
+Sint64 now(void)
+{
+	Uint64	tsc = Time_ReadTSC();
+	tsc -= giTime_TSCAtLastTick;
+	tsc *= MS_PER_TICK_WHOLE;
+	if( giTime_TSCPerTick ) {
+		tsc /= giTime_TSCPerTick;
+	}
+	else
+		tsc = 0;
+	return giTimestamp + tsc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \fn int Time_Setup(void)
+ * \brief Sets the system time from the Realtime-Clock
+ */
+int Time_Setup(void)
+{
+	Uint8	val;
+	
+	Log_Log("Timer", "RTC Timer firing at %iHz (%i divisor), %i.0x%08x",
+		TIMER_FREQ, TIMER_RATE, MS_PER_TICK_WHOLE, MS_PER_TICK_FRACT);
+	
+	outb(0x70, inb(0x70)&0x7F);	// Disable NMIs
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cli");	// Disable normal interrupts
+	
+	// Set IRQ8 firing rate
+	outb(0x70, 0x0A);	// Set the index to register A
+	val = inb(0x71); // Get the current value of register A
+	outb(0x70, 0x0A); // Reset index to A
+	val &= 0xF0;
+	val |= TIMER_RATE;
+	outb(0x71, val);	// Update the timer rate
+		
+	// Enable IRQ8
+	outb(0x70, 0x0B);	// Set the index to register B
+	val = inb(0x71);	// Read the current value of register B
+	outb(0x70, 0x0B);	// Set the index again (a read will reset the index to register D)
+	outb(0x71, val | 0x40);	// Write the previous value or'd with 0x40. This turns on bit 6 of register D
+	
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("sti");	// Re-enable normal interrupts
+	outb(0x70, inb(0x70)|0x80);	// Re-enable NMIs
+	
+	// Install IRQ Handler
+	IRQ_AddHandler(8, Time_Interrupt);
+	
+	// Make sure the RTC actually fires
+	outb(0x70, 0x0C); // Select register C
+	inb(0x71);	// Just throw away contents.
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Called on the timekeeping IRQ
+ * \param irq	IRQ number (unused)
+ */
+void Time_Interrupt(int irq)
+{
+	//Log("RTC Tick");
+	Uint64	curTSC = Time_ReadTSC();
+	
+	if( giTime_TSCAtLastTick )
+	{
+		giTime_TSCPerTick = curTSC - giTime_TSCAtLastTick;
+	}
+	giTime_TSCAtLastTick = curTSC;
+	
+	giTicks ++;
+	giTimestamp += MS_PER_TICK_WHOLE;
+	giPartMiliseconds += MS_PER_TICK_FRACT;
+	if(giPartMiliseconds > 0x80000000) {
+		giTimestamp ++;
+		giPartMiliseconds -= 0x80000000;
+	}
+	
+	Timer_CallTimers();
+
+	// Make sure the RTC Fires again
+	outb(0x70, 0x0C); // Select register C
+	inb(0x71);	// Just throw away contents.
+}
+
+#if 0
+/**
+ * \fn void Time_TimerThread(void)
+ */
+void Time_TimerThread(void)
+{
+	Sint64	next;
+	Threads_SetName("TIMER");
+	
+	next = giTimestamp + TIMER_QUANTUM;
+	for(;;)
+	{
+		while(giTimestamp < next)	Threads_Yield();
+		next = giTimestamp + TIMER_QUANTUM;	
+		Timer_CallTimers();
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
+Uint64 Time_ReadTSC(void)
+{
+	Uint32	a, d;
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (a), "=d" (d));
+	return ((Uint64)d << 32) | a;
+}