diff --git a/cmd/skylabify/skylabify.go b/cmd/skylabify/skylabify.go
index 56163cc..57144b5 100644
--- a/cmd/skylabify/skylabify.go
+++ b/cmd/skylabify/skylabify.go
@@ -94,11 +94,9 @@ func run(ctx *cli.Context) (err error) {
 		segments := strings.Split(dumpLine, " ")
 
 		var cd skylab.BusEvent
-		// this is cursed but easiest way to get a float from a string.
-		var unixSeconds, unixNanos int64
-		fmt.Sscanf(segments[0], "(%d.%d)", &unixSeconds, &unixNanos)
-		slog.Info("hihi hi", "time", unixSeconds)
-		cd.Timestamp = time.Unix(unixSeconds, unixNanos)
+		var unixSeconds, unixMicros int64
+		fmt.Sscanf(segments[0], "(%d.%d)", &unixSeconds, &unixMicros)
+		cd.Timestamp = time.Unix(unixSeconds, unixMicros*1000) // the canlog does usec precision for the decimal part.
 
 		// this is for the latter part, we need to split id/data
 		hexes := strings.Split(segments[2], "#")
diff --git a/skylab/skylab.go b/skylab/skylab.go
index 3bfde31..12b0411 100644
--- a/skylab/skylab.go
+++ b/skylab/skylab.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func ToCanFrame(p Packet) (id uint32, data []byte, err error) {
 // internal structure for partially decoding json object.
 // includes
 type RawJsonEvent struct {
-	Timestamp uint32          `json:"ts" db:"ts"`
+	Timestamp int64          `json:"ts" db:"ts"`
 	Id        uint32          `json:"id"`
 	Name      string          `json:"name"`
 	Data      json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ type BusEvent struct {
 func (e *BusEvent) MarshalJSON() (b []byte, err error) {
 	// create the underlying raw event
 	j := &RawJsonEvent{
-		Timestamp: uint32(e.Timestamp.UnixMilli()),
-		Id:        uint32(e.Id),
+		Timestamp: e.Timestamp.UnixMilli(),
+		Id:        e.Id,
 		Name:      e.Data.String(),
 	}
 	// now we use the magic Packet -> map[string]interface{} function
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (e *BusEvent) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	e.Timestamp = time.UnixMilli(int64(j.Timestamp))
+	e.Timestamp = time.UnixMilli(j.Timestamp)
 	e.Id = j.Id
 	e.Data, err = FromJson(j.Id, j.Data)